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

known about your background

him away like that, he couldn’t help but spit it out,

at his words, “You’ve been checking up on me?!

just wanted to know more

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. If they aren’t open–minded, then no one in the world is. My dad accepted Cassius‘ preference for men; he accepted Thaddeus, who once hurt Evadne, so

on his heaving chest, “Dr. Bright is the second son of the Bright family, and Thaddeus is the CEO of the

woman! Was she trying to kill him with frustration?!

heavy, ragged gasps, his handsome

my assistant that you came to pick up some clothing? Is it because Evadne couldn’t make it, so

from behind her, “My badge, you still have it, right? I have an important meeting at the courthouse

stiffened, her heart pierced by a sharp icicle

“Alright”

the badge she kept close to her heart. Clutching it tightly in

looking intensely at

pale with tension. As she attempted

she stumbled

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

her body tingling with a current of electricity as she embraced

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

you

of adoration and helplessness, holding her close again, “What’s the use of the whole world being right if I don’t like it? I only love you. What I love is the best thing in the world.”

hesitations and fears were shattered

my girl, will

a sincerity as bright as the stars, “From now on, 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

Amold’s strong suit. These few lines, hard–won from his heart’s depths, were

Camille could no longer hold back the tumultuous emotions within her. Tears streamed down her face as she

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

back of her neck and kissed her deeply, their

Evadne was swamped with work handovers from Cassius, which was why she couldn’t make it to

was to create an opportunity for him and Camille to meet. Even if Cupid was willing, without

and grappling with the group’s financial situation. Although Thaddeus was

“Ugh, I’m beat.”

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

second thoughts before you’ve even

been there: this is just the beginning. Once you officially take over, a myriad of tasks will await you.

thoughts? Ha, that word doesn’t exist in Evadne’s life dictionary.”

just going to do it; I’m going to excel. Just like when I took over K Hotel. I

you; in a league of your own, my Evadne shines as the queen she is. What if I just give Abernathy Hotel to

your father aren’t on the

really gave it to me, wouldn’t that be an over–the–top display of ‘filial piety? It might really piss

let out a wry smile,

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