SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 64

Camille's point of view

For the next three hours, I performed flawlessly. Smiled at the right people. Made appropriate small talk. Donated a generous sum when the fundraising total was announced. No one looking at Camille Kane wo composed exterior.

No one except Alexander Pierce, who appeared at my elbow as I waited for my car afterward.

"You're not as good at hiding your feelings as you think," he said quietly, falling into step beside me.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"The Rodriguez Lewis announcement." He studied my profile as we walked. "It wasn't part of your plan."

I stopped, turning to face him fully. "How do you always know? What's happening in my life, what I'm feeling, how do you always seem to be one step ahead?"

Instead of answering, he offered his arm. "Walk with me. The gardens are beautiful this time of year."

Against my better judgment, I accepted, allowing him to guide me along a stone path that wound through flowering shrubs and carefully tended beds.

is not my biological sister but my nanny's daughter who i took like a kid sister,"

personal revelation caught me off guard.

carefully guarded mystery

to her?" I asked, curiosity momentarily

married a man who seemed

arm linked with mine. "He was also controlling. Manipulative. Eventually abusive, though she

bench overlooking a pond. Alexander guided me to sit, then took the space beside me, close but

connections to freeze her assets. Threatened to destroy her professionally if she went public with abuse allegations. Offered a

resonated uncomfortably

abuse, but the sense of powerful families protecting their own, of

did she do?" I

success, piece by

understand

had to be channeled into strategic advantage. Alexander simply accepted the raw hurt drivi "They're getting everything they wanted," I said, the words spilling out before I could contain them. "The business alliance. The society wedding. My parents' blessing.

every obstacle I

gently. "If Victoria revealed

of revelation, of seeing their faces when they realized who had been orchestrating their destruction, that I hadn't thought beyond that moment "Stefan might still choose Rose," Alexander continued when I didn't answer. "Your parents might find ways