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,

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armchair and sat down without a

want to talk

do

him in the first place. You even resorted to humiliating yourself with that bed–climbing stunt to make

wanted a divorce, Camille couldn’t

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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

nerve, but Charlotte’s face betrayed nothing. “I don’t know what

cold laugh escaped Camille’s lips. “Don’t try to fool me. I’m your mother; I know you

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act, isn’t it?

creating trouble for Arthur,

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

Besides, why would I go to such lengths to

unhappy,” Camille said without hesitation. “You want to make him

a moment,

knew she was

these years, no one from her family had

Chapter 26 Just a

even after

her accident.

may not care about your reputation, but

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

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