The first commandment of my trade is reversibility. Whatever you do to a painting, you must be able to undo. Every fill, every retouch, every varnish — it all has to come back off cleanly, with the right solvent, in the right hands, a hundred years from now, leaving the original beneath untouched. We do not get to impose ourselves permanently on the things we love. We are caretakers, not owners; the picture will outlive us and pass to other hands, and our whole ethic is built on humility...

Paper Vows is a serialized fake-marriage billionaire romance audiobook, written by Mia. New episodes daily.