The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 33

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  • Lysander nearly crushed the phone in his grip. Only after several deep breaths did he regain a

  • semblance of control.

  • “Hang tight. I’m on it!”

  • He raced back to headquarters at breakneck speed, only to find Celeste lounging in his executive

  • chair.

  • “So, Lysander,” she drawled, “satisfied with how things turned out? I told you I didn’t want you bothering Navier.”

  • In that moment, everything clicked. This entire catastrophe was Celeste’s handiwork.

  • A bitter laugh escaped his throat as he snarled through clenched teeth.

  • “Well played, Celeste. I clearly underestimated you. But the Vanderbilt empire won’t going down because of your little games. You think I won’t throw you into a cell and leave you there to rot?”

  • Celeste’s smile remained soft and gentle–eerily similar to Ophelia’s–but her words cut like ice.

  • “You won’t.”

  • “Just imagine poor Ophelia in a jail cell, eating terrible food, sleeping on a hard bunk, being bullied by other inmates. You couldn’t bear it.”

  • Her smile brightened further.

  • “Relax, Lysander. This little mess? Consider it my gift to you. You should actually thank me–I just helped you get rid of the dead weight in your company.”

  • “I haven’t broken any laws. I simply revealed the rot that was already inside your organization.”

  • “Why not just stay here and fix your business? Why do you keep chasing after Navier? She’s happy

  • now.”

  • “Your beloved ‘Ophelia‘ is right here by your side forever. What more could you possibly want?”

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  • Celeste couldn’t comprehend Lysander’s inner conflict.

  • but life doesn’t work that

  • losing something else–n perfectly

  • should learn to be content.

  • he studied

  • of yours. But what happens

  • I won’t hesitate to destroy

  • perfecting Ophelia’s signature gaze.

  • day will never come, Lysander. But if it did, you’d be the one with regrets and fear, not me. After all, you

  • words left Lysander feeling utterly

  • as he stared at her face–a face he

  • she didn’t look so

  • wouldn’t need to hold back. He

  • that damn face was

  • number with

  • ever mistreats you, I’ll be the

  • straight.”

  • first words after getting her number

  • along to Aubrey. But how are you doing with Lysander? Everything okay?”

  • With that face,

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  • stay by his side forever. I hope you get the chance to be your

  • true self someday.”

  • wave of

  • be mistreated again. And this is my true self now–I don’t mind playing Ophelia occasionally. I actually enjoy it.”

  • great!” Navier felt a

  • for a few more minutes,

  • still standing there, but felt no concern about his reaction.

  • was nothing left

  • he’d been plunged into an

  • before had he realized with such clarity that Navier truly

  • have deluded himself that this was just another of her tactics to win

  • attention.

  • Her claims about

  • start.

  • only one stuck in the past was

  • basic arrangements to stabilize the company, Lysander bought several bottles of whiskey and placed a bouquet of lilies at

  • and spoke in a hoarse

  • I screwed up.

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