Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

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Chris had been talking to Kevin for what felt like forever, but it was the kind of conversation that felt good to get off his chest.

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He showed up at Cloudridge Valley early for lunch, but both his and Kevin’s calls were straight–up blocked by Stephanie.

No other options left, he went ahead and knocked on her door.

Ten minutes straight, nothing.

His mood, which had been kind of okay earlier, plummeted.

Kevin rubbed his chin, thinking. “You think she dipped out before you even got here?”

idea of her leaving before him hit Chris like a

first?” His voice was

“Maybe you should call

out his phone and dialed his mom immediately..

on her way,”

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the confusion in her voice. “Why’re you calling me? Shouldn’t

frustration bubbled up. If he could actually get through to Stephanie, he wouldn’t be calling

line, he forced a

that Stephanie had blocked him–hell, that’d be way too embarrassing to bring

still a little edge. “You’d better apologize properly when you see her, and you better promise me you won’t

into lecture mode, and Chris could feel his

whole family was on edge, especially after the news about Olivia’s

about to accept Olivia–she could mess up

Chris wasn’t thrilled about making another big promise to Stephanie. It

hesitated, but finally

cut him off before he could finish. “Your grandparents said if this wedding falls apart, they’ll never speak to you

weight of that hitting him. He didn’t realize how much his grandparents were invested in this. It felt like