Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

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

agreed with

stir up trouble anywhere, but when it comes to the Hart

Grace cared so much about

insisted that Chris must marry

concerned, none of the Hart girls were

about Chris and Olivia’s affair, but even more

Ashford family had lost

be taken back, Grace couldn’t help feeling like there was no way to fix this.

through possible solutions as she stomped her foot again, making a final

replied with a stiff nod. “Long Harbor International

Ashford family when a sharp honk broke

and saw Chris’s

raised an eyebrow. He hadn’t left yet.

a cigarette dangling

lean frame seemed to command the space around him, the kind

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

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