Chapter 14
Camilla forced a smile. “Alright, don’t work too hard and get some rest yourself. Once my legs are better, I’ll be back at the company in a couple. of days.”
She was the head of the pharmaceutical research and development department at Uniteon Group, as well as the Chief Medical Officer. She was ready to reclaim her career. But Charles thought she was eager to get pack to the company to help him.
Charles’s lips curled into a faint smile. ‘Camilla is still always revolving around me. All it takes is a smile from me, and she’s content,‘ he
wondered.
His tone grew even gentler. “Camilla, as long as I’m at the company, I promise you can come back anytime.”
Camilla felt a wave of disgust. She had earned her position as the head of the R&D department through her abilities and three pharmaceutical patents. But in Charles’s words, it seemed like her presence at Uniteon Group was due to his favor.
Camilla looked at herself in the dressing mirror, her cold eyes reflecting a clear sense of weariness. Yet she spoke in a grateful tone. “Charles, you’re so good to me.”
In reality, no one knew that as the head of the R&D department at Uniteon Group, her annual salary was just one dollar.
All because Charles had said, “Camilla, I’ve just become the general manager, and I need to present a beautiful financial report to maximize the group’s profits. Help me out.”
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She had helped him cut costs, starting with eliminating her own million- dollar salary.
Charles had been extremely moved at the time. “Camilla, what’s mine ist yours. I will never let you down, and I will never let you be wronged when it comes to money.”
Back then, Charles had even handed her a supplementary card.
Camilla, relying on her memory, dug out the card Charles had given her years ago from the bottom of her wardrobe.
She called the bank to inquire about the card and was told, “Hello, this card was canceled by Mr. Hawthorne five years ago.”
Camilla looked at the now–useless card in her hand and let out a bitter, ironic laugh. “Charles, this is what you meant by never letting me down?”
She had loved him wholeheartedly and trusted him completely, only for him to leave her utterly defeated in the end.
At that moment, Camilla’s private phone vibrated. The only person who would send her a message at this time was Winifred.
Winifred: [Camilla, I dug up some dirt on Ophelia. When do I give it to you?]
Since Charles wasn’t coming back tonight, Camilla decided to take the opportunity to meet Winifred.
Camilla: [See you at Wambalow House tonight, at our usual spot.]
Not long after Camilla replied to Winifred’s message, a commotion. erupted downstairs.
She walked over to the window and saw two large trucks parked in the front yard, loaded with yellow roses, roots and all.
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Seven or eight gardeners with shovels jumped off the trucks and without a word, began digging up the tulips in the garden.
Camilla leaned against the windowsill, watching as her once beautiful garden was turned upside down. Before long, not a single tulip was in sight. It was truly a sight for sore eyes.
Camilla revealed her first genuine smile since waking up.
At six in the evening, Winifred’s driver arrived to pick her up. Mia helped Camilla into the car, and as it pulled away, Camilla saw Mia take out her phone and snap a photo of the license plate through the rearview mirror, likely to report back to Charles.
Camilla didn’t care in the slightest. Charles knew Winifred’s car and was well aware that Winifred had no love for him.
He always presented himself as a gentle and refined gentleman in public and would never willingly provoke Winifred, who was hot–tempered.
