As Aria and Xavi race through Parisian catacombs, abandoned galleries, and the charred remains of her childhood home, Aria must unlock the one thing money can’t buy: of that night.
“That’s you,” Xavi says quietly. “Before the fire. You were there. You saw who did it.”
And in the final twist—Xavi isn’t just an ally. The little girl in the painting is holding his hand. They were childhood best friends. And the flame behind them? Held by the woman Aria calls “Simone”—then known by another name: her mother’s former best friend, who was secretly in love with Aria’s father. She inherited a fortune. He inherited the truth. Now they’ll both pay the price. The Heiress Vol. 2 Rich And Beautiful -Xavi Roc...
To distract herself, Aria funds beautiful obsessions. Her latest: , a reclusive, magnetic painter whose portraits capture the hidden souls of the ultra-rich. Critics call him a genius; tabloids call him dangerous. Aria hires him to paint her official gala portrait, but Xavi refuses payment—he wants only one thing: access to the Valmont archives .
At first, she laughs him off. Then he shows her a small, unsold canvas: a little girl with Aria’s eyes, standing in a field of white lilies—the Valmont family symbol. Behind the girl, a shadowy figure holds a flame. As Aria and Xavi race through Parisian catacombs,
Aria freezes. She has no memory of that day before the sirens.
Xavi reveals he’s not just an artist—he’s the son of the Valmont estate’s former groundskeeper, who vanished the night of the fire. For ten years, Xavi has painted the truth in code: each brushstroke hides dates, symbols, and a map to a secret underground bunker beneath the ruined manor. You were there
But someone else wants that secret too. , Aria’s elegant, ruthless “grief counselor” (and secret heir to a rival dynasty), has been drugging Aria’s tea with memory-suppressing herbs, keeping her docile while Simone’s lawyers slowly transfer Valmont assets offshore.