Redemption 18

Book2 Chapter10
Yes, I was the one who pursued Leo.
Back then, Leo was the untouchable star of the finance department-handsome, smart, and distant.
Girls from every major chased after him, and but none of
them ever succeeded.
But I did.
When I finally won him over, it felt like I had become part of something bigger- a story I was determined to write myself
into.
And I wasn’t doing too bad myself back then.
I’d already won several art and design awards with Emma’s group, earning the reputation of the “rebellious art school
genius.”
Honestly, I used to think Leo and I couldn’t be more different.
His world was made of numbers, data, and cold logic, and I
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thrived on creativity and the raw emotion that art brought.
But then came the gallery show that changed everything.
A large, overbearing man zeroed in one of my paintings.
He flaunted his wealth while dismissing my work with condescension.
“I’ll buy it to support a student, but it’s just a student’s piece-three hundred, take it or leave it.”
My professor shot me an apologetic look.
The man clearly held influence, and she didn’t want to upset him.
But I was too stubborn to care.
I stormed out, grabbed my supplies, and marched back to destroy my own painting rather than let him to have it.
That’s when I first noticed Leo standing nearby.
He was standing beside the man, chatting casually.
The man left soon after, his interest in the painting gone.
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Book2 Chapter10
Curious, I set down my paints and asked Leo what he had
said to make the man leave.
Leo handed me a tissue with a mischievous smile.
“I told him the painting was about a cheating wife. He lost
interest real fast.”
I was instantly intrigued and asked how he came up with
that.
“Easy,” he said with a shrug. “I just analyzed it.”
That was the moment I started falling for him.
He seemed to understood my art, so naturally, I thought he understood me too.
But now, I can’t help but wonder-does Leo even understand me at all anymore?