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.

fell, trying to catch his breath. “Well, isn’t that nice. No wonder you had the guts to break off our engagement and cut ties with the Hart family. Guess you’ve got

a problem with that? What, mad

and the

for her to hit rock bottom, to crawl

But instead?

survive, she thrived.

standing right behind her, was

mercy,

ch.

her feet. And every

digging into her life, trying to figure out

that, there was always some guys hovering

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finally hit Chris–he had never understood Stephanie, not even

to the window, looking down at the street

by like ants, too small to care about.

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sharpened into something almost wicked. “So what’s the plan now? Cut off my cards? Shut down my studio?”

want me broke and homeless, begging Olivia for forgiveness? Maybe cry a little, so you’ll turn back on and save me

my

cards

word dripped with

Chris’s face twisted.

they’d been trying to do. But hearing her say it out loud, made

he snapped. “This is your

“My mess? What exactly did I

but nothing came out.

started, I hadn’t done

Chris’s chest tightened.

I owned my place at Cloudridge Valley. You didn’t know about

I commit that made you all decide I had to be

furious–no surprise there.