Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 321

When Henry walked in, he found Halley hunched over a table, peering intently through a magnifying glass at a piece of calligraphy that Noreen had gifted him—an original by Master Linden.

Halley was practically beaming, unable to contain his delight as he shared his joy with the housekeeper standing nearby.

“Look at this, will you? Now that is real artistry! Good handwriting, finally! That girl’s got some sense, at least—she still remembers what I like.”

All of Halley’s usual aloofness had melted away, replaced by rare enthusiasm.

“What kind of painting has you in such high spirits?” Henry asked, drifting over to join them.

But as soon as he caught a clear look at the artwork laid out on the table, Henry froze.

Wasn’t this the same piece that Seth had snapped up at the auction for a fortune? He’d wanted to bid on it himself, but decided against it out of respect for Bianca.

So how on earth did it end up here?

Halley was too absorbed in admiring the calligraphy to bother with Henry’s question.

It was the housekeeper who filled him in. “Oh, that? It’s a gift from Professor Joyner’s favorite protégé. He treasures it, you know.”

Henry’s heart skipped a beat.

Favorite protégé…

He himself had only managed to become Professor Joyner’s student last year, thanks to his father’s connections.

He’d heard vague rumors that Professor Joyner once had a protégé he was especially fond of, but for some mysterious reason, that student had vanished without a trace. No one was allowed to mention that student in Professor Joyner’s presence; he refused to acknowledge their existence to anyone.

Over time, people simply stopped talking about it.

It only came up again last year, when Henry was accepted as a student, and someone had joked, “Didn’t you already take on a final disciple seven years ago? How come you’re taking on another now?”

Professor Joyner had flown into a rage, outright denying that he’d ever done such a thing.

Henry’s curiosity had been piqued, so he’d quietly asked Dylan, his senior in the program.

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