Chapter 26 Just a Tool

When Charlotte heard what Arthur had said, she was furious.

She’d only thrown a couple of insults his way, and now he threatened to cut off her livelihood.

She thought bitterly, “Seriously? What about the five years I wasted on him?

What about all the awful things he did to me?

How am I supposed to make up for that?”

The more she dwelled on it, the more infuriated she became, though an undeniable sense of despair lay beneath her anger. How had her life become such

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a tragedy?

As Charlotte, she couldn’t even secure a clean break from him. As Ms. Aroma, she had only succeeded in incurring his wrath further.

By the time Charlotte returned to the Hardwick Villa, exhaustion had replaced her initial fury. Removing her mask, she swallowed a pill that restored her natural voice.

With a quiet word of thanks to the driver, she exited the car and made her way inside.

The villa was brightly lit, the interior gleaming with an air of affluence that felt strangely hollow.

Upon entering the living room, Charlotte

noticed Camille seated on the sofa. Camille’s immaculately preserved features carried a cold, steely expression

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and sat down without a preamble.

to talk

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one who insisted on marrying him in the first place. You even resorted to humiliating yourself with that bed–climbing stunt to make it happen. And now, after just five years, you want a divorce? Are you

a divorce, Camille couldn’t believe it and suppressed her

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“I lost my memory, including everything about Arthur and Julius. Over the past few months, I’ve been reevaluating my life, and I’ve come to realize I’m not happy. If that’s the case, why should I stay in this

with suspicion. “You’re pretending, aren’t

struck a nerve, but Charlotte’s face betrayed nothing. “I don’t know what you mean,” she replied, furrowing her brows

laugh escaped Camille’s lips. “Don’t try to fool me. I’m your mother; I know you better than anyone. This amnesia

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an act,

trouble for Arthur,

She hadn’t expected her mother to see through her so easily, but she

firmly. “I’ve genuinely forgotten everything. Besides, why would I go to such lengths

want to make him suffer, to

a moment,

her mother knew she

years, no one from her family

Chapter 26 Just a

not even after learning

her accident.

is out of the question. You may not care about your reputation, but I do. Do you have any idea

fists tightly, her voice low but resolute. “So, even if

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