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Chapter 141

Chapter 141

And both he and Kevin saw her at Whispering Bay.

There was no question. That was her place now.

Stephanie gave him a slow shrug. “Yeah. What about it?”

Chris’s chest tightened.

Hearing her admit it felt like getting punched in the gut.

The house Olivia wanted more than anything, and Stephanie was just living there like it was nothing.

“Who owns it?”

Right then, Chris’s mind was a complete mess, he could barely even hear his own voice.

Stephanie’s eyes lit up, pure mischief. “Why ask me? Didn’t your amazing investigation already tell you it belongs to some 66–year–old guy?”

There it was again–the same line she always threw back at him. Every damn time.

Chris’s temper snapped. “Enough. Just tell me the truth.”

He was one breath away from losing it completely.

Stephanie’s smirk sharpened. “What’s this? Mr. Ashford admitting he couldn’t figure it out?”

Chris saw red.

This woman and her mouth could drive a man straight into cardiac arrest.

Stephanie tapped her chin like she was thinking real hard. “Say you couldn’t dig up the truth, and I’ll give you the answer right now.”

Chris’s chest tightened.

to her, that he couldn’t do it–that was straight–up humiliation, and she didn’t even try to hide

sucked in a deep breath, then another. Didn’t help. His chest still felt like it was going to

Stephanie turned colder with every

you know

the window, arms still crossed. “I know. Now go ahead, bring

usual “Just you wait,”

had ever dared talk

just dare–she practically put out the

too pissed to even think

door, he barked over his shoulder, “Let’s see

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aren’t some kiddie pool you can splash around in. And just because he threw you a ring doesn’t mean

in.”

dripped poison.

second he was gone, Jennifer popped her head in. “Boss?”

her water. “He gone?”

out like his hair was on fire.”

once carried the boss out like a hero. The man

the Ashford name, and

with someone that moody? It’s a one–way ticket to burnout.

decent a single

her head, half amused, half horrified.

you survive two whole

the files and

later, Stephanie’s phone rang. Sebastian, “The Hart

a

‘What’s this about?‘

“That little stash…”

Olivia had been acting like a reality show

never figured out

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