SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 96

Chapter 96

The city lights twinkled below Camille's penthouse like fallen stars trapped on earth. She stood at the floor-

to-

ceiling windows, arms wrapped around herself, watching the tiny cars move through the streets forty floors below. Behind her, Alexander poured two glasses of red wine, the soft gurgle of liquid filling the comfo

It had been three days since the press the Phoenix project has issue and they sorted it out. Three days of relative peace. The thought felt

strange to Camille, peace was not something she had known since finding those divorce papers twenty five months ago.

"Your thoughts seem far away," Alexander said, approaching with the wine glasses. His footsteps were quiet on the plush carpet.

Camille accepted the glass, her fingers brushing his. That small touch sent warmth

spreading up her arm. "Not far. Just... processing everything."

Alexander stood beside her at the window. Unlike many men who felt the need to fill silence, he seemed content to share it with her. That was one of the many things she had come to appreciate about him. "Victoria called earlier," Camille said after taking a sip of wine. "The latest reports show Kane Industries stock has fully recovered. The

Phoenix Grid project is back on schedule."

Alexander nodded. "That's good news."

"Yes." Camille turned from the window. "But that's not what I want to talk about tonight."

She moved to the cream-

Alexander followed, sitting close enough for comfort but with space between them,

This thing between us that we keep dancing

around the wine glass.

that why you've

He set his glass on the coffee table. "I didn't want to rush you. After everything with Stefan and Rose..... 1 know

to

sting like it

that could feel... this." She gestured between them. "Victoria taught me to channel everything into revenge. To

there. Wanting to tell you things as soon

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does it

Chapter 96

soft on his lips, "do you remember when we first met? At the hospital in Boston?" She nodded slowly, memories stirring from a time that felt distant now, belonging to a different versi Tears threatened at the corners of Camille's eyes. She blinked them back, unwilling

you're describing sounds like a stranger to me now,"

pull away if she wanted. When she didn't, he took her hand in his. "She's still there. I see her when you work on

"That's why I've never pushed," he continued. "I wanted you to find your own way back

behind the walls Victoria had helped her build.

who you truly are, that was always t He reached into

left this with me," Alexander said softly. "In the hospital. You said it would protect me like

the pendant. She remembered it now, a gift from her grandfather, when she was sixteen. She had worn every day

it safe," Alexander said. "Waiting for the right moment to

as she reached for the pendant. The familiar weight of it in her palm unlocked memories she had buried, of who she had been before

don't know if I can be that woman again," Camille

who you were," Alexander replied "None of us can go backward. But you can bring the best parts of who you were into

moved closer, the space between them now just

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