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Chris’s face shifted in disbelief, his brows knitting together as the weight of Stephanie’s words hit him.

He stared at her, utterly stunned by her coldness.

Cancel the wedding? Is she… crazy?‘ Chris’s mind raced, countless thoughts swirling, but they all crumbled in the face of her icy indifference.

His voice faltered slightly as he tried to explain. “She’s sick. Once she recovers, she’ll leave, and we’ll have a bigger wedding”

Stephanie’s lips curled into a sneer, her voice frigid. “Is she sick, or is she pregnant?”

The moment her words hung in the air, the air stiffened, like the weight of her question was too much to bear.

Chris’s eyes darkened, his voice low as he asked, “What do you know?”

Stephanie didn’t answer immediately. She leaned back in her chair, her tone cool as she replied, “You and she were so open about being at the hospital, in the gynecology department.” A mocking smile tugged at her lips.

Her voice was biting, filled with frost. “Now, you’re talking to me about a bigger wedding. Don’t you think that’s ironic?”

They were supposed to marry in just a week. The thought of it, mixed with everything else, made something inside Stephanie crumble.

He made another woman pregnant,

and now he was

here talking about the wedding with Stephanie.

Is he really playing both sides to her cut him off?‘ Stephanie’s eyes were steely, her resolve

face? Thinking I won’t unshakable.

Chris’s face grew even darker, his voice hushed, almost desperate. “She’s not pregnant. She’s sick.”

Stephanie’s gaze was unwavering, cold as ice. “Sick? And you’re the one taking her to the hospital? Am I missing something?”

Her question hung in the air, sharp and unforgiving. Chris’s expression darkened further, and his fingers absently traced the edge of the desk.

bear to look at him any longer. She stood up and walked to

moved, her voice was cold, the words dripping with mockery. “Now that she’s here, she might as well stay. After all, she still has a debt to settle here in Long Harbor,

years of building a relationship, of calm affection, seemed to collapse in

tearing apart what little remained… Her

all the labor. Stephanie’s heart was heavy with

of warning. “Don’t make

hand rested on the doorknob, her

cancel the

grow even colder, like a chill had

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a group of people

that they were not her safety net, but it

family was her bloodline, but it was also where

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a maid for the Hart family. Both she and Stephanie’s mother, Mrs. Hart, had been pregnant at

birth mother had

life.

the hospital after giving

After taking Stephanie away, she never had plans of raising

the baby girl away like trash.

the Hart family, watching her biological daughter live a privileged life while she

car accident, and the truth came out. The hospital revealed that Olivia wasn’t her

stunned the

for the real

found

entirely wrong.

they always favored

Stephanie called off the engagement, she would have nowhere to go

her wrist. “Once she’s better, I’ll

he were

at him, her eyes cold. She slowly pulled her

sharply, his

another word. She turned and

heels echoed in the hallway

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