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

agreed with

in agreement. “She can stir up trouble anywhere, but when it comes to the Hart

the only reason Grace cared so much about

Chris must marry Stephanie,

of the

boiled over. She was furious about Chris and Olivia’s affair, but even more

had lost face.

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

through possible solutions as she stomped her foot again, making

with a stiff nod. “Long Harbor International

Ashford family when a sharp

and saw

raised an eyebrow. He

stepped out of the car, a cigarette dangling from his

around him, the

him that made it clear: he wasn’t someone you could just

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