Chapter 676

The assistant was completely dumbfounded by the man’s suave handling of the situation.

And with Arnold’s aloof demeanor, she truly believed he was just an ordinary customer coming to pick up his laundry.

“Darling, what are you staring at with such big eyes?” Mrs. Evert gave Eunice a sharp tug.

“Mom! Look at that man. He’s drop–dead gorgeous! I’ve never seen someone so magnificently handsome!” Eunice exclaimed with the excitement of a sheltered heiress.

“Enough. You’re high society, don’t act like you’ve never seen a good–looking man before. Even the handsomest of men have only two legs, don’t they?” Mrs. Evert chided her, though she couldn’t help but sneak a glance at Arnold from the corner of her eye.

She felt like she recognized him from somewhere.

Also, his gaze on them felt so cold and sinister it sent shivers down her spine.

As the assistant pondered how to shoo away these two pests, the sharp click–clack of high heels echoed down the spiral staircase.

“Have you two had your fill of drama yet?”

Arnold’s gaze shifted to the pale–faced Camille standing not too far off, his deep–set eyes narrowing slightly.

“Mom, that wench is here!” Eunice, seeing her half–sister, was filled with disdain and animosity.

Originally, Eunice was the sole, legitimate heiress of the Evert family.

But the arrival of her illegitimate sister had somewhat shaken her standing in her father’s heart. This so–called sister was just too formidable, being not only beautiful but also incredibly talented. Camille had excelled academically since childhood and had grown up to become one of the top fashion designers in the country!

dead weight of a mother, if only

how could her father’s attitude be so cold? Perhaps Eunice wouldn’t be the one

step Camille took towards them felt like she was

handsome, upright, and with features so striking that they could make her heart flutter

as far

family was like the chime of

Cinderella’s dream was

with a better girl. At the very

this remarkable illegitimate daughter,

Evert, I am currently working. If there’s something you need, it can wait until I’m done,” Camille said, her voice strained and

for Arnold’s presence, she couldn’t afford a full–blown confrontation. If their family scandal got out, how

where she was today, and she

in Camille’s eyes

grand, and your temper has grown along with it. Gone are the days when you and your mother would leech off the Evert family, acting all meek and eager to

may have been some neglect. But here we treat

over, a chill spreading to her very core. “Let’s discuss this

grown independent and refuse to acknowledge your ties to the Evert family, but that is a part of your heritage you can’t erase. No

even understand?

sense of rivalry flare up and stepped closer to Camille. “Camille, always remember your place,

on his teacup tightened, the veins on his hand standing out as his heart

in that moment, considering Camille’s feelings, he quickly shifted his intense gaze away from her pale face, fearing that his attention might make her feel

to your office? Why should we discuss things there? Are you

issue. “We come to see you once in a blue moon, and you throw up every obstacle to avoid us. If we

held her tongue due to their relationship with

knife twisting in Camille’s heart, laying bare her most painful aspects in front

Arnold remained silent.

her heart aching to the point of

no one could accept

bright as daylight and eyes as clear

silence hung in the air.

Evert’s mistress. Our family really should be a soap opera cast, a melodramatic family drama at its finest.

her mother were stunned into silence. The more Camille

throwing

why summon your long–lost illegitimate daughter after all these

watch, her slender eyes filled with icy disdain, “Make it quick, my time

father wants you to design a couple of dresses for her,” Mrs. Evert said through clenched teeth, trying to maintain her composure.

next month, and the one after that. No

turned frosty, “Camille, you

met her gaze fearlessly, “What’s he to me? Even if the President himself asked, I’d

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