The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1524

Neville explained, "The announcement for this exhibition was only made two or three days ago, right after you decided to come to Aetheria. I thought it was strange, so I had my assistant look into it. He confirmed that everything was legitimate—all original works by famous artists. Since you rarely get to visit and you love art so much, I thought I'd bring you to see it."

Stella moved to another painting. "The original of this piece is actually here... It was rumored to have been destroyed during a war and was never seen on the market. To think it's been in a private collection all this time..."

Stella continued to look at several other priceless, one-of-a-kind works.

From what she could tell, every single painting was authentic.

Many of them were masterpieces so valuable they couldn't even be priced.

No wonder that painting worth tens of billions was just sitting in a corner.

Stella couldn't help but ask, "Who on earth organized this exhibition? Where did they get so many priceless works? And... are they really willing to display such valuable paintings? Aren't they worried about theft?"

Although Neville wasn't an artist, he had a good eye for art.

Looking at the paintings, he said, "To be able to display so many valuable pieces at once... I'm afraid only the Gardner family could pull this off."

Stella glanced at him. "The Gardner family?"

After hearing the story, Stella couldn't help but comment, "The Gardner family stories all sound so melodramatic."

Neville agreed. "When you have that many people, you're bound to have all sorts of strange incidents. You could easily publish a storybook about them."

Stella asked quietly, "I heard from Grandma Connolly that the Gardners live short lives. Is it because they're naturally short-lived, or... is it because of some inherent genetic defect?"

Neville replied, "There's nothing particularly wrong with their bodies. The problem is with their minds. They're all too brilliant. As the saying goes, there's a fine line between genius and madness."