Divorced the Cheat Married the Fleet (Camilla and Lance) novel Chapter 239

Lance's voice was edged with frustration, and underneath that, Camilla could almost hear a trace of hurt. He had always been the one everyone looked up to, the one out of reach. But with her, he put himself on the line, softened, and always seemed so willing to go along with her wishes. It wasn’t some act, not like the way Barnard pretended. Even with her guard way up, Camilla still felt how different Lance was with her.

Now, listening to him, guilt crept in all over again. She clutched her phone tighter. “I don’t think of you as a stranger," she said, a little unsteady. “I just felt like it wasn’t a big deal, something I could handle myself, and...”

“You don’t owe me an explanation, Camilla. I just want you to let me know, next time something like this happens. At least let me be in the loop.”

He didn’t want to go through this again, blindsided and stuck worrying because her phone suddenly went dark and she vanished overseas. Knowing she was out there, and feeling helpless like that—he couldn’t stand it.

With Lance talking to her like that, so patient, she just didn’t have it in her to argue. She said yes to everything, gave him a rough idea of when she’d be back, and just like that, he seemed reassured.

After they hung up, Camilla called Dahlia. Dahlia was with Jasper, gaming on the couch, but answered right away and switched to video. Their smiling faces made Camilla pause. For a second, she considered bringing up Pamela, but held back. Pamela’s name was like a curse for Dahlia, and Camilla didn’t want to worry her while she was miles away.

They chatted a while, then Camilla went back to her room and polished up her proposal, focusing on the questions Daniel's investors had raised.

The next morning, she handed her phone off to Ada for repairs and headed over to Daniel’s company. The moment she stepped into the lobby, she ran straight into Pamela.

Pamela was already coming down the stairs, and as soon as she spotted Camilla, her eyes flared with pure resentment. “Seriously, you again? Do you really think a couple of boring proposals are enough for your little company to stand a chance against The Gates Group?”

Camilla raised an eyebrow and gave Pamela a cool once-over. “Wow, rough morning? Or did Daniel already turn your deal down? Honestly, who’d trust a partner who can’t hold her temper and pays thugs to do her dirty work the second things don’t go her way?”

Here in Ostrovia, only two people would bother to make trouble for her—Barnard or Pamela. After yesterday, she was pretty sure those guys hadn’t been sent by Barnard. That only left one person.

Camilla’s stare went cold. Pamela hadn’t changed at all. The first sign of trouble and she was ready to pull some underhanded stunt, just like always. But Camilla wasn’t that broke, helpless student anymore.

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