"Why?" Daniel's voice was low. "Why did you bribe Owen? Why harm Maisie?"

Camila smiled, a sense of indifference resting upon her pallid face.

There was a saying, "A person becomes invincible when they desire nothing."

When someone reached a point where they no longer yearned for anything, that was often when they were the

most powerful.

Just like Camila at that moment—she felt like she had lived for decades, and this was the only moment she truly felt

unburdened.

Daniel's gaze was as sharp as a blade. It was the first time she had ever dared to meet his eyes like that.

Camila spoke softly. "Daniel, it's because I hate the Quimbys."

Daniel squinted. "What?"

Seeing Camila still hesitant, he waved his hand, signaling his men to leave the room. It was just the two of them

now. The room wasn't large, yet it felt vast and quiet. Even their conversation echoed.

Camila took a deep breath, paused, and then revealed everything.

the Quimbys for raising her but not loving her properly, for growing up

insecurity.

never showed her a kind face again.

when she

her earliest memories, she had to help her younger

would receive her parents' disapproving

indifference.

been good at reading people's expressions." Camila chuckled self-deprecatingly. "Daniel,

please my parents, almost giving my all. But why

earn me their affection?

orphanage. I have no family in this world except them! Why

teeth, a dark glint passing over

what he could remember, Camila did have a difficult time

the Quimby Group, her younger

their way into universities one by one, but I

top schools. Is that all worthless in the Quimbys'

be a good person, Daniel! But did the

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