Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

After the chastic, mud–slinging fight, screwed rickly tired, eager to ne hote it would all play ant

Kevin struggled to drag Stephanie away from the wee

Olivia’s face contorted in pain, her eyes brimming with tears the glanced at Chris Chris L.

Chris’s face twisted into a mask of rage

He barked at Kevin, still holding on to Stephanie. Get her out of herenow

Stephanie yanked at Kevin’s grip, but he wasn’t about to let go.

It was the first time he’d realized just how strong she was–he could barely hold her back.

“Come on. Miss Giovanni, let’s go, Kevin urged.

That’s when Stephanie suddenly remembered something.

“My bag! My bag, she rushed to say.

The bag she’d used to hit Chris was lying next to him. In a fit of fury, Chris grabbed it and hurled it at her.

Kevin snatched it out of the air just in time, shoving it into Stephanie’s arms. “Got it, let’s go.”

Finally, the chaos started to settle.

Kevin managed to drag Stephanie to the car, planning to take her home, but she wouldn’t have it.

She didn’t want to be anywhere near Chris–or anything related to him–so she drove off by herself.

Chris, still dazed from the blow to his head, stood frozen for a moment.

When his mind finally clicked back into place, his eyes landed on Olivia–her hair a mess and her leg swollen. His anger toward Stephanie flared up even more.

his arms. “I’m

welled up in Olivia’s eyes as she

her like that, Kevin rushed to

he reached the spot where they’d

Giovanni took the car,” Kevin said, his voice full of frustration as he stood behind

planned to drive Stephanie, but she’d been

face darkened

added, “I’ll grab

a response, Kevin dashed off–he had to get

the light to

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Chapter 4

up and saw it was a call from her mother, Catlin

any time, Cailin vnapped, “Come time tonight

teed a sip of water, her

at all, but she knew ready what Carte wawe no ralk about–and

“Twy? with what? You haven’t even been trying with

of bitterness rise in her chee. She won Carline dmghter, but there was no love in the relationship Catlin didn’t hate her, but

Olivia to take care

silence hung on the

exactly what Catlin was

with Olivia two years

she’d probably be sitting

was back, Chris and the Hart family were clearly worried Stephanie

Her voice softened slightly. “That’s all in the past, Stephanie.

getting cold.

half–open window let in a sharp gust of wind, and Stephanie felt the chill sweep across her neck, biting into her

she almost forgot

spoke again, her voice laced with irony. “Catlin, I almost died in that car crash. It’s only been three years. Remember what I looked like when they brought

months in a hospital bed after they pulled her out.

had been the mastermind behind the crash. She feared that if Stephanie returned to the Hart family, she’d

had been meant to end Stephanie’s life, to make sure she

Stephanie’s own mother, was blaming