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.”

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

agreed with him.

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

truth was, the only reason Grace cared so much about Stephanie

lady had insisted that Chris must marry Stephanie, calling her the

was concerned, none of the Hart girls were worth her

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

Ashford family had lost face. Dignity? Gone.

be taken back, Grace couldn’t

as she stomped her foot again, making a final decision.

with a stiff nod. “Long

the Ashford family when a sharp honk

sound and saw Chris’s Phantom

raised an eyebrow. He

stepped out of the car, a cigarette

to command the space around him, the kind of presence that made people stop

that made it clear: he wasn’t someone you

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