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

preserved features carried a cold, steely expression

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to a nearby armchair and sat

want to

do

one who insisted on marrying him in the first place. You even resorted to humiliating

Camille couldn’t believe it and

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been reevaluating my life, and I’ve come to realize I’m not happy. If

with suspicion. “You’re

face betrayed nothing. “I don’t know what you mean,” she replied, furrowing

“Don’t try to fool me. I’m your mother; I

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an act,

trouble for Arthur, aren’t

She hadn’t expected her mother to see through her so easily, but she

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

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

moment, Charlotte

her mother knew she

years, no one from her

Chapter 26 Just a

even after learning

her accident.

whatever you want to make him uncomfortable, but divorce is out of the question. You may not care about your reputation, but

fists tightly, her voice low but resolute. “So, even if Arthur has a mistress, I still can’t

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