Chapter 3 Betrayal!

Harris Bennet's death shook many people across the United States. But for Camilla, the grief was much deeper and regretful. She still vividly remembers how she missed spending time with her father yesterday, as Harris left for duty straight after the wedding. Who would have thought it would be the last time?

The condolences kept coming, but it was there that Camilla truly realized that her father was gone.

Forever! Was she now truly an orphan?

Now, her father had been buried. Camilla could no longer see that warm smile, could no longer hear the advice that had always soothed her. She chose to shut herself in her room, refusing to answer calls from her friends. Even more painful, when she needed a lover as a loyal listener, Kevin was busy with his filming schedule. Even more annoying, he didn't attend his father's funeral with the classic excuse of being out of the country.

Camilla hugged her favorite bolster tightly as if she were hugging someone who could provide warmth and security. But the silence was broken when a knock on the door sounded so loud and echoing, it made her heart jump in surprise.

"Open the door, Bitch!" shouted a voice from outside.

Bitch?

Who would dare call the Bennet family's only daughter such a lowly title? Even those who envied her wouldn't dare to speak so frankly.

Curiosity overcame fear. Camilla finally opened the door to her room and was shocked.

In the doorway stood two very familiar figures, Jenny and Diana. Both stood with their arms folded across their chests, with satisfied expressions on their faces.

"What do you mean you called me that?" asked Camilla sharply.

Without warning, Jenny pulled Camilla roughly by the arm. She was dragged into her father's study, a room that could only be accessed through the fingerprints of Bennet's family members. Now, Camilla was the only one with access.

"Open the door immediately!" Jenny commanded loudly, making Camilla's arm ache.

Camilla frowned, not understanding the situation. "What do you mean? Why do you seem to be changing into someone else?"

"Changed?" Diana sneered, "do you think we're here to be your servants forever? No, Camilla. It's time we took over this house. Harris Bennet is dead."

Camilla was transfixed. So, all this time their sweet faces had been a mask?

No wonder Jenny was so insistent that Harris married her. Because that damn mother and daughter had a plan to take over the house.

"I won't open it! You two are disgusting! Is my father not good enough for you?"

"Oh, so you want to fight?" Diana stepped forward, pulled Camilla's hair roughly, and then signaled a security guard who had worked at the house for years.

"Hold her hand!" Now Diana's innocent face dared to command.

To make Camilla's heart ache even more, the security guard complied. The man who had been treated like family was now forcing her to open the smart lock.

"Aaaaaa! Fuck you! Jenny! Diana! You bastards!" Camilla screamed at the top of her lungs, but the two women just laughed in satisfaction and entered Harris' office.

To her surprise, Daniel-Harris' secretary, also entered and broke into the safe. The man who had faithfully accompanied his father since Camilla was ten years old was now working with the two traitorous women.

"What the hell, Daniel? You too?" Camilla shouted with a broken heart.

Daniel just looked down, his expression full of regret, but didn't dare look at her. He handed a piece of document to Jenny.

An inheritance letter stating that Camilla was the sole heir of the Bennet family.

"Sign it right now!" Jenny ordered coldly.

Camilla gave her a sharp look. "No, I won't. I won't hand over a single penny to you!"

"You have no choice!" hissed Jenny.

In an instant, two well-built men entered and forced Camilla to sit down. They grabbed her by the shoulders, making her unable to move. Jenny pulled out a pen and held the document up to Camilla's face.

"If you refuse, we will make sure you suffer more than this!"

With a trembling body, a burning heart, and indescribable pain, Camilla finally signed the document. Jenny grabbed it with a triumphant smile.

"Throw her out. We don't need her anymore. Don't give her a penny. Let her be a bum out there!" she ordered the now compliant security guards. There was a satisfied smile on her face.

"I will take revenge on all of you! I don't want you to take away my rights!" Camilla gave Daniel a sharp look. But as before, the man just looked down, unable to meet her gaze.

Camilla then looked at Diana, her childhood friend who was now a traitor.

"Ever since I was little, you've always talked about me behind my back. Because you were jealous, right? Envious that I had everything. But now? You're going to regret it. I swear I'll bring all of you to justice, including that bitch of a mother of yours!"

Then, without hesitation, she spat in Diana's face. She screamed in rage, but Camilla had already turned around. Her legs felt weak, but she was determined.

She wasn't allowed to carry a single item. Jenny ruthlessly took everything. But Camilla knew that the house would be hers again.

One of the maids approached her and hugged her tightly. She took care of Camilla when the beautiful woman was only 3 months old. She saw how good the Bennet family was. But now just because two demonesses entered the family's life, everything had changed.

Jenny shouted, "Anyone who defends her will be fired and I will make this family's life miserable!"

Camilla looked at her maid and whispered, "Please keep an eye on the house. I will be back."

She stepped out. Their hair was disheveled, and their face sad. Now, for the first time, Camilla Bennet had to take public transportation.

