SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 71

Chapter 71

The elevator climbed toward the penthouse of Pierce Tower, each floor ticking by on the digital display as my stomach tightened with a mix of anger and nervous anticipation. I wore a simple black dress, nothing

revenge.

When the doors opened, I stepped into a space unlike anything I'd expected. Not

the

cold, modernist showcase typical of billionaire penthouses, but a warm, wood- paneled sanctuary with floor-to-

ceiling bookshelves and comfortable leather furniture. Classical music played softly in the background. The wall of windows offered a breathtaking view of Manhattan at sunset, the city transformed into gold and shadow.

Alexander stood by a small bar cart, his back to me. He'd removed his suit jacket and rolled

up his shirtsleeves, looking more approachable than I'd ever seen him.

"Scotch? Wine? Something else?" he asked without turning

"Answers," I replied, my voice steadier than I felt.

He turned then, a slight smile on his face that didn't

quite reach his eyes. "Straight to business. One of the many things I admire about you."

I tossed the folder onto his coffee table. Papers spilled out, financial records, surveillance reports, market manipulation evidence, all documenting his shadow campaign against Rose and Stefan. "Explain this," I demanded, remaining standing even as he gestured toward a seat. "Explain why you've been secretly helping destroy Rose and Stefan for the past year without telling me." Alexander studied me for a long moment, then moved to a bookshelf and pulled out a small wooden box. "Perhaps we should start at the beginning."

He placed the box on the table between us and finally, I sat down across from him. He opened it carefully, removing what looked like a hospital ID bracelet, faded and worn. "Boston Memorial Hospital. Five years ago." He set the bracelet gently on that changed everything."

What

top of the red papers. "The night

s have to do with Rose and

I stared at the plastic band, confusion replacing some of my anger. does Stefan?”

the wreckag A chill ran through me as fragments of memory stirred, a rainy night, flashing emergency lights, a medical conference in Boston I'd attended alone because my

found me. Who rode in the ambulance. Who gave her information as emergency

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unrecognizable. The hospital forms I'd filled out while waiting for news

whispered, the past rushing back. "I visited your room. Read to you while you were

Mrs Graves," Alexander said softly. "You said it was your favorite and the Author Annypen,

"I never knew your name. The hospital just had a case

the box again, removing a faded

are, I hope you heal completely. Someone is thinking of you, even

from years ago. "I don't understand. If that was you, why didn't you tell me

recovered, I tried to find you. All I had was a name, Camille Lewis, and the knowledge that you'd attended a medical conference in

He turned back to

tender and pained. "I came to New York, intent

woman who'd saved my life. But when I

was married," I finished for

what seemed to be a perfect life with a successful husband and budding design career." Alexander's smile held no bitterness, only a gentle resignation. "It didn't seem right to intrud "So you

to make sure the woman who'd shown such kindness to a stranger

to return to New York, to somehow warn you, when news broke about your accident. Your car going off tha He moved

looking into every aspect of that night. But then, A week later, I discovered

snapped up.

How could you possibly

that most people can't imagine," Alexander said simply. "My security team

i was

Victoria ever presented me as her daughter? Before the surgeries

Saved you. Was helping you recover and transform. But I didn't know why, or what you

I said slowly, trying to process what he was telling me, "you've known exactly who I was. Even through the surgical changes. The new identity. Everything." "Yes," he admitted.

"And

fifteen months." Anger briefly flared again. "You

new life, plan my revenge, and said

I have said?" Alexander asked quietly.

as her daughter, when you emerged with a new face and a new purpose, it was clear you'd chosen a specific path. It wasn't my place to

"Until you started manipulating

succeeded." He leaned forward, his eyes intent on mine. "I saw what they did to you, Camille. Watched helplessly as y The raw sincerity in his voice made it impossible to maintain my anger. He had helped advance my revenge without seeking credit. Had used his considerable resources to ensure Rose and Stefan's destruction without revealing his

I asked. "Why let me discover

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