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

she saw Chris, her

already heard

more than that.

for Olivia. And as far

Chris’s

you

even closing

She reached for his sleeve, her voice soft and

“Something wrong?”

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

her health seemed

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chance that deal wasn’t happening. But Chris couldn’t bring

instead. “Did you

hand through Olivia’s hair, fingers brushing

a better mood lately, but he could still hear it–the weakness in

all he could think about was Stephanie. Loud,

that kind of strength?

“Chris? Chris?”

“Hm?”

back, meeting

three times. What were

he lied.

we really move into Whispering Bay, can we change the

Chris’s chest tightened.

he saw how much it meant to her, he swallowed down whatever he was feeling and forced

deep down, he knew–Whispering

no clue who actually

if they did, so

a few sweet words in the right ear, and that house would be

could just spend my last days at Whispering Bay,” Olivia smiled faintly, “I’d die

“Don’t.”

shot out like a bullet, sharp and unfiltered.

His voice shook.

happens… Don’t send me to some cold, sterile crematorium.