Chapter 73
 
Camille's point of view
 
The Kane mansion gleamed like a jewel against the night sky, every window ablaze with light, every entrance adorned with arrangements of fire lilies and black orchids. Limousines lined the circular driveway, de I watched it all from Victoria's private study, a closed-
 
circuit feed showing me every entrance, every reaction, every whispered speculation about why Kane Industries had gathered such an illustrious crowd on this particular evening.
 
"They're calling it the event of the season," Victoria said, adjusting the
 
diamond clip in my hair. "Everyone who matters in New York is
 
here, wondering what magnificent announcement Camille Kane plans to make."
 
I barely heard her, my eyes fixed on the feed showing the main entrance. Rose had just arrived, looking thinner than I remembered but still maintaining that perfect poise that had once made me so jealous. Her dress, likely one of the few remaining from her collapsed fashion line, was a study in understated elegance. No one watching her would guess that her company had failed, her reputation was in tatters, and her Only I could see the strain around her eyes, the slightly too-
 
tight smile, the carefully hidden desperation of a woman clinging to the last threads of her social standing.
 
 "The invitation was returned twice before being finally
 
 "She couldn't bear
 
 talking about. Even if it meant facing the woman she believes
 
Victoria nodded. "And Stefan?"
 
 scanning the growing crowd
 
 stood near
 
 had aged him visibly, his once confident
 
11
 
 a small smile of satisfaction curving her lips. "Perfect positioning for what's to come." She turned to me, her expression growing serious. "Are you
 
 of systematic revenge, was I ready for the
 
 surprised by the steadiness in my voice.
 
Victoria nodded
 
 introductory remarks at nine o'clock precisely. You'll enter from the left side
 
 The woman who Jooked back at me was both familiar and strange, Camille
 
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