As she climbed into the bus, the passengers stared in surprise. They whispered, recognizing the young woman's face. The daughter of the Bennet family. But there was no smile on her face. Only hurt, anger and a growing determination to get revenge.

30 minutes later ....

Camilla's footsteps rushed down the corridor of the seventh floor of Kevin's apartment. Rainwater was still dripping into her hair and the hem of her dress was wet from the splashes of street water as she got off the bus. But none of that could take her mind off Kevin. He was the only place on her mind. She wished he was already at his apartment and could give her some warmth.

Her fingers trembling as she typed in the apartment access code Kevin had given her. The automatic door chimed softly as it opened and Camilla stepped inside expecting to be greeted with a warm hug. But it wasn't Kevin's voice that greeted her.

Instead, it was the voice of a woman sighing and saying over and over again that she was very satisfied.

Camilla froze as if her body couldn't move at all and her breath came in short gasps.

Her steps were slow, climbing the stairs without making a sound to get to the main room in the apartment.

The door was not completely closed. Even from a distance, there were two people making love on the bed.

Kevin! Is he having an affair? But who was the woman sitting between Kevin's thighs and swaying her hips?

"Ah, Kevin! I've been waiting for this moment to happen. You came back to me after going on a mission to destroy the Bennet family."

"Be honest with me, is it more fun making love with me or with Camilla?"

"Of course you are ... Diana .... "

Diana? Didn't Camilla hear wrong? Wasn't that sly woman at the Bennet residence earlier? Then why is she having sex with Kevin now?

Then, what was their plan?

Camilla's blood seemed to stop flowing. The world seemed to collapse in an instant. Her knees wobbled, but she remained standing, forcing her body not to collapse. Kevin turned his head, finding Camilla standing in the doorway. He jumped up, hurriedly pulling the blanket, while Diana just turned her head and smiled faintly, without guilt.

"Camilla-"

"I can explain it to you!"

"Shut up, damn it! What do you need to explain to me?" Camilla snapped.

"That all this time you were just pretending to love me on Jenny's orders? Fuck you Kevin, you're just a poor guy who'd be lucky to become a model if it wasn't for my father's help! Your face isn't very handsome and many people have even complained that you're not good enough to be a model!" Curse after curse came out of Camilla's mouth.

For a long time, many of her friends had been saying that Kevin was an asshole who was only using Camilla. However, Camilla was blinded by love at the time and they even had plans to get married this year.

Then, Kevin stood naked. He approached Camilla with an evil smile. His facial expression could change quickly.

"I'm honestly very sorry to see you so easily fooled by me. Gosh, poor Camilla. It doesn't matter if you want to cuss me out too, what matters is thatDiana, Jenny and I have won. The three of us won the mission to seize Bennet's power!"

"You poor thing, Camilla, left behind by your mother and then your father. Even betrayed by the man you thought loved you." Kevin's hand tried to grab Camilla's cheek with a mocking expression.

But quickly, Camilla kicked Kevin hard. Right when he was naked.

The damn man was in a lot of pain. Diana immediately rushed to help him.

"It's about time you knew, Camilla! I just wanted to remind you that you're nothing now. You're just a poor woman!"

"Kevin and I are in true love. Do you want to marry Kevin? In your fuckin dreams-"

Before Diana could finish her hurtful words to Camilla, the gray-eyed woman picked up a vase of flowers on the table.

She threw the vase right at Diana's head. Fresh blood began to flow around Diana's forehead.

"Aaaa! It hurts!" Diana screamed while closing her eyes.

"That's just the beginning, Bitch! You took what was rightfully mine, so I'm going to take it back and get revenge on all of you bastards! You'll find out that your happiness won't last long."

After saying that, Camilla walked out of the apartment with a heart full of hurt.

Now she had no one. After her father's departure, everyone she thought was good had betrayed her.

"I promise to take revenge on all of you. Even if you beg me for forgiveness, I won't accept it!"

****

"50,000 dollars. How about it? Does anyone have enough guts to bet with me?"

Brams-Kai Theodare's personal assistant was sitting at a luxurious gambling table in Las Vegas. The atmosphere of the room is filled with the smell of expensive cigars, the sound of clinking dice and the rough laughter of mobsters.

Tonight, Brams is posing as a high-powered gambler for an important mission to discover the whereabouts of Vincent Elliot-one of the Theodore family's top targets.

From a distance, in a black car parked not far from the underground casino, Kai observes all movements through a small monitor connected to a button camera in Brams' suit. Along with him, several armed bodyguards stood waiting for a signal.

It didn't take long until someone walked in and caught everyone's attention. A striking-looking man with dazzling gold teeth in the front row of his jaw. He walked confidently towards Brams' table.

"You've got a lot of guts to come to this place with that kind of money," he said as he pulled out a chair and sat across from Brams.

