Crawling Back To Her Series Redemption and Refuse

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 myselfnoveldrama

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.

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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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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?