Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica)

Chapter 325

Jane sat in the back row and saw a familiar figure among the crowd raising the numbers in front of her.

It was Simon.

She was a little confused. When did Oliver become interested in art?

In the past, he would not send his men to the auction to buy artwork that he would have not

appreciated at all.

Rich people of Birmingham were in a frenzy of biding and raising their cards.

Finally, this painting, the representative work of Huang Gongwang in the Yuan dynasty, "Fox Mountain

Residence," was sold at the price of 150 million dollars.

The deal was made only after Simon had raised the number to offer the price.

Jane found it amusing. She didn't expect that Oliver would be the ultimate sucker.

It was not time to trouble him at present.

But she could make use of this matter to get Oliver to help her fight against Jason and Marina.

Oliver was rich, but no matter how rich he was, he had to know exactly what the company was

spending, let alone 150 million dollars.

Otherwise, the Williams Group wouldn't have been dominating in Birmingham under his leadership all

these years.

In the past, other families might have the chance to catch up with the Williams family.

But today, the other families in Birmingham were far left behind,

especially the Zamani family whose pace of declining was fastened in the past few years.

Henry was still alive and could still keep the Zamani family respectable now.

However, he was indeed old.

Oliver knew better that if he invested recklessly like Aaron, he would sooner or later lead the Williams

Group in the wrong direction.

As a result, Oliver had been very prudent all these years

Apart from building the Jessica Art Gallery. He was willing to pour money in it and had known that it

might not be a success, but he never regretted it.

This time, that Oliver let Simon buy the Fox Mountain residence actually had connections with Jessica.

At that time, while Jessica was still losing her memory, Oliver and her had been to the hotel next to Fox

Mountain together.

Jessica once told him that there was a Chinese painting which generally depicted the scene around

Fox Mountain.

They sat on the top floor of the hotel and looked around. The scenery was almost the same as that of

the artwork.

Oliver could tell at that time that Jessica liked this work very much.

As a result, when hearing that "Fox Mountain residence" had appeared on the market again, he made

up his mind to obtain it.

He wanted to hang this painting in the hotel room where they had lived before.

Over the years, Oliver would go there for a few days on the grounds of work so as to remember his

love.

Jane liked this painting very much. At that time, she was really close with Oliver, so she chatted with

him without reserve.

However, she really had no idea why Oliver bought this painting.

No matter what the reason was, he really had spent a great deal of money.

Jane didn't know if Oliver realized that the work he had spent 150 million dollars on was fake, what he

would do to the seller.

Jane was happy to see them fight against each other.

When Marina and Jason got to know that the painting was auctioned for 150 million dollars, they

happily opened champagne at home.

Jason didn't feel sorry at this time and supposed that the money should be used as soon as possible.

Acting in front of Marina made him exhausted.

In this way, he didn't need to lower his head in front of Marina

and he could live with pride again.

As long as he never got involved in gambling in the future, he would be reborn to be a good man.

The couple did their calculations at home. Even if they needed to pay 30 % of the money to the auction

company as intermediate fee, it was still a considerable income.

Besides Jason and Marina, the happiest person was Tina.Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

She also knew that Oliver had got the Fox Mountain residence.

Fortunately, the auction company had not revealed who the supplier of the painting was. Otherwise, if

Oliver knew, it would be uncertain whether he would trouble the White family.

She later found out that Oliver had been deploying his men to look for the painting, but he did not

expect it to be under Jason's control.

Even Tina didn't know it as well.

If she had known in advance, she would have given it to Oliver as a personal favor.

With her knowledge of Oliver, he would still pay the full amount. By then, she would not even need to

pay the intermediate fee.

It was too late to think about it now. Anyway, she'd better pretend not to know,

just happily taking the money which belonged to her from Jason and starting her new life.

After Oliver got the painting, he kept it in the study without even having a look at it.

He wanted to take it back and hang it in the room when he was free to stay at the hotel by the Fox

River.

The more Roy grew up , the more he couldn't leave Oliver.

Besides being busy with plenty of work in the company, he helped Roy with his homework after coming

back from work.

Roy refused to be taught by other teachers instead of Oliver.

He was about to go to primary school but he was unwilling to attend the kindergarten.

Oliver knew that it was also an important ability to attend classes and study with his peers as well as to

learn to get along with them. As a consequence, he needed to send Roy to the school sooner or later.

He was clear that Roy was a little weaker than his peers in terms of social interaction.

Naturally, he had to study harder, so that he could at least keep up with most peers.

It was really difficult for Oliver. In addition to managing the company, he had to take care of his own

child when returning home.

Who let him have such a clingy son?

Tina was willing to take part, but Roy had always rejected her.

Oliver didn't like Tina at all, even hated her. But he had been suppressing his dislike for the sake of her

role as Roy's mother.

Oliver only hoped that Roy could fully integrate into the environment around him in the future. At that

time, Tina could leave GrandVille Apartments.

Oliver was also in a dilemma. On one hand, the doctor advised Roy to keep in touch with his mother,

which could provide him with a relatively warm environment, conducive to his physical and mental

growth.

On the other hand, both Oliver and Roy disliked being close to Tina.

Oliver had to compromise for the time being,

without preventing Tina from visiting Roy.

But he couldn't control Roy's thoughts.

The five-year-old boy had already developed an independent consciousness and had a spirit owned by

a child. He had his most direct judgment.

Oliver had always respected Roy's expression, so he would allow his son to freely draw what he

wanted.

The little boy's skill of artistic expression was getting more and more mature, and he had already drawn

a comic book.