He Waited She Wilted (Ottilie and Yorath) novel Chapter 86

*[I’ll make the public announcement at the movie’s celebration party.]*

Lachlan replied instantly.

*[Perfect. I’ll be there to back you up. I’m bringing extra security to ensure you stay safe.]*

Ottilie didn't respond to that.

Lachlan was nothing more than a stepping stone to escape Yorath’s grasp.

She meant absolutely nothing to Lachlan. If Yorath seriously decided to destroy her, Lachlan would toss her aside like garbage without a second thought.

Since neither of them could be trusted, she would just play them both.

To this day, Ottilie couldn't understand why all these people blindly assumed she was desperate to return to the entertainment industry.

She had been perfectly happy working at the bakery, making her twenty-eight hundred a month.

Early to bed, early to rise, completely free from the toxic backstabbing of high society.

Plus, she had Yves Walden, a genuinely good man.

She had been perfectly content.

At 3:30 AM.

Nyssa was wide awake.

She drank cup after cup of calming tea, but it did absolutely nothing.

Her eyes were bloodshot from exhaustion, and she still had to wake up early every day to fly across the country for promotional tours.

Unable to watch her spiral, Kendrick brought her some melatonin.

"Nyssa, if you keep running yourself into the ground like this, your health will completely collapse. Then you’ll truly have nothing left."

Nyssa absentmindedly touched her prosthetic eye, her expression twisting into something ugly.

"Ottilie was supposed to be in a dead end. Life in prison, at the very least. Instead, she just coasted for three years in a psychiatric facility. The hospital didn't break her spirit. She laid low, and now that she’s back, she’s coming straight for my throat. I completely botched the first round."

Ottilie had played it flawlessly. Acting submissive, never fighting back openly.

In reality, every single move she made was meticulously calculated, throwing Nyssa’s entire camp into chaos.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify