Chapter 93

Chris sat in his car for a long time after hanging up on Kevin, his mind a tangled mess.

That studio had been running since last year, right under his nose, yet it had grown into something beyond his control.

Stephanie was his fiancée, and yet, with just a few words, she had shattered everything.

Chris couldn’t help but wonder who exactly was the man backing her

At noon, Ella finally got to have lunch with Stephanie. “What happened to your mouth? Why is it so swollen?” Ella asked as soon as she saw her.

“Got bitten by a bug,” Stephanie replied.

She was already tired of people asking about it all day.

Ella frowned. “What kind of bug bites like that?”

Stephanie froze for a second, unable to answer.

Then, noticing the man standing not too far away, Ella chuckled awkwardly. “Your brother sure spoils you, huh?”

She came out for lunch. Just to make sure she didn’t eat anything spicy, he even had someone follow her the entire time to keep an eye on her.

Stephanie scoffed. “You don’t think that’s just him being controlling?”

control looks like, sign me up for a dozen of him.

Since when do you actually want someone telling you

people rebelled against their families for a bit of

friends in Fiorenza who constantly fought against their parents‘ strict rules

Ella said. “I’ve always had to take care of myself.

fingers tightening

Her gaze

she looked at

Stephanie, Ella had a rough start in

a servant, but at least the Giovanni family took her

on the other hand, had a deadbeat father who disappeared the moment she was born, a textbook case of an irresponsible man.

a

mother, busy trying to make ends meet, had left her in the

figures in Long Harbor, but throughout Ella’s entire childhood, love and affection had always been absent.

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that many people hovering over you, you’d see how suffocating it is, Stephanie said, trying to

just don’t appreciate what you

older brother, lots of

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