Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica)

Chapter 277

When Jessica returned to her room, she sat at the desk again, picked up the pen and vented her anger

with painting.

Since the last time she started drawing in Barbara's room, she had fallen in lov with painting.

Lucas asked the servants to prepare all the tools she needed to draw.

It was also Barbara's suggestion that painting was helpful to Jessica.

This time, what Jessica drew most was the image of a woman. However, there was blood on the

woman's face, which looked frightening.

She drew a lot of paintings with different angles and scenes, and the women in the picture were all

suffering.

Many things were hidden in her heart that she could not tell could only be expressed by the paintings.

She really cared about her face.

In particular, she saw that the former self in the photo. When she saw her face now, she just couldn't

accept it.

She lost her baby and her family, and her face was disfigured. This series of blows were heart-breaking

to her.

She now was one step away from being crazy! She felt like she was in a slow descent into madness.

Jessica's drawings were scattered all over the floor.

Perhaps she was tired, she lay on the bed and covered herself with a quilt.

Barbara noticed Jessica didn't close the door. She came in and picked up all the papers on the floor.

She saw Jessica's paintings.

She knew that Jessica was trying to save herself, but Jessica was struggling in pain.

Barbara recorded Jessica's condition every day.

She suggested that Jessica should undergo plastic surgery as soon as possible.

Judging from Jessica's recent paintings, the disfigurement of her face brought her a lot of trouble.

Jessica lost her child and family, but there was no way to remedy those mental injuries.

But making her pretty again was something that could be done.

Gavin had already started to find the best plastic surgeon for her so that she could receive the surgery

anytime she agreed.

However, she still locked herself in her room and only went downstairs once in a while.

Once again, she stopped in front of Emily's portrait.

For some reason, the more she looked at the portrait on the wall, the more familiar she felt.

It seemed that when she looked at this portrait, she would get a rare peace of mind.

Jessica then went to take Zelda's photos and compared Zelda with the woman in the portrait. Jessica

felt that there were too many similarities between them.

She remembered that Gavin had said that he was a friend of her mother. So he cared about her.

She did not believe that he would be so good to the child of a friend he had not contacted for so many

years.

In particular, Gavin also bought a painting of Van Gogh for her.

He just gave away such a precious thing so easily. Jessica could not help but wonder what the

relationship between him and her mother was.

For the first time, she mustered up the courage to knock on the door of Gavin's study.

Ever since she was here, he had been working more from home.

He heard a knock on the door and thought it was Lucas or Barbara who came to talk to him about

Jessica.

"Come in." He said.

Jessica gently pushed the door open and went in.

He was still busy with what he was doing. He did not look up, but the person who came in did not make

a sound.

He suddenly stopped.

He grew nervous.

He did not expect Jessica to come directly to the study to look for him.

When she pushed the door open, she saw that he was still busy, and she did not want to interrupt him.

She gently stood aside, waiting for him to finish his work before speaking.

She saw a photo of a woman in his study. Although it looked a little older, Jessica still recognized the

place where the woman was in the photo. It was the Youngren Residence before, but now it was the

White Residence.

When she walked in and saw the word "Youngren Residence" in the phone, she was even more certain

with her idea.

Jessica couldn't help but wonder what the woman in the photo have to do with the Youngren family?

Gavin saw her surprised look. He stood up from his chair.

"Jessica, have a seat." He walked to her and motioned for her to sit down.

On the surface, he was still calm, but there were mixed feelings in his heart.

Now, he and his daughter met under Emily's portrait.

If Emily could see this in heaven, he hope she could forgive him. He had never cared about their

daughter all these years.

Gavin couldn't help but swallow. Facing his daughter, he was nervous.

"Are you comfortable in here? If you feel bored here, let Lucas show you around."

"Thank you, uncle." Jessica said.

She came here to ask him about his relationship with her mother.

But now she regretted knocking on the door.

Now she was being reckless and shouldn't have asked about her mother's past.

He knew that since Jessica had come to his study, she must have something to ask. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

However, she hasn't said out what she wanted yet.

He hoped that if she had any requests or wishes, she could tell him directly that their relationship could

be closer.

After Jessica finished speaking, she still stared at the photo of Emily on the wall.

Gavin followed her gaze and wondered if she had found something.

"Jessica, if you have anything you want, just tell me. I knew your mother for long and we were close

friends. Now that you have troubles, I can't just sit back and do nothing. So don't be burdened. Your

mother has helped me a lot before."

He referred to Jessica's mother this time as Zelda.

It was a great kindness of Zelda to raise his daughter.

As for the fact that they had hidden Jessica's identity from him, he had indeed complained about his

father before. But he was guilty of the Youngren family. He could not and should not have any

complaints about them.

"Mr. Kim, you said you were a very good friend to my mother. It seems that I have never heard her

mention you."

Jessica did not know why she suddenly developed a kind of hostility towards him.

An idea just popped up in her mind. Did Gavin try to make amends for the unsuccessful relation with

her mother before? He was atoning now.

This could also explain why Jason had always treated her badly. Ever since she grew up, she could

feel Jason's unwittingly revealed disgust to her.

After her mother passed away, Jason didn't act like a father to her.

He didn't like her and hardly regarded her as his daughter.

In the past, Jessica thought it was because Marina had said something to her father, but now it seemed

that she was wrong.