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.

  • life doesn’t

  • losing something else–n perfectly

  • learn to

  • rapidly as he studied her,

  • that face of yours. But what happens when you stop looking like Ophelia? Ever think

  • day comes, I won’t hesitate to destroy you.”

  • perfecting Ophelia’s

  • the one with regrets

  • left Lysander

  • angrily pushed her away, conflicted as he stared at her face–a face he both loved and hated.

  • didn’t look

  • hold back. He could deal with her however

  • face

  • dialed Navier’s number with satisfaction.

  • mistreats you, I’ll be the first one to

  • straight.”

  • Celeste’s first words after getting her number would

  • But how are you doing with

  • to endure mistreatment. With that face, he’d never

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

  • true self someday.”

  • wave of

  • let myself be mistreated again. And this is my

  • great!” Navier felt

  • few more minutes, Celeste

  • still standing there,

  • was nothing left to

  • felt as though he’d been

  • realized with such clarity

  • deluded himself that this was just

  • attention.

  • now, she was marrying another man. Her claims about moving on had been genuine from the

  • start.

  • one stuck in the past

  • bottles of

  • and spoke in

  • I screwed up.

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