The Miracle of You

“I… I did,” Camille answered him in a hesitant tone. She seemed reluctant to answer, but she had no choice in the matter. “I told him in person that we’re engaged and that it’s not… forced or anything like that. That we both have mutual feelings for each other.”

Christian nodded, satisfied. “That’s true in a way, don’t you think?”

Annoyance flashed in Camille’s eyes before she continued, “Besides, we just talked about our past afterwards, that’s all. We started catching up-”

“Did you find out anything interesting? Something we can use against him?”

She pursed her lips in displeasure at his choice of words.

There was no ‘we’ in this! It was he and only he who wanted to bring Michael down for whatever stupid reason he had. Camille had no part in this!

However, she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut for the safety of her loved ones and herself.

As long as she was careful about the details she told this man, everything would be fine. It would go according to her own plan.

With him constantly asking her for updates on Harold Huckington as well as the state of Haynes-McGregor Industries, she could secretly document some shady evidence that could hold up in court if she ever found one while working.

With that, she shook her head. “Nothing really worth mentioning.”

And it was the truth. Michael hardly opened up to her about his work anyway, and they only talked about personal things like their families and such. She hardly believed that someone like Christian would be interested in such trivial details.

“Are you sure?” he said. “What about his friends? His relationship with his family?”

She gave him a strange look. Was he somehow reading her mind or something? “We just talked about… stuff. Trivial things. He doesn’t have many friends since he likes to be alone most of the time.”

“Ah, but my dear. You’d be surprised how important trivial things can be.” Christian leaned forward slightly, a little eagerly. “Tell me more. And don’t spare me any details, otherwise I might think you’re hiding something on purpose.”

Camille still did not understand how such details could be important. Perhaps he wanted to know if there was any turmoil within the McGregors and if he could somehow use it to his advantage?

But what would be the point? Surely the McGregors would not be fooled that easily.

Then again, maybe Christian just enjoyed the feeling that his opponent did not have a life full of colors and rainbows.

Maybe it was because he was intruding more and more into her space and it was getting increasingly uncomfortable, but Camille had had enough at this point. She didn’t want to think about it too much and just wanted him to go away quickly.

‘If I just give him what he wants, he’ll finally get out of my personal bubble,’ she thought irritably.

However, she still thought about it for a few more seconds. In this short time, she started to think that it wouldn’t hurt to tell him about Michael’s family situation in general. After all, everything was already out in the open, right?

She wasn’t the kind of person who searched social media a lot or read gossip columns about celebrities and famous businessmen every day, but journalists probably already knew about it, right? Just not in great detail, but at least the gist of it.

“He told me that he had a few celebrity friends in the past,” Camille said slowly, trying to remember their names. She hadn’t really paid too much attention to their identities because it was none of her business. “One’s a fashion designer, one’s a business owner, and the other’s a model who’s been on the cover of Lipstick Magazine quite a few times. I can’t recall their names, though.”

Christian nodded thoughtfully. “Interesting. Find them for me and give me all the details about them, including their background and their connection to Michael McGregor. What else?”

Camille was immediately suspicious. Was he going to blackmail these famous people just to get some dirt on Michael? Surely Christian knew better, right? Not only was it risky, but he might end up being exposed for his dirty tactics.

Besides, she was pretty sure that Michael wouldn’t tell anything confidential to those friends of his. He was far too cautious for that.

‘Let’s just give him what he needs first,’ she told herself. ‘I’ll figure things out once I start investigating. I can also filter out some details before I give him the information on those celebrities.’

“As for his relationship with his family… it’s not very good,” she continued in a wary tone, watching Christian’s reaction carefully. “As you may already know, he doesn’t get along with his father. He’s not that close to his mother, either. The only one in the family that he’s close to is his older brother, William.”

“I see. So he talked to you about these things,” Christian remarked. It was hard to tell what he was thinking at this moment. “I know that he has an older sister too. What about her?”

“As far as I know, she’s the one he has the worst relationship with,” Camille said reluctantly. “He used to avoid the subject a lot when we were in high school. It seemed like they hated each other back then. Earlier, he expressed that they still have a strained relationship, but it seems like he’s trying to understand her. I think he’s planning to make amends with her soon.”

“All right, then.” Christian nodded. “Is that all? Anything else?”

“I have nothing more to tell you,” Camille said flatly.

Which was true. Even before, Michael didn’t really talk much about himself. Instead, she was the one who talked more, while he just listened.

From time to time, he would gently nudge her with questions to show that he was paying attention. Whenever she tried to turn the subject back to him, he would answer modestly and then turn it back to her.

“How boring,” Christian said with a sigh.

Suddenly, he reached out towards Camille, catching her off guard.