Chapter 66

• As Christian left the room, Scarlett found herself overwhelmed with a maelstrom of emotions. Her earlier confidence and belief that Christian still loved her had been brutally shattered by his calculated revelations.
• Seeing the man she believed she could manipulate, control, and keep in her grasp declare his vengeance and manipulation of her feelings was a shocking betrayal. His cold and emotionless demeanour struck a nerve, revealing the extent to which he had used her as a pawn in his revenge plot. Scarlett had been stripped of the delusions she had harboured about Christian's feelings for her.
• The realization that she had been merely a means to an end in Christian's grand plan weighed heavily on her. She felt humiliated, deceived, and discarded. This once-powerful woman who had always held an upper hand in her relationships had, for the first time, been outsmarted and outplayed.