Chapter 24 Now , she stood in the studio , feeling surrounded by her mother's traces . She felt so complicated . But she knew she couldn't stay long . If Jacob , Courtney , or Josephine suddenly came back , then she would be in trou- ble . There were nine paintings in the studio , eight of which were completed , and one was not . Aveline remembered that her mother was very sick at that time , and she passed away before she completed her last painting . Aveline came back from her memories and quickly put the paintings into three paper boxes and then handed the box- es over to Fiona . She also wanted to take away the painting boards , brushes , and other items that her mother had used , so she put them all into another box and handed it to Fiona as well . After doing so , Aveline got out of the studio through the broken window and , together with Fiona , carried these paint- ings onto the car before returning to retrieve the paintings hanging in the other places in the villa . In the dining room , Hilda had been cursing all the time . But she was in Jasmine's control , so she couldn't come out to stop Aveline . There are five paintings hanging up in the villa , one of which was originally hung in the master bedroom . It was an oil painting of Jacob , Bethany , and Aveline playing in the garden . At that time , Jacob and Bethany were still young , and Aveline was a five - year - old little girl . But now , this painting was no longer in the master bedroom . Because Jacob married Courtney , he took that painting off . Aveline searched many places , but she couldn't find this painting . She strongly suspected that Jacob and Courtney had destroyed that painting . This made her feel very upset and angry . She used to have a happy family of three . But now , her mother was dead , while his father married his mistress and let his illegitimate daughter move in . How ironic . But anyway , she had to find that painting because it was drawn by her mother with love . Just as Aveline was about to go ask Hilda where that painting was , she heard the sound of the car engine from out- side . Aveline and Fiona exchanged a glance and then strode to the living room , looking out the window . Then , they saw a black Bentley . Xavier and Josephine got out of the car and saw Aveline's and Fiona's cars parked in the courtyard . Then , Josephine said deliberately and loudly , " Oh , darling , looks like Aveline is back . " 0.0 % 18:58 Chapter 24 After Xavier and Josephine walked into the living room , Xavier stared at Aveline, while Josephine had that weird half - smile on her face . " Aveline , you're really back ! That's a surprise . " Aveline ignored Xavier and asked Josephine coldly , " The painting that used to hang in the master bedroom . Where is it now ? " Suddenly , Hilda , who was in the dining room , shouted , " Josie , Aveline came to steal the paintings ! " Now , there was no need for Jasmine to control Hilda anymore , so she simply let her go . Josephine was stunned , while Xavier just frowned slightly . Just then , the two of them noticed the paper box on the ta- ble in the living room , with a few paintings in it . Josephine immediately accused , " Aveline , how could you come and steal our paintings while we were not home ? " Hilda ran to Josephine's side and said fiercely , " She also broke the window of the studio on the second floor and stole all the paintings there . " But Aveline stated coldly , " They're my mom's paintings . I just came to take away my mom's things , not steal . Now , where's the painting ? " " You can't take these paintings away ! " As Josephine spoke , she walked to the big paper box . Seeing this , Jasmine and Fiona wanted to stop her , but Xavier suddenly stepped up and blocked them . In the end , Josephine took away that paper box . Aveline didn't expect that Xavier would stop them . She stared at him with cold eyes . Fiona thought this was ridiculous and unbelievable , sneering , " What do you mean , Mr. Beltran ? Helping your mis- tress , the illegitimate daughter, to occupy Aveline's mom's paintings ? " Xavier looked at Aveline and explained , " I just don't wanna see any conflict between you . " Aveline sneered , " Is that so ? " She thought she wouldn't feel hurt because of him . But it turned out that she was wrong . She had already moved on and didn't care about the things between Xavier and Josephine anymore . She just hated that Xavier actually helped Josephine and Courtney take her late mother's paintings as their own . She didn't mind it even if Xavier gave everything he owned to Josephine . But how could he help Josephine take away her most precious things ? Xavier saw the mockery and sorrow in Aveline's eyes , and he frowned slightly , asking her , " These paintings were your mom's ? " What a dumb question . Aveline looked away with disdain . 45.1 % 18:58 ་ ་ ་་་ ་ At the same time , Fiona flared , " Xavier , don't tell me you don't know Aveline's mom was a famous painter ! " Xavier , of course , knew it , but ... He turned his eyes and looked at Josephine . Seeing Xavier's gaze , Josephine immediately said with an aggrieved look , " Darling , most of the paintings here were bought by my dad . If Aveline wants to take them away , she must get my dad's consent in advance , right ? " Josephine's nonsense made Aveline almost laugh with anger . She said , " Josephine , all of these paintings have my mother's signature , so you can stop lying . "