Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 2

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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.

him any longer.

“Now that she’s here, she might as well stay. After all, she still has a debt to settle here in Long Harbor,

of building a relationship, of calm affection, seemed to

too, tearing apart what little remained… Her heart

one person doing all the

hint of warning. “Don’t make

rested on the doorknob, her expression unreadable.

“You sure you want to cancel the wedding? Do you

grow even colder, like a chill

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Chapter 2

a group of people who couldn’t tell friend

a long time that they were not her safety net, but it didn’t matter.

Hart family was her bloodline, but it was also where

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family. Both she and Stephanie’s mother, Mrs. Hart, had

birth mother

life.

she switched babies at the hospital after

away, she never

the baby girl away like trash.

family, watching her biological daughter live a privileged life while

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

secret stunned the

search began for the

eventually found Stephanie,

wasn’t entirely

process, they always favored

nowhere to go because the Hart

forward and grabbed her wrist. “Once she’s better, I’ll send her away,

softened, almost as if he were trying to calm

at him, her eyes cold. She slowly pulled her

inhaled sharply, his face

word. She turned and walked out

of her high heels echoed in the hallway as she