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

  • means losing something else–n perfectly fair exchange.

  • to

  • he studied her, nearly choking on

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

  • that day comes, I won’t hesitate to

  • him tenderly, perfecting

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

  • left Lysander feeling

  • at her face–a face he both loved and

  • look so

  • to hold back. He could deal

  • damn face was too

  • Navier’s number

  • And if Aubrey ever mistreats you, I’ll be the

  • straight.”

  • first words after getting her

  • to Aubrey. But how are you doing with Lysander?

  • endure mistreatment. With that face,

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  • regret asking you to stay by his side forever. I hope

  • true self someday.”

  • a wave of warmth at Navier’s

  • worry. I won’t let myself be mistreated again. And this is my true self now–I

  • Navier felt a

  • chatting for a few more minutes, Celeste finally hung up.

  • to find Lysander still standing there, but felt no concern about

  • nothing left

  • though he’d been plunged into an

  • he realized with such clarity that Navier truly no longer loved him.

  • the past, he could have deluded himself that this

  • attention.

  • Her claims about moving on had been genuine from

  • start.

  • only one stuck in the past

  • bought several bottles

  • headstone and spoke in a hoarse voice.

  • I screwed up. A lot.”

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