The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 29

  • Chapter 20

  • “Really? Then explain why you were living at Navier’s Lakeside Villa during that whole month–long divorce waiting period.”

  • Lysander hurled his phone into Celeste’s lap. On screen was the damning investigation report about

  • her.

  • “If I hadn’t dug deeper, I’d still be in the dark.”

  • “You and Navier coordinated quite brilliantly. This whole Ophelia impersonation act–you were betting I’d go soft over that face of yours, weren’t you?”

  • He gripped Celeste’s throat violently, his mind a chaotic whirlwind of conflicting emotions, acting purely on instinct.

  • Though tears involuntarily sprang from her eyes from the pain, Celeste remained remarkably composed. Instead of panic, she displayed her first genuine smile in days.

  • “Of course, you were supposed to fall for it. You love Ophelia, don’t you? I played my role perfectly. Why still chase after Navier? I can be your Ophelia–I’ll play that role for the rest of your life if that’s what you want.”

  • “Navier doesn’t love you anymore. She’s finally started a new chapter. Stop disrupting her life, Lysander.”

  • She said his name in Ophelia’s exact intonation.

  • Lysander reflexively loosened his grip on her throat, disgust churning inside him.

  • marks forming on her neck, he felt a conflicting pang of regret and concern.

  • you, and I definitely won’t marry you! Get any ridiculous ideas

  • signaled for his security team to watch her, then turned away without hesitation. He boarded the waiting helicopter,

  • she owed him

  • the security team, trying to break

  • Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights

  • 24.8

  • her, handled her with excessive care.

  • made a desperate dash toward Lysander’s

  • she was

  • already lifted off.

  • pursue

  • to a distant speck. Silently, she prayed Navier wouldn’t be found.

  • motionless for a long, she finally

  • she needed to accelerate her

  • walked the Bond Street from the photo countless times but hadn’t

  • someone here was like searching for a needle in

  • scattered across the streets

  • demand answers and bring her back

  • he searched,

  • was about to give up, convinced she’d left England, he spotted them on that same familiar

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