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-

close enough for

took a deep breath. "Us. This thing between us

fingers tightened slightly around the

that why you've

want to rush you. After everything with Stefan and

to

names didn't sting

her wine, "I thought that part of me was dead. The part that could feel... this."

Wanting to tell you things as soon as they happen. Wondering what

Tibe

does it scare

Chapter 96

Victoria warned me not to let emotions cloud my judgment. Because I'm not sure who I am when I'm not fighting an "Camille," he said, her name 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

you're describing sounds like a stranger to

he took her hand in his. "She's still there. I see her when you work on the Phoenix Grid, not just as revenge for people. I see her when you talk

simple touch sent waves of warmth through her entire body. "That's why I've never pushed," he continued. "I wanted you to find your own way back to that

helped her build.

She helped shape you, but your core, who you truly are, that was always t He reached into

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

stared at the pendant. She remembered it now, a gift from her

kept it safe," Alexander said. "Waiting for

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

I can be that woman again," Camille

us can go backward. But you can bring the best parts of who

the space between them

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