Chapter 26

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Seeing the necklace clutched in her hand only made her frustration spike. She stomped her foot, irritated.

Right then, the butler appeared, stepping into the tension. “Mrs. Ashford.”

Grace sighed, a heavy, defeated sound. “What’s she being so stubborn for? Who else would want her besides Chris?”

If she broke off the engagement, Stephanie’s reputation would tank. No prestigious family in Long Harbor would touch her

after that.

And the Hart family… Grace knew them too well.

If Stephanie lost Chris, they’d chew her up and spit her out without a second thought.

Grace couldn’t wrap her head around it. ‘How could Stephanie just reject someone like Chris?‘

The butler glanced at Stephanie. “She’s still young. She just can’t swallow her pride when it comes to Olivia.”

acting out because she couldn’t let go of what Olivia

with him.

it comes to the Hart family, she better

cared so much about Stephanie was because of Chris’s

lady had insisted that Chris must marry Stephanie, calling

none of the

was furious about Chris and Olivia’s affair, but even more enraged that it was Stéphanie who had declared the cancellation

had lost face.

Chris’s grandmother demanding that Stephanie be taken back, Grace couldn’t help

possible solutions as she stomped her foot again, making a final decision. “I’m really losing my mind! Where

with a stiff nod.

the Ashford family

sound and

an eyebrow. He

of the car, a cigarette dangling from his fingers.

him, the kind of presence that made people stop and take notice.

it clear: he wasn’t someone you could just

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