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.

faced opposition from the whole world, she would rather avoid that

about your background

pushing him away like that, he couldn’t help but spit it out, “But what

up on me?! Arnold, are you

know more

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

with her hands on his heaving chest, “Dr. Bright is the second son of the Bright family,

Was she trying to

in heavy, ragged gasps, his handsome face

so she asked you

thing‘ Arnold’s cold voice came from behind her, “My badge, you still have it, right? I have an important meeting at the courthouse

heart pierced by

“Alright”

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

Amold, looking intensely

pale with tension. As she attempted to retract her

she stumbled into his embrace.

wrapped his arms around her waist and sealed her lips with a fervent kiss, deepening it with every second, his

a current of electricity as she embraced

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

that stubbornness also something you picked up from your mentor?”

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 by

girl,

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

suit. These few lines, hard–won from his

within her. Tears streamed down her face

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

back of her neck and kissed her deeply, their

Cassius, which was why she couldn’t make it to the Elmsworth

secondary, the main agenda was to create an opportunity for him and Camille to

slogged through half a day, skimming project proposals, delving into the profiles of corporate executives, and grappling with the group’s financial situation. Although Thaddeus was there

“Ugh, I’m beat.”

petite woman slumped into her man’s embrace, like a beautiful robot short–circuited, “How can there be so much to do? Did Cassius

before you’ve even

you a heads up from someone who’s been there: this is just

doesn’t exist in Evadne’s life dictionary.”

took over K Hotel. I said rd outdo you guys

spirit, kissing her forehead, “Looking back, none can rival you; in a league of your own, my Evadne shines as the queen she is. What if I just give Abernathy Hotel to you?

your father aren’t on the best terms, but let’s not

“If 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.

wry smile, ruffling

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