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Chapter 217

Chapter 217

I’m busy here, I’ll call you back later,” he said quickly, ready to hang up.

But before he could, Olivia interrupted. “You’re at the hot springs, aren’t you?”

Chris froze.

His breath caught as his grip on the phone tightened.

“What about it?” he asked.

“Is there something important that needs to be discussed at the hot springs?” Olivia’s voice was sharp, laced with frustration.

Wasn’t everything supposed to be handled in the office?‘

‘Even if it were business, surely it wasn’t something that required a hot spring getaway!

Her tone made it clear she was questioning his motives.

Chris narrowed his eyes, there was rising tension.

Before he could respond, Olivia added, “Is Stephanie there with you?”

“You went to find her, didn’t you?”

Olivia’s mind raced, recalling what Mayra had said about the conflict between her and Stephanie. And now, Chris was there

TOO.

the man who was

is it that Stephanie always seemed to

that kept these men so

the angrier she got–especially with Chris’s attitude towards

had the situation at Whispering Bay fallen apart, leaving her humiliated,

like she

felt her frustration rise, Chris’s cold tone brought her back to reality. “Olivia,” he said,

to lash out, but his coldness made her

with a hint of vulnerability. “Chris, I’m scared.”

his eyes for a moment. “I know,” he replied, his voice softening, but the

going to see Stephanie?”

he answered shortly.

off, unsure of how to

the pressure building. “I have business to attend to. I need to

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the past, Chris would have explained things more thoroughly to Olivia, but

was still unresolved, and it was

Chris hung up

screen, feeling a wave of confusion

he just hang

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Olivia’s lost expression,

“Olivia, what’s wrong?”

red, looked up at her mother, her voice shaky. “Mom, Chris and Stephanie are both at the

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