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

didn’t know her personality, what

across from

straightened up, hands folded in his lap.

“So, you came here to lecture me, too?”

that since

soften when she spoke, her voice as

frustrated. “You canceled the wedding with Chris because of her?”

picked up her water

family wasn’t a place she wanted to open up to, and she wasn’t interested

wasn’t responding, Chad

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

to calm her down. “Don’t be mad at

I get why that upset you. I’ve already talked to your mom; she’s responsible for

looked at him,

would care? And you don’t have to come here in the middle of the

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

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