Chapter 309

Chapter 309

Her voice was as cold as the ice hanging outside, her eyes flashing with a frosty edge.

Caitlin’s bottled–up feelings blew up. She snapped, her voice jumping. “Stephanie, what the hell do you even want?”

Stephanie hadn’t even said much yet, and Caitlin was already losing it.

Now that she’d opened her mouth, Caitlin’s chest burned with anger.

Stephanie kept her stare icy, a little smirk pulling at her lips, like she was laughing inside.

She turned to the butler. “Get it done–have Tyler discharged.”

“Yes, miss,” he said with a quick nod.

Caitlin’s breath caught. She jumped up, her voice shaky. “You–you’re out of your mind! He’s your brother!”

“You’ve already messed up Olivia–now you’re doing this to him?”

She was shaking, gripping the chair so tight her knuckles turned white.

Stephanie flicked her eyes up at her. “Did you forget, Caitlin? We’re not family anymore.”

Caitlin stopped cold.

Her face went pale, lips moving but nothing coming out.

“How could you–you…” Her voice broke, words stuck.

Stephanie grabbed the coffee pot, snagging a new mug and pouring herself more, taking her sweet time.

As the coffee flowed, she said lazily, “Don’t you guys just love throwing your weight around?”

too long ago, they’d come at her hard, no

crush her–hell, even wipe her out, she thought with

right?” Her voice was steady, dripping

history in Long Harbor, but the Harts?

needed–they’d been stomping all over this place

especially–her name was mud among the

sped up. “You can’t do this! You’ve already left Olivia hanging–now you’re-”

knife. “Choke on that word before I shove it

cold and fierce,

Caitlin was about to say next got stuck, killed by that venom.

skin crawl more than the Harts pulling the “family”

her fingers clenching without

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Giovannis showed her what real family felt like–carved

the Harts? They’d turned “family” into something she despised.

Tyler yesterday?” Stephanie tossed out,

blinked, caught off guard.

my ‘REAL brother,” Stephanie said,

spit out “real” like it was a joke, thick with sarcasm.

breath hitched again, her face scrunching

her head a

in the

let out a sharp, bitter laugh. “I can’t stand your holier–than–thou garbage–or this ‘family‘ you keep ramming down my throat. Brother?

fine with it–but the

to cut her up, Stephanie

her voice cold as steel. “Lucky me, huh, being your darling daughter. Anyone else? They’d either be

her, eyes huge. “You–am I really that terrible to

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