Reborn From Oblivion by Christia Muray

Chapter 42

Nellie watched Jasmine leave the stage, feeling a bit lost.

"Nellie."

Caught up in her thoughts, Nellie hardly noticed Cameron as he stood up and made his way over to her, grabbing her wrist with a grip like a vice. Nellie looked at him with a cool detachment as if he were a stranger to her.

Her gaze hit him hard. "Nellie, what are you doing in Milan? Didn't I tell you to stay put in Australia?" he demanded, annoyance clear in his voice.

Nellie smirked, a hint of sarcasm in her expression. Did he really think shipping her off to America meant she had to follow his every whim? To him, she was just a mindless accessory.

Cameron blinked, momentarily stunned. "Even if you wanted to come to Milan, you should've given me a heads-up."

adopting a condescending tone. "Nel, do you know

across her face. "He was too busy with his precious sweetheart to spare a thought for me, wasn't he?" Both Cameron and Greta's

Cameron said, "Nel, I did go to Australia to look

might have been touched by this, but now, she just found

you'd come for me in three months. But

needed me to play the perfect daughter-in-law at their annual shindig. That's why you bothered to make the

expected this fierce, no-nonsense version

She looked uncomfortable. "Nel,

maybe stop doing things that

the victim. "Nel, how can you think that of me? Cameron and I were childhood friends, sure, but since he married you, he's been nothing but loyal. He's never crossed the line with me." Nellie's eyes fell on their intertwined fingers, a mocking