His Ex Wife Is A Billionaire

Chapter 678

Chapter 678

As Arnold spoke, his muscular arms wrapped around her slender waist, pulling her closer with an increasingly tight grip that seemed to fear her slipping away again.

Camille felt a ticklish warmth spread through her, her voice soft; she was playfully complaining yet more of saying in a coquettish way, “You do realize you’re like a thief, don’t you? Quite perceptive of yourself.”

“Camille.”

He called her name again, his voice laced with an addictive quality that brought a rosy hue to her pale cheeks, “Actually, you’re a thief too. A thief who stole my heart.”

Camille had heard her mentor occasionally mention her family. He said she had an older brother who, despite his dashing good looks, spoke the most cheesy pick–up lines that were oddly endearing.

Now, she could see her mentor hadn’t been exaggerating.

Seeing her silent, Arnold grew anxious and turned her to face him, “Are you still mad at me?”

Arnold Ashbourne.”

The way Camille suddenly used his full name made him even more nervous, his Adam’s apple bobbing uncontrollably.

“I’m the illegitimate daughter of the Evert family; my background isn’t something to be proud of. The Evert family hassle me so frequently, it’s a wonder I find any peace. Someone like me isn’t a good match to you. Being with me, you’ll never have a day’s rest.”

As she spoke, a pain throbbed in her chest, as if she were being forced to carve off a piece of her heart, “You deserve…better. Perhaps out of sympathy or pity, you felt the need to protect me. But once the intensity fades, you’ll see. Love is just a fleeting illusion that brings nothing but trouble. With your privileged background, even if you don’t seek out nobility, you could find a lady from a reputable, well–read family. My life is full of blemishes. And what you see today is just the tip of the iceberg.”

Camille, a top fashion designer, used her flawlessly cool demeanor and her dazzling creations to mask her intense inner turmoil and insecurity.

She felt rootless, like a drifting weed, never able to proudly tell anyone that she was a child of the Evert family.

It wasn’t that she was blind to Arnold’s virtues or his genuine love for her, but the deep–seated sense of unworthiness tore at her heart day and night, forcing her to stay alert.

mind, stopped liking her, if their love faced opposition from the

known about your background

reddened with her pushing him away like that, he couldn’t help but spit it out, “But what of it? I still like you; I still look forward to

his words, “You’ve been checking up on me?! Arnold, are you letting

know

all this for fun? I’m doing it to get closer to you, to reach your heart, to be with you! I know what you’re worried about, but it will never happen. You’re Evadne’s best friend, and she’s told me more than once how much she wants you as her sister–in–law. As for my family, and my father, you have nothing to fear.

shaking her head in denial, pushing him away with her hands on his heaving chest, “Dr. Bright is the second son of the Bright family, and Thaddeus is the CEO of the Abernathy group, both paragons among men. What am I, how can I compare? It’s different. Don’t waste your time on

woman! Was she trying to kill him with

gasps, his handsome

Is it because Evadne couldn’t make it, so

cold voice came from behind her, “My badge, you still have it, right? I have an

heart pierced by a

“Alright”

badge she kept close to her

Amold, looking intensely at her, extending his hand.

lips pale with tension. As she attempted to retract her hand,

stumbled into his

waist and sealed her lips with a fervent kiss, deepening it with every

of electricity as she embraced him, lost in

reluctantly broke the kiss, his fingers gently tracing her jaw, a crooked smile playing on his lips. “You turned white just now, were you scared? Scared that I’d really leave,

do you get that confidence from?” Camille’s eyes brimmed with tears,

stubbornness also something you picked up

world being right if I don’t

fears

be my girl,

you, cherish you, take care of you. All that you’ve lost, all that you’ve never had, let

never Amold’s strong suit. These few lines, hard–won from his heart’s

within her. Tears streamed down her face

if the whole world burst into a kaleidoscope of colors, fireworks

of her neck and kissed her deeply, their embrace

Cassius, which was why she couldn’t make it to the Elmsworth rendezvous with Camille.

main agenda was to create an opportunity for him and Camille to meet. Even

of corporate executives, and grappling with the group’s financial situation. Although Thaddeus

“Ugh, I’m beat.”

embrace, like a beautiful robot short–circuited, “How can there be so much to do? Did

before you’ve even taken the

“Let me give you a heads up from someone who’s been there: this is just the beginning. Once you officially take over, a myriad of tasks will await you. Then,

Ha, that word doesn’t exist

when I took over K Hotel. I said

my Evadne shines as the queen she is. What if I just give Abernathy Hotel to you?

father aren’t on the best terms,

you really gave it to me, wouldn’t that be an over–the–top display of ‘filial piety? It might really piss Mr. Frederic Abernathy off. I

smile, ruffling

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