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

features carried a cold, steely expression that

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and sat down

want to

do

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 insane?”

Charlotte wanted a divorce, Camille couldn’t believe

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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

eyes narrowed 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

“Don’t try to fool me. I’m your mother; I know you better than anyone. This

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act, isn’t it?

creating trouble for Arthur, aren’t

mother to see through her so easily,

“I’ve genuinely forgotten everything. Besides, why

you’re unhappy,” Camille said without hesitation. “You want to make him suffer, to force him to

a moment, Charlotte

knew she

one from her family had reached out

Chapter 26 Just a

not even after

her accident.

your reputation, but I

voice low but resolute. “So,

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