Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 13

While Chad and Catlin were arguing downstairs, Olivia was upstairs, watching them.

She stood at the top of the stairs, her swollen ankle propped up.

When she heard Chad defending Stephanie, a flicker of disappointment crossed Olivia’s face.

She knew how Chad was–Stephanie was his biological daughter, after all

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The drive from the Hart family to Stephanie’s was about an hour.

When he arrived at Cloudridge Valley, Chad stepped into Stephanie’s home

He took a seat on the couch and looked at her, but didn’t bring up why she hadn’t answered his calls earlier.

Stephanie didn’t offer much of a reaction either. She just poured him a glass of water.

Chad waved it off. “Don’t bother with that. Come sit here.”

knew how to act

know her personality,

across

hands folded in his lap. “Had another argument with Olivia?”

you came here to lecture me, too?”

to that since

soften when she spoke, her voice as cold as ever.

frustrated. “You canceled the wedding with

up her water and took

family wasn’t a place she wanted to open up

she wasn’t responding, Chad felt a little

why Catlin always got upset with Stephanie–maybe it was because Stephanie kept everyone at arm’s length,

hoping to calm her down. “Don’t be

you. I’ve already talked to your mom; she’s responsible for this. She’ll make sure it won’t happen again.”

looked at him,

think I would care? And you don’t have to come here in the

frustration started to show. “What do you mean, ‘you don’t care‘? Stefi, marriage is sacred. You

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