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.

daughter who i took like a kid sister," Alexander said after several minutes

caught me off guard.

a carefully guarded mystery despite his public

I asked, curiosity momentarily displacing

married a man who seemed

felt tension in the arm linked with mine. "He was also controlling. Manipulative. Eventually abusive, though

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

finally tried to leave him, his family closed ranks. Used their connections to freeze her assets. Threatened to destroy her professionally if she went public with abuse allegations. Offered a settlement compared to

resonated uncomfortably with

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

she do?" I

piece by careful piece." His mouth curved in what might have been ride.

turned to look at me directly, his gaze more intense than usual. "I understand the need for justice, Camille. The hunger to make those who hurt you pay for what they've

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 like I never existed at all." "You exist." Alexander's

every obstacle I put in their path.

if they knew?" Alexander asked gently.

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 their support. The question isn't just what secrets Victoria has discovered, but how to use ther "So I just watch them celebrate? Let them build this future together while

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