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.

  • wanted everything, but life doesn’t work that way.

  • something means losing something else–n

  • should learn to be content.

  • gaze shifted rapidly as he studied her, nearly choking on

  • fact I won’t hurt that face of yours. But what happens when you stop looking like Ophelia? Ever

  • won’t hesitate to destroy

  • him tenderly, perfecting Ophelia’s

  • if it did, you’d be the one with regrets and fear, not

  • Lysander feeling utterly

  • pushed her away, conflicted as he stared at

  • look so much

  • hold back. He

  • face

  • dialed Navier’s number with satisfaction.

  • hope you’re happy. And if Aubrey ever mistreats you, I’ll be the first one to set

  • straight.”

  • surprised that Celeste’s first words after getting

  • pass that along to Aubrey. But how are you

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

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  • by his side forever. I hope you get the

  • true self someday.”

  • of warmth at

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

  • felt

  • more minutes, Celeste finally hung

  • still standing there, but felt

  • left to

  • been plunged into an icy abyss.

  • such clarity that Navier truly no longer loved him.

  • that this was just another of her tactics to

  • attention.

  • man. Her claims about moving

  • start.

  • only one stuck in

  • bottles of whiskey and placed a

  • the headstone and spoke in a hoarse voice.

  • think I screwed up.

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