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

the room, filled with the scent of incense, sank

you gave me beautiful, or is Elsies, which resembles Evadre’s to a striking degree, more

smile, and he patted his knee twice.

him, her radiant face lifted to his, her

will never be her. She’s 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, you are my meticulously crafted masterpiece. How could a mere imitation compare to the object

flashed through Alexia’s eyes.

down upon the mortal realm, and in his eyes, all beings were merely his possessions. Thus, being referred to as an “object” didn’t bother her.

you to make your move. As Avery said, the best way to manipulate a man is to exploit

lightly. “He won’t.”

Elspeth has been utterly toppled, Glynnis has

them both in one fell swoop? Useless pawns are nothing

end will you know if they are truly useless.”

taken aback

be wasteful, that

reclined comfortably, “So I intend to use each pawn to its fullest potential, lest

but sneer. “Your full potential includes Avery, doesn’t it?”

his throat and elegantly lifted his teacup to sip, Texpect him to deliver a satisfactory report on the medical trials. Otherwise, our relationship will

the day of judgment. Elspeth filed an

later, the second trial confirmed

She spent her days curled in the darkest corner of her cell, vacantly staring at the iron bars from dawn till dusk, and then into the pitch–blackness, shrouded in murky

ladder, someone had to be her stepping

first person she killed.

this woman, dead for twenty years, who delivered

she had regretted it.

difference would

was like a woman possessed, despising Cynthia and, buoyed by Frederic’s adoration, had become reckless and lawless, believing that

was nothing but a ludicrous mirage

out strands of gray, the intense pain snapping her into a

had never loved her.

probably hadn’t loved Cynthia much either.

so–called truth of her suicide twenty years

with bloodshot and blurred eyes, muttered incessantly

your

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