Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 140

Chris’s mind went completely blank.

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He stared at Stephanie, eyes blazing with anger, lips parting like he wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

Stephanie glanced at him, then at the box in her hand, with a giant diamond ring was sitting right there.

For a second, she thought maybe she was seeing things. But nope–it was real.

Wait a minute… What’s wrong with Jackson?

This was supposed to be an apology gift. Who the hell uses an engagement ring to say sorry?

Was Jackson seriously that clueless? Did he not know what a ring like this even meant?

Or…?

No. No way.

No halfway functional human being would have thought giving a ring like that was normal.

So the only explanation left was–Jackson was so out of touch, he didn’t even know what a proposal ring symbolized.

“Stephanie Giovanni!”

Chris’s roar shook the room.

Stephanie shot him a look, totally unimpressed. “Are you okay? Why are you yelling at me? So what if he proposed? What’s it to you?”

Her ears were still ringing.

This man was completely unhinged.’

He knew damn well she barely even knew Jackson.

Somehow, his brain still connected those imaginary dots and jumped straight to a proposal. Incredible.

you had the guts to break off our engagement and cut ties with the Hart family. Guess you’ve got some serious

with that? What, mad you can’t screw

was eating him, and the rest of

been waiting for her to hit rock bottom, to

But instead?

just survive, she thrived.

behind

mercy,

ch.

she kept landing on her feet. And

Chris had been digging into her life, trying to figure out something–or someone–blocked

of that, there was always some guys hovering around her.

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many secrets was Stephanie

then, it finally hit Chris–he had never understood Stephanie, not

over to the window, looking

by like ants, too small to care about.

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into something almost wicked. “So what’s the plan now? Cut off my

guess, you want me broke and homeless, begging Olivia for forgiveness? Maybe cry

my

cards

word dripped with mockery.

Chris’s face twisted.

trying to do. But hearing her say it out loud,

into this,” he snapped. “This is your

head. “My mess?

mouth opened, but nothing came out. Stephanie’s smile

this all started, I hadn’t done a damn thing.”

Chris’s chest tightened.

but relentless. “At the time, you didn’t know I owned my place at Cloudridge Valley. You didn’t know

commit that made you all decide I

furious–no