The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 33

  • Chapter 24

  • 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?”

  • 12:43

  • The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights

  • 28.2%

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

  • everything, but life doesn’t

  • something means losing something else–n perfectly fair

  • to

  • shifted rapidly as he studied her, nearly

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

  • day comes, I won’t hesitate to

  • him tenderly, perfecting Ophelia’s signature gaze.

  • come, Lysander. But if it did, you’d be the one with regrets and

  • Lysander feeling utterly powerless.

  • pushed her away, conflicted as he stared at her face–a face he

  • didn’t look so much

  • need to hold back. He could deal with

  • damn face was too similar.

  • number

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

  • straight.”

  • that Celeste’s first words after getting her number would

  • along to Aubrey. But how

  • to endure mistreatment. With that

  • 12-43

  • Ruined Bride of Velvet

  • 28.4%

  • Chapter 24

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

  • true self someday.”

  • a wave of

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

  • felt

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

  • turned to find Lysander still standing there, but

  • nothing left

  • felt as though he’d been plunged into an icy

  • he realized with such clarity

  • he could have deluded himself that this was just another of her tactics

  • attention.

  • marrying another man. Her claims about moving on had

  • start.

  • stuck in the past was him.

  • basic arrangements to stabilize the company, Lysander bought several bottles of

  • and spoke in a

  • screwed

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255