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,

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nearby armchair and sat

to talk

do

to humiliating yourself with that bed–climbing stunt

learning that Charlotte wanted a divorce, Camille

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a car accident,” Charlotte replied 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

eyes narrowed with suspicion.

nothing. “I don’t know

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

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It’s an act, isn’t

trouble for Arthur, aren’t

felt a chill spread through her chest. She hadn’t expected her mother to

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

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

a moment, Charlotte felt

her mother knew

these years, no one from her family had reached

Chapter 26 Just a

not even

her accident.

about your reputation, but I do. Do

voice low but resolute. “So, even if Arthur has a

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