Chapter 677

Sheltered behind Arnold, Camille couldn’t help but stifle a smile, despite the ache in her heart. Arnold’s tongue was as sharp as ever a rapier in court that jabbed at the guilty, and in life, a scalpel that cut to the bone.

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“What are you babbling about? I’ve had no work done!” Mrs. Evert clutched her face, which was as taut as a Thanksgiving balloon, red with embarrassment and seething with guilt.

Arnold shook his head dismissively. “Getting older isn’t a crime, but giving people a fright that’s just not on.”

Mrs. Evert was inches away from a fit of apoplexy.

“And who might you be to Camille?” Eunice, propping her mother up, couldn’t help but challenge him.

“And what am I to her.”

Arnold tapped his cheek thoughtfully, turning his gaze to Camille with a look of mock seriousness. “Ms. Camille, she’s asking what I am to you.”

Camille looked at him, her heart pounding a wild rhythm.

Without her response, Arnold’s eyes crinkled with a knowing smile. “If you’re not speaking up, then I guess I’m your boyfriend by default.”

“What?” Both Mrs. Evert and daughter’s jaws dropped in disbelief.

How could this elegant and handsome gentleman, radiating such distinguished charm, possibly be the boyfriend of that girl?

A blush blossomed on Camille’s delicate features as she bashfully lowered her gaze, unable to meet his eyes.

reached out and intertwined his fingers with hers.

I didn’t intervene because I wanted to see how

narrowed, sending chills down their spines.

declared, “This is an Evert family matter. It’s none of your

me if it’s my business or not.” Arnold’s gaze was so piercing, it

my mother accuse her

started up again, slandering Camille. “She is the illegitimate daughter of our family, conceived by her mother’s seduction of my father. Her mother tried to usurp the family but failed and gave birth to this wretch in secret! When they hit rock bottom, they came seeking refuge

fury and Arnold, sensing her

have to do with

taken aback!

they come from, or their parents. But I believe if Camille had even the slightest choice, she wouldn’t want anything to do with you

if to say, “You don’t have to speak; I get

dignity left, you’ll leave now. Otherwise, I’ll

had sensed from the start that this man was no ordinary Joe.

with Eunice still complaining bitterly in the car about how they had

injured you. He didn’t apologize or compensate for your medical expenses! We were scared away just like that. It’s really

longer would have been the real

hastily searched on her smartphone, bringing up a photo of Cassius, the CEO of K Group. Eunice gasped. “Isn’t

chill. She had thought he seemed familiar but couldn’t place him until it struck her men in that high–profile same–sex relationship that had made headlines?

he one of

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to be in a relationship with a man. He can’t be the same person involved with Camille. They must just look

right. How could that cheap girl be so lucky to fall

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