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

Camille’s immaculately preserved features carried a cold, steely expression that left no

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to a nearby armchair and sat

to

do

who insisted on marrying him in the first place. You even resorted to humiliating yourself with that

divorce, Camille couldn’t believe

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calmly. “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 marriage? What crime have I committed by wanting a

suspicion. “You’re pretending, aren’t

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

to fool me. I’m your mother; I know you better than anyone. This amnesia

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an act,

creating trouble for

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

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

Camille said without hesitation. “You want to make him suffer, to force him to treat you

moment, Charlotte felt

her mother knew

these years, no one from her

Chapter 26 Just a

even

her accident.

words were delivered with ruthless indifference. “Do whatever you want to make him uncomfortable, but divorce is out of the question. You may not care about your reputation, but I do. Do you have any idea how difficult it was to

but resolute. “So, even if Arthur has a

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