Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 143

Chapter 143

He didn’t agree–but arguing with Chris right now was a waste of breath.

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The way Kevin saw it, if being pretty was all it took to succeed, the world would be crawling with self–made millionaires.

There was more to Stephanie Giovanni than a pretty face and a sharp tongue.

“Oh, by the way,” Kevin added, trying to shift the topic, “did Stephanie ever tell you who actually owns Whispering Bay?”

Chris had been trying to corner her for days, hoping to shake the truth out of her. Except Stephanie never showed.

At this point, everyone knew Chris was planning to move Olivia into Whispering Bay to recover.

The Harts were already packing her stuff.

Chris’s chest tightened.

His jaw clenched hard enough to crack a tooth.

That damn woman.

Kevin didn’t need a reply–Chris’s silence said it all. Stephanie hadn’t given him a damn thing.

That mouth of hers could throw knives, but when it came to the truth? Locked up tighter than Fort Knox.

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All the way to the hospital, the same question kept looping in Chris’s head–why did she say yes back then?

Sure, the Harts pushed for it.

But after everything he knew about her now, she didn’t seem like the type to do anything she didn’t want to.

By the time they got to the hospital, he still didn’t have an answer.

The second Chris walked in, Olivia lit up like Christmas. “You’re finally here.”

a quick nod.

second she saw Chris, her whole face brightened.

already heard

more than that.

Whispering Bay for Olivia. And as

Chris’s choice was the only thing that

you

even closing

She reached for his sleeve, her

“Something wrong?”

tell, ever since he promised her Whispering Bay, Olivia’s mood had

her health seemed

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deal wasn’t happening. But Chris couldn’t bring himself

said instead. “Did

through Olivia’s hair, fingers

mood lately, but he could still hear it–the weakness in her voice, like every word

think about was Stephanie. Loud,

that kind of

“Chris? Chris?”

“Hm?”

back, meeting Olivia’s soft

called you, like, three times. What were

stuff,” he lied.

move into Whispering Bay, can we change the

Chris’s chest tightened.

it meant to her,

though deep down, he knew–Whispering Bay

had no clue who

they did,

words in the

just spend my last days at Whispering

“Don’t.”

a bullet, sharp

His voice shook.

mean it, Chris. And when it happens… Don’t send me to some cold, sterile crematorium. Bury me by the ocean.”