Chapter 601

“Ms. Archer, it’s been ages. You’re still a sight for sore eyes, the man said, his gaze lingering on Elsie’s face, which as a winter’s moon. His smile was light as a feather

“Thank you for the compliment, sir Elsie replied her eyes modestly lowered, her tone neither servile nor overbearing

Truly a testament to Mr. Chambers years of careful guidance: Gentle and poised, elegant and dignified. Sometimes even feel like you are the spitting image of Ms. Evadne Ms Archer you are the most perfect substitute I’ve ever encountered.”

Elsie’s expression remained unchanged, but her eyes darkened with the weight of his words.

The term “substitute turned all his preceding praise into biting sarcasm

Avery didn’t pick up on the awkward moment but instead opened a case to reveal an antique vase. This is an ancient piece, latticework revolving vase I secured for you at the Aethena auction. A small token, I hope you f Lit acceptable” Alexia raised an eyebrow

She had been tracking this vase for the gentleman as well, which had sold for a fortune to an anonymous domestic buyer. She hadn’t expected that buyer to be Avery

Avery was indeed a consummate pleaser, a loyal hound to the end extra care with the dad0044

The man nodded slightly “Mr. Chambers, you are thoughtful as always. I’ll be counting on you to take extr project

Avery bowed deeply. Rest assured. I will spare no effor

left, the room, filled with the scent

Evadre’s to a striking degree, more stunning?” Alexia’s hands gently rested on the man’s shoulders as she leaned in to whisper seductively in his ear

smile, and he patted his knee twice.

before him, her radiant face lifted to his, her eyes rippling with

just a low–grade substitute created to satiate Avery’s desires” The man leaned forward, his fingertips tracing her jawline, tilting her face up. “But you,

flashed through Alexia’s

man was like a deity gazing down upon the mortal realm, and in his eyes, all beings were merely his possessions. Thus, being referred to as

to make your move. As Avery said, the best way to manipulate a man is to exploit his pity. I worry that Frederic, out of guilt, might hand over corporate control

man chuckled lightly. “He

Glynnis has no significance in the

both in one fell swoop?

the end will you know

taken aback

grandfather always told me not to be wasteful, that thrift

intend to use each pawn to

full potential includes Avery, doesn’t it?”

throat and elegantly lifted his teacup to sip, Texpect him to deliver a satisfactory report on the medical

the day of judgment. Elspeth filed an

later, the second trial

spent her days curled in the darkest corner of her

But with each step up the social ladder, someone had to be her stepping stone, someone had to

the first person she killed.

woman, dead for twenty years, who delivered

she had regretted

difference would

despising Cynthia and, buoyed by Frederic’s adoration, had become reckless and lawless, believing that under his protection, she could rule the

love was nothing but a

strands of gray, the intense pain snapping her into a bitter clarity, seeing through

had never loved her.

then, he probably hadn’t loved Cynthia much

why had he so readily accepted the so–called truth of her suicide twenty years

bloodshot and blurred eyes,

your comeuppancem you’ll pay for your disloyalty! I’ll be

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