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

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

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and sat down

to

do

You were the 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

a divorce, Camille couldn’t believe it

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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

narrowed with suspicion. “You’re

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

fool me. I’m your mother; I know you better

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It’s an act,

creating trouble for Arthur, aren’t

mother to see through

genuinely forgotten everything. Besides,

you’re unhappy,” Camille said without hesitation. “You want to

a moment, Charlotte felt

mother knew

all these years, no one from her family had reached out to

Chapter 26 Just a

not even after learning

her accident.

not care about your reputation, but I do. Do you have any

but resolute. “So, even if Arthur has a mistress, I still

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