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.

through his hair, his exhaustion written all

in the morning, and the hospital

asleep now, but only

physically, while those who stayed by her side were tortured mentally.

but Chris’s heart hurt

talking to Catlin. “Yeah,

saying it, he knew: they needed

up a phone that wasn’t his, he

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in the hot seat, under Sebastian’s relentless

about to say something else, her phone buzzed.

the unfamiliar number, then

rang again, the same unknown number

eyes narrowed. “Why didn’t you

nothing,” she said, shrugging

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

gotten out of hand, and when they weren’t happy, they’d just call her up.

assumed this was one of them, either Catlin or Chris.

not with Sebastian

but the phone rang again.

“end” for the third time, Sebastian reached

twitched. “What are

it for you?

in annoyance. “It’s

eyebrow. “No big deal? Non–stop calling in the middle

She couldn’t come up with an

finally answered the

call connected, Chris’s tired

“Tell me what you want. I’ll

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