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.

but my nanny's daughter who i took like a kid sister," Alexander said after several minutes of

me off guard. Alexander

a carefully guarded

asked, curiosity momentarily displacing my own

who seemed

linked with mine. "He was also controlling. Manipulative. Eventually

guided me to sit, then took the space

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

resonated uncomfortably with

not the abuse, but the sense of powerful families protecting their own,

do?"

the settlement. Started over. Built her own success, piece by careful piece." His mouth curved in what might

gaze more intense than usual. "I understand the need for justice, Camille. The hunger to make those who hurt you pay for

simple acknowledgment of my feelings unlocked something inside me. With Victoria, emotional reactions. always 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. It's

that 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 and pro husband while my parents watch proudly from

Alexander asked gently. "If Victoria revealed Rose's secrets

choose Rose," Alexander continued when I didn't answer. "Your parents might find ways to justify their support. The

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