511 Demonic Angel (2/2)

”Xiulan, I missed you so much! AJ and Theresa also miss you. Florence is in Southeast Asia right now, but I know that she's also missing us,” Ashandra said to Iris before giving a friendly hug to Jin Liwei as well. ”Good to see you again, Liam. You better take care of my friend or us Cross girls will rip you apart and feed you to the rats.”

”Don't worry. If I ever hurt her, you're free to punish me. I'll deserve it,” Jin Liwei replied.

Ashandra nodded, satisfied at his answer. Then she turned to Iris again and scolded, ”Why did you only tell me now that you're here in France? If I knew, I would've hurried to meet you here. We could've spent more time together!”

”I didn't know that you were in Italy attending an art exhibition. I thought you were still at the Academy busy working on your next masterpiece. I didn't want to disturb you.”

”Silly girl. You're welcome to disturb me anytime. What are friends for?”

Iris responded with a warm smile. ”Thank you.”

”By the way, I heard what happened last night. Congratulations on winning the Best Soundtrack Award! I'm so proud of you. This is for you.” Ashandra handed Iris a gift bag.

”May I?” Iris asked.

”Of course. Please open it.”

Iris gasped when she saw what her friend gave her.

”Ashandra, this is beautiful! Thank you!”

”I'm glad you liked it. It's one of my latest works.”

The gift was a large, beautiful, silk scarf. Although it was a scarf, it was also an incredible painting. An ethereal woman wearing a pristine white dress was soaring to the heavens among the stormy clouds with her jet-black wings. The woman's angelic beauty was a contrast to her demonic wings. Her eyes looked fierce and determined, as she flew towards whatever was up there.

”I chose this particular scarf to give you because the woman in my painting is very similar to you, Xiulan. As a person, your kindness and generosity are like that of an angel. But once you set your mind into something, you obsessively pursue it like a demon,” Ashandra explained.

”Exactly,” Jin Liwei wholeheartedly agreed to the artist's brief analysis of his baby girl.

Iris didn't reply to the two. She continued to admire the scarf instead. Then she asked, ”What's this painting called?”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

”I call it the 'Demonic Angel'.”

”Beautiful,” Iris whispered.

Later, Ashandra greeted Grandpa Lu, Maestro De Luca and Enrique Valdez. They all knew each other because they were former and current students of Cross Academy.

After Iris introduced her friend to everyone, the party resumed its light and cheerful atmosphere. The people who hadn't met Ashandra yet were all very curious of her. When they learned that she was an accomplished artist whose works always sold out at insane prices in auctions, they were all very impressed.

Once again, everyone from ”Strong Yet Broken” were amazed by Iris Long's connections. It seemed that Ashandra Knightson was her personal friend. Meaning, Iris met the respected artist on her own instead of getting connected through Jin Liwei. In fact, even Maestro De Luca and Enrique Valdez seemed to be only close to her and not to Jin Liwei.

If other people started accusing Iris Long of using CEO Jin Liwei to climb socially, then the ”Strong Yet Broken” team would be the first ones to defend her.