Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 41

Chapter 41

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For a moment, Stephanie wasn’t sure if she’d heard him right

She noticed the subtle shift in Sebastian’s tone when he mentioned the name “Chris–it went cold, like he was talking about something he didn’t want to touch.

She shrugged, trying to play it cool. “They’ve got nothing to do with me now.

Even though the Hart family was her biological family, the truth was, she was only back because Valentina had put the pressure on her.

Getting engaged to Chris? That was her escape from Valentina’s control.

Once she had that ring on her finger, Valentina stopped bothering her completely.

Sebastian’s eyebrow arched. “They’ve got nothing to do with you?

Stephanie let out a breath. “Valentina threatened me. I got engaged to Chris so she and Richard would back off.”

Sebastian’s icy stare never wavered. Stephanie knew it was time to tell him the truth.

Now that Valentina was behind bars, the pressure was off. The timing felt right.

Sure enough, Sebastian’s expression softened, just a little.

Across the city, things were far from calm.

At the hospital, Chris stood helplessly by Olivia’s bed, watching her twist in pain.

Just yesterday, she’d been fine enough to stop by his office. Now? She could barely move.

Catlin was practically beside herself, pacing the floor.

“Chris,” She said, “we need to move fast. her condition is critical. The liver and uterus are the big problems right now.”

Her liver needed surgery, and so did her heart.

They were hoping Allison could step in for the uterine cancer so Olivia wouldn’t have to endure another surgery.

his exhaustion written all

three in the morning, and the hospital had quieted down.

was asleep now, but only

stayed

heart ached, but Chris’s heart

tired of talking to Catlin. “Yeah,

saying it, he knew: they needed Allison, and

a phone that wasn’t

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was still in the hot

about to say something

unfamiliar number, then

again, the same unknown

“Why didn’t you

said, shrugging it

divorce from Chris, she’d blocked calls from him and the

when they weren’t

was one of them, either

up, not

but the phone rang

third time, Sebastian reached out

twitched. “What

“Need me to get it for you? I assume you

annoyance. “It’s no big deal.”

big deal? Non–stop calling in the middle of the night?”

by his question. She couldn’t come up with an

unrelenting gaze, she finally answered the phone, letting out a small

call connected, Chris’s tired

“Tell me what you want. I’ll give it to you.”

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