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.”

never quite knew how to act with Stephanie.

up with him, so he didn’t know her personality, what she liked, or even what she wanted.

sat across from

in his lap. “Had

didn’t back down. “So, you came

had gotten used to that since returning to the

didn’t soften when she spoke, her voice

“You canceled the wedding

picked up her water and took a sip

to open up to, and she wasn’t

that she wasn’t responding, Chad felt a little

Stephanie–maybe it was

to calm her down. “Don’t be mad at her. She’s just there for a

upset you. I’ve already talked to your

set her water down and looked at him, her

scoffed, “Why do you think I would care? And you don’t have to come here in the middle of the

mean, ‘you don’t care‘? Stefi,

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