Chapter 29
CAMILLE'S POINT OF VIEW
The engagement party filled the screen before me, bright lights and beautiful people swirling in celebration. I sat motionless in Victoria's guest suite, hands folded in my lap breathing measured despite the storm Joy for them. Torture for me.
The Rodriguez family estate had been transformed into a fairytale setting, white roses everywhere, crystal chandeliers hanging from pavilions, string quartet playing softly. Two hundred guests in designer forma And at the center of it all, Rose and Stefan. My sister and my ex-husband.
"The engagement of the year," the entertainment reporter gushed. "Stefan Rodriguez, heir to the Rodriguez shipping fortune, and renowned fashion designer Rose Lewis have finally made their relationship offic respectful period following the tragic death of Stefan's first wife-
Rose's sister Camille."
A "respectful period." Nine months. That's all it took for my existence to become a footnote in their love story.
The camera cut to my mother, diamonds glittering at her throat. "Of course we're thrilled," she said, voice slightly too bright. "Rose and Stefan have always had a special connection. While we continue to mourn
Would I? Would I want them to find
happiness together? To build their life on the foundation of my destruction?
A tear slid down my cheek before I could stop it. I wiped it away quickly, angry at this weakness. Eleven months of transformation. Eleven months of becoming someone new. Someone stronger.
stand beside my chair, her attention fixing
Victoria said,
replied, steadier than expected. "To understand what
dried tears, not the tension in
"That I've been
"I've been preparing to take back what they stole from me. My husband. My family. My
fully, something shifting inside me like tectonic plates rearranging. "But that life was never worth fighting for. Stefan never loved me,
Manhattan's glittering expanse. A view fitting for who I was becoming. Not Camille Lewis, forgotten daughter and discarded wife. But Camille Kane, heir to an empire, architec "Justice," I said, the word tasting new on my tongue.
they are. To make them face the truth they've
truth
think she is. That Stefan isn't the honorable man he pretends to be. That parents chose wrongly when they favored her over me." My words emerged with quiet certainty. “T Victoria moved to the desk, opening folders, dossiers on Rose's fashion business, Stefan's role in his family company, my parents' social connections. Eleven months of intelligence gathering, creating a map of "The acquisition of TechVault goes public tomorrow,"
Not with a frontal assault, but with precision strikes they won't
issues. Financial pressure through carefully manipulated loan terms. Contract interference with Rod Not revenge in the conventional
I asked,
tomorrow Your interview with Fortune runs the following day. By week's end, the business world will be discussing Camille Kane, not Rose Lewis and Stefan Ro Victoria poured
eager women reached for it. She aimed directly at the camera,
ready to begin?"
turned from the screen, something dangerous awakening in my eyes. "Burn
to mine. "Not burn," she corrected. "Burning is chaotic, emotional, easily traced. What we're
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