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.”

Stephanie was just acting out because she couldn’t let go of what

agreed with

can stir up trouble anywhere, but when it

truth was, the only reason Grace cared so

insisted that Chris must marry Stephanie, calling

was concerned, none of the Hart

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

had lost face.

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

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

replied with a stiff nod. “Long

had just stepped out of the Ashford family when a sharp honk broke

toward the sound and saw

raised an eyebrow. He

stepped out of the car, a cigarette

him, the

effortless, aloof elegance to him that made it clear: he

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