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.

  • he felt a conflicting pang of regret and concern.

  • be Ophelia’s stand–in. I won’t love you, and I definitely won’t marry you!

  • shot her one final glare, signaled for his security team to watch her, then turned away without hesitation. He boarded the waiting helicopter, bound for England to bring

  • way or another, she owed him an explanation!

  • the security team, trying to

  • of

  • 24.8

  • to harm her, handled

  • a desperate

  • was

  • aircraft had already lifted

  • pursue him now,

  • to the ground, watching the helicopter shrink to a distant speck.

  • long, she finally regained

  • she needed

  • He’d walked the Bond Street from the photo countless times

  • someone here was like searching for a needle

  • leaves scattered across the streets did

  • see Navier, demand answers and bring her back

  • more desperately he searched,

  • he spotted them on that same familiar boulevard: Navier and a foreign man walking hand–in–hand, unhurriedly crunching

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