Vincent Elliot, the man the Theodore family had been searching for had finally appeared. Without knowing Brams' true identity, he thought the man was just a stupid gambler who was either unlucky or overconfident.

"Come play with me. I'll bankrupt you tonight," Vincent said, his eyes narrowed with lust for victory and money.

Brams responded with a sly smile. "If you can beat me, I'll double the bet to $10,000."

Vincent's eyes lit up. Money was his weakness, but also his weapon.

The game began. They bet, guessed each other's cards, and provoked each other's emotions. Brams skillfully played the confident gambler, while Vincent was too focused on the money and winning to notice the trap being set.

However, as the game was getting heated, Vincent's cell phone suddenly vibrated. He glanced at the screen without showing any expression.

[Kai Theodore and his guards are downstairs getting ready to arrest you. And the one playing you is his assistant!"]

His expression instantly changed. Vincent knew who Kai Theodore was and how dangerous the man's presence was. He didn't have enough time.

"I'm going to the bathroom for a moment," Vincent said as he stood up, trying to remain calm.

Brams looked at him warily. He touched a small part on the back of his watch, signaling Kai.

Outside, Kai immediately gave the order. "He's moving. We're going in."

Vincent exited the gambling room, but instead of heading for the bathroom, he took the small hallway on the left side that led to the back door. He had already prepared an escape route in case something like this happened.

Kai and his bodyguards ran into the bathroom, only to find that Vincent wasn't there. Instead, there was a couple making love in the bathroom!

"Vincent is missing, Mr!"

"Shit! Hurry up and find him! He won't be far from here!" snapped Kai.

"Yes, Mr." The bodyguards ran to find Vincent who had quickly escaped from the room.

Almost a week Kai was in the United States, and even Vincent was almost caught by him, but unfortunately again and again the damn mafia managed to escape.

Then Brams ran up to him with a gasp. "Someone helped him get out of here and now he's heading to the airport!"

"Fuck ... Fuck ... Fuck! Tell the security at the airport to check the passengers in detail! Damn it! Wherever you go, I'll easily see your steps, Vincent asshole!"

Before Kai could continue, his cell phone rang. His father's name appeared on the screen.

["Hello, Father ...."]

["Come to the Bennet residence now on my behalf as a condolence. I can't come to New York, but you can."]

["All right."]

Shortly afterward, Kai, dressed in mourning clothes, got into the car, accompanied by his bodyguards. Kai Theodare's presence in the US has always attracted attention. Although he is not a celebrity, his good looks and charisma captivate many people. What's more, he is the heir to the Theodore family. A conglomerate family whose name is well-known in Europe.

While she was away at the mourning, her bodyguards and Brams headed to the airport to look for the whereabouts of Vincent who was supposed to have yet to make his flight.

"Is Camilla home?" asked Kai in a flat tone while adjusting his sunglasses.

"No, Mr, last seen out two hours ago."

Kai paused for a moment. His eyes narrowed. "Go to Sir Harris' grave."

There was no explanation. Just a hunch that was never wrong.

A cloudy sky hung over the cemetery. Clouds of ash rolled in like they held an unending sadness. Kai's steps were steady along the rows of headstones, piercing the cold wind.

In front of one of the graves, he saw a woman standing with her back to the gravestone with the name Harris Bennet.

In the car, Kai saw a woman lying between the couple's graves. Mr. Harris and his wife.

Her hair was a mess, her shoulders shaking. In her hand was a small bottle filled with a greenish liquid.

"Camilla!" he shouted as he realized what the grey-eyed woman was holding was poison!

Kai opened the car door with a panicked look on his face and quickened his pace. "Camilla!" he shouted.

The girl was startled, the bottle almost falling over. Her swollen eyes stared at Kai in shock and despair.

"Don't come near me!" she snapped.

Kai stopped a few steps away from her, glaring. "You think by dying, all problems are solved?"

Camilla sobbed. "I've lost everything. My parents ... My home .. The people I love. All I have left is pain and betrayal. I don't even know who I can trust anymore!"

Kai sighed, then stepped forward and knocked the bottle out of Camilla's hands.

"There's me ... My family and I will be the first ones to help you," Kai said.

Although the two of them haven't seen each other for a long time. However, they both still clearly remember every moment they had as children. Camilla always sees Kai Theodare's face on his social media accounts. The same goes for Kai.

Camilla was silent with her hair disheveled.

Kai stood in front of her. "Look at me, Camilla. What do you want?"

Camilla raised her face. Her eyes which had been filled with sadness now began to burn with different embers.

"I want them to pay for everything they've done. I want revenge."

Kai nodded slowly. "Then, come with me to London. We'll start there. But this time, Camilla ... You're not alone. There's me and the Theodore family who will help you ...."

What's the first step Kai takes to help Camilla get revenge on that bitch? And also what about Kai's mission to capture Vincent?