Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

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Slamming into the chair across from her, Chad glared hard: “You really had us fooled. We definitely underestimated you.”

Who would’ve thought this girl, right under their noses, had built a whole business empire–and they never saw it coming.

Stephanie leaned back lazily. “Didn’t you say you were gonna shut my studio down? Been a few days. What’s the holdup?”

The sarcasm hit him like a slap.

His face flushed with anger.

If he could’ve shut her down, he would’ve already.

But instead of going there, Tyler went for something else. “Mom had to be carried out of here today. What the hell did you do?”

Stephanie shrugged. “Take a wild guess.”

That flippant answer snapped something in him.

“That’s your mother! Just because you’ve got some powerful man behind you now, you think you can just ditch basic respect for your own family?”

Stephanie’s eyes lifted slightly. “Newsflash, it’s former family.”

Tyler’s breath caught. “What the hell does that mean?”

Stephanie took a sip of water like she had all the time in the world.

“In about an hour, every media outlet in Long Harbor’s gonna have a copy of the signed disownment papers. Everyone’s gonna know the Hart family cut me off. So next time you wanna act like I’m after your precious mommy, relax. I couldn’t care less.”

over nothing. When she first came back, Olivia acted like Stephanie was there to steal her

complex, terrified she’d soak up even a drop

ever

her in disbelief. “You actually signed disownment papers? You’re seriously cutting ties?”

her desk

you and

“You…”

Tyler’s breath hitched.

do you even know what that means? Because let me be clear–you and your whole damn family are nothing to me now. So get

the desk, and in one fluid motion vaulted right over it, landing squarely in front

sharp as hell.

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Mon, 10

Chapter 133

ON

“By the way, you ever wonder how Chris ended

“You did that?”

But I

gonna hit me

left his mouth, her tist

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up to touch his lip, his fingers came away red, One of his teeth felt loose too

“Stephanie!”

voice exploded across the room,

fist was already swinging again, and landing square on

instinctively tried to grab her wrist, only to realize

his temple, leaving his head ringing