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

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walked to a nearby armchair and sat

to

do

mind, Charlotte? 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 just five years, you want a divorce?

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

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reevaluating my life, and I’ve come to realize I’m

suspicion. “You’re pretending, aren’t

“I

escaped Camille’s lips. “Don’t try to fool me. I’m

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It’s an act, isn’t it?

creating trouble for Arthur, aren’t

through her chest. She hadn’t expected her mother to

said firmly. “I’ve genuinely forgotten everything. Besides, why would I

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

a moment, Charlotte felt

her mother knew

her family had reached out to ask

Chapter 26 Just a

even after learning

her accident.

about your reputation, but I do. Do you have any idea how difficult it

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

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