SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 64

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.

my biological sister but my nanny's daughter who i took like a kid sister," Alexander said after several minutes of silence. "Younger. Brilliant. Full of

personal revelation caught me off guard.

past a carefully guarded mystery despite his public

asked, curiosity momentarily

a man who

voice remained casual, but I felt tension in the arm linked with mine. "He was also controlling. Manipulative. Eventually abusive, though

me to sit, then took the

to destroy her professionally if she went public with abuse allegations. Offered a settlement compared to what she

resonated uncomfortably with

sense of powerful families protecting their

she do?"

fixed on the distant water. "She took the settlement. Started over. Built her own success, piece by careful piece." His mouth curved in what might have been

I could." He turned to look at me directly, his gaze more intense than usual. "I understand the

"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. It's like I never

had been building all day finally broke through. "They think they've won. Think they've overcome every obstacle I put in their path. Rose gets to wear white

change if they knew?" Alexander asked gently. "If Victoria revealed Rose's secrets tomorrow,

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 to justify their support. The question isn't just what secrets Victoria has discovered, but how to use ther "So I just watch

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