"You!" Camille angrily pointed at Dorian. "You''re a fool!"


    "You''ve always thought L wanted to break up with you over a worthless bracelet, right? But do you know that she wished for your rtionship?"


    Dorian''s gaze flickered, and he suppressed some anger due to guilt.


    His expression becameplicated. "Mrs. Foster, I know I handled this poorly, but L didn''t rify things either.


    "She insisted on breaking up, and after that, she wanted to reconcile. All she had to do was say a few soft words to me, and it would have been fine.


    "Instead, sheined to you and Mr. Foster, hoping you would help her get back together.


    "This made Mr. Foster, and you develop a bias against me and intentionally made things difficult for me, making me wait outside your house for an entire afternoon. How could I not be angry?"


    Camille''s expression turnedplicated as she looked at him. "She didn''tin or ask for us to help her reconcile with you."


    "What?" Dorian was stunned, then found it amusing.


    Even at this point, Camille was still defending L?


    "Mrs. Foster, how long are you going to favor L? Don''t you remember how you and Mr. Foster treated me before? If it weren''t for Lining, would you have made me wait outside for an entire afternoon?"


    He continued, "You think Zara is a stranger to you, and you don''t like her. I can understand that. But L is your student, and so am I! If she hadn''t asked for your help, why would Mr. Foster have arranged for us to be in the same crew?"


    Camille felt a sharp ache in her heart from the frustration. She rubbed her chest, genuinely feeling that L was being wronged.


    She closed her eyes briefly before slowly asking, "Do you know where that sandalwood bracelet you looked down on came from?"


    Seeing the expression on Camille''s face, Dorian felt that she was about to reveal something unexpected.


    He had an inexplicable feeling that what she was about to say might lead to consequences he couldn''t bear.


    His resolve weakened with a shift in mood, and he didn''t want to discuss the topic.


    "Mrs. Foster, that''s all in the past. What''s there to talk about?"


    That broken bracelet had long since shattered, not a single piece remaining.


    But Camille didn''t care whether he wanted to bring it up.


    She continued, "Back then, you worked tirelessly for your career, putting your life on the line. After exhausting your body, you fell seriously ill andy unconscious for days. You remember that, don''t you?"


    Noticing the shift in Dorian''s expression, she added, "It was L who stayed by your side, not sleeping or resting. You should remember that too, right?"


    At these words, Dorian suddenly felt a dryness in his throat. He had always known about this.


    He had never intended to treat L poorly. All those years of hard work and earning money were for her, after all.


    That period of their most loving times was his most beautiful memory.


    Camille looked at the flicker in his eyes, a light mocking smile on her lips. The warmth and affection she once had for him, treating him like her own child, had vanished.


    "Back then, your health showed no signs of improvement, and even the doctors couldn''t figure out the cause. In desperation, she sought out various remedies. She climbed the thousands of steps of Mount Shasta, kneeling with each step to wish for your recovery!


    "Dorian, do you know about this?"


    Dorian''s face turned pale, shock washing over him. "What?"


    His mind went nk, and he could hardly believe what he was hearing.


    He had never been to Mount Shasta but had heard that the steps were extremely


    steep. How could L have gone up kneeling step by step?


    Seeing his stunned expression, Camille felt a deep sense of irony.


    "She knelt on thousands of steps to get that bracelet for you, yet you discarded it like garbage! She engraved those uneven primrose patterns on the beads, each stroke done with care! You probably didn''t even know that!


    "With all her love, she was crushed by your dismissive words about a worthless bracelet. How trulyughable!"


    These words were like thunder, exploding in Dorian''s mind. He felt utterly nk, unable to think straight.


    His body swayed slightly, feeling as if he were about to copse.


    Amidst the shock, regret gradually surfaced in his expression, and his throat tightened. "I... I didn''t know about this."