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.

once, she is not my biological sister but my nanny's daughter who i took like

unexpected personal revelation caught me off guard. Alexander Pierce

a carefully guarded mystery despite his public business

to her?" I asked, curiosity momentarily displacing

who seemed perfect. Handsome.

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

overlooking a pond. Alexander guided me to sit, then took the

family closed ranks. Used their connections to freeze her assets. Threatened to destroy her professionally if she went public with

story resonated uncomfortably with

the sense of powerful families protecting their own, of money and influence used as

do?"

Built her own success, piece by careful piece." His mouth curved

understand the need for justice,

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'

overcome every obstacle I put

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

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 to justify

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