Swapping a Broken Heart for a New Start novel Chapter 32

Camila Davis listened to Lucas Smith’s mean-spirited taunts, her face turning cold.

But she didn’t let him get under her skin.

There was a time when she’d bite her tongue around the Smith family—all because she cared about Jordan Smith.

But once you stop giving a damn about something, it stops being a weakness. You find your strength.

Lucas Smith still thought she was the same old pushover, didn’t he? The doormat everyone could walk all over?

Camila let out a dry laugh and shot back, “Seriously, Lucas? You’re calling someone else a loser? Have you looked in the mirror lately? What part of you could ever compare to Jordan?”

She leaned in, voice dripping with sarcasm. “Everyone says Jordan’s a golden boy in business. You? Not even close. I used to wonder why people said that about you, but now I get it. You’re just jealous.”

She shook her head in mock pity. “You’re such a coward, Lucas. You’ve been pining for Sandra Taylor forever, sneaking around to defend her, trashing me at every turn. What, you think that makes you look heroic? Has Sandra ever even given you the time of day?”

She didn’t let up. “She picked someone else over you when she had the chance. Now she’d rather be the other woman for a married guy than even talk to you. And you’re still playing her white knight? Newsflash, you’re not the main character. You’re just the clown in someone else’s circus.”

As she spoke, her contempt was crystal clear—way worse than anything Lucas had just thrown at her.

And every single word hit Lucas right where it hurt.

He’d never imagined that Camila—the quiet, timid Camila—would ever have the guts to talk back to him like this.

He stared at her, stunned, for a few seconds before his temper snapped.

This woman—how dare she?

“Who are you calling a loser, Camila? You got a death wish or something?” he shouted, practically sputtering.

Camila just looked at him, cool as ice, her gaze full of disdain. “Look at you. You don’t even know how to make up your own mind. Calling you a loser is too kind. You’re pathetic, Lucas. Hiding in the shadows, drooling over Sandra while watching her and Jordan play house. You’ll spend your whole life living in your brother’s shadow.”

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