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.

  • neck, he felt a conflicting pang of

  • now on, just be Ophelia’s stand–in. I won’t love you, and

  • to watch her, then turned away without hesitation. He

  • or another, she owed him an

  • team,

  • Bride of

  • 24.8

  • reluctant to harm her, handled her with excessive care.

  • a desperate dash

  • was too

  • had already

  • pursue him

  • ground, watching the helicopter shrink to a distant speck. Silently, she prayed Navier

  • finally regained

  • she needed to accelerate

  • searching for three days. He’d walked the

  • here was like searching for

  • leaves scattered across the streets did nothing to

  • demand answers and

  • he searched, the more elusive she remained.

  • on that same familiar boulevard: Navier and a foreign

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