Dr. Taylor felt sympathy for Diego, after all, he had originally intended to donate the painting.

However, no matter how much sympathy he felt, the painting was a fake and couldn't be considered a genuine collection. The significance of the donation was also vastly different.

He could only scratch his nose and say, "Although this painting is a fake, it's almost indistinguishable from the real thing and does have some research value. Why don't we have the museum purchase it, Mr. Flores, what do you think?"

This meant that the donation was out of the question, and the price would only be at a normal level.

The expression on Diego's face dimmed: "Since it has research value, it's better to donate it to the museum."

"After all, in the hands of a layman like me, it would be virtually useless."

"This..."

Dr. Taylor felt a little awkward: "Then the donation certificate can only be a regular one."

Diego waved his hand: "It's just a fake, how can it be worthy of a donation certificate."

Seeing that he wasn't making things difficult, Dr. Taylor grasped Diego's hand with both hands, a smile on his face: "Mr. Flores, you are truly a man of great righteousness!"

Diego's face changed slightly, but he quickly adjusted, smiling and shaking hands with Dr. Taylor.

Sofia muttered, "Why not worthy? We spent almost 20 million for this painting, how can it not be worthy?"

The dress plus the painting, a total of 40 million, if it couldn't bring back even a little bit of benefit for the Flores Family...

Sofia shuddered.

She suddenly looked at Daniela: "It's you! It's all your fault!"

"If you hadn't tricked me into bidding for that painting, how could I have let Dad buy it!"

Her eyes were filled with fierce light, as if she wanted to eat Daniela alive.

Diego's sharp eyes also turned towards her.

Daniela said coldly, "When did I trick you into buying the painting? Stop making things up!"

Sofia stared at her: "Don't pretend! It was you! You knew the painting was fake, and you acted with Lucas, pretending to be desperate for it! You were just trying to lure me into bidding for it."

"Then later, Lucas pretended to stop bidding! It was all planned by you!"

Daniela frowned: "Lucas stopped because you said you were going to donate it. Otherwise, he would have continued to bid!"

"It was you!"

Sofia didn't care, and she even stood up and wanted to grab the painting on the table and smash it onto Daniela.

Daniela subconsciously took a step back.

Ivan stepped forward and stood in front of her: "Miss Flores, please calm down."

"Slap!"

A slap landed on Sofia's face.

Diego's face was terrifyingly grim: "Have you had enough of this!"

"Dad..." Sofia looked at Diego in disbelief, then moved her gaze to Sebastian: "Really, it was her who was scheming against me."

Sebastian didn't say anything.

Looking at Ivan in front of her who was blocking her, Daniela's heart felt like it was being pricked by needles, sharp and painful.

Dr. Taylor's little bit of good feeling for Sofia, which had arisen from her donation of the painting, completely vanished: "Miss Flores, you need to be reasonable. So many people were there, and none of them saw anything wrong. How could a little girl like Daniela possibly tell that the painting was fake?"

He was clearly insinuating that Daniela was naive and had no discernment earlier. Now that he had made a mistake, he was blaming it on someone else.

At his age, this was the first time he had ever seen someone so shameless.

He had lost face today. Before Diego pulled Sofia away, he looked at Ivan: "A fake appeared at Jones Auction House, I hope Mr. Jones will give me an explanation."

Ivan smiled and didn't say anything.

The rest of the events were simple. Dr. Taylor accepted the donation from Romero Group and awarded Romero Group the title of lifetime honorary member.

Considering the Flores Family's face, they also issued a donation certificate, but it didn't come with the title or privileges of a member.

On the way back, both of them were silent.

Daniela pulled her coat tighter.

It was already deep autumn, and it was getting colder.

Juan quietly turned up the temperature in the car.

As the car warmed up, Daniela slowly leaned back against the seat.

Sebastian suddenly spoke: "Did you deliberately scheme against Sofia with that painting?"