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 whole world, she would rather avoid that

your background for a long

out, “But what of it? I still like you; I still look forward to seeing

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

wanted to know more

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

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.

woman! Was she trying

gasps, his handsome

heart and turn away. “I heard from my assistant that you came to pick up some clothing? Is it because Evadne couldn’t make it, so she asked you to pick up Dr. Bright’s tailored suit?

you still have it, right? I have an important meeting at the courthouse later, and everyone needs to wear

heart pierced by a sharp icicle

“Alright”

her jacket pocket and slowly drew out the badge she kept close to her heart. Clutching it tightly in her

intensely at

with tension. As she attempted to retract her hand, his strong grasp suddenly enveloped

stumbled into

without hesitation, wrapped his arms around her waist and sealed her lips with a fervent kiss, deepening

with a current of electricity as

her jaw, a crooked smile playing on his lips. “You turned white

that confidence from?” Camille’s

something you picked

use of the whole world being right if I don’t

and fears were shattered

be my girl, will

let me love you, cherish you, take care of you. All that you’ve lost, all that you’ve never had, let me find it for you, piece by piece. Please, give me this

strong suit. These few lines,

hold back the tumultuous emotions within her. Tears streamed down her face as she gave

that moment, Amold felt as if the whole world burst into

of her neck and kissed her deeply, their

make it to the Elmsworth rendezvous with

Camille to meet. Even if Cupid was willing, without

group’s financial situation. Although Thaddeus was there to assist, she was still left with a spinning head and aching

“Ugh, I’m beat.”

woman slumped into her man’s embrace, like a beautiful robot short–circuited, “How can there be

second thoughts before you’ve even taken

been there: this is just the beginning. Once you officially take

doesn’t exist

do it; I’m going to excel. Just like when I took

league of your own, my Evadne shines as the queen she is. What if I just

let’s not go there. I know you and your father aren’t on the best terms, but let’s not

be an over–the–top display of ‘filial piety? It might really piss Mr. Frederic Abernathy off. I

wry smile, ruffling her hair

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