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

even wipe her out, she thought with a

around, right?” Her voice was steady, dripping with contempt.

Harbor, but the Harts? Their true

digging needed–they’d been stomping all over this place for years,

name was mud among the

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

Stephanie cut her off, her voice sharp as a knife. “Choke on that word before I shove it down your throat.”

and fierce, like a blade ready

next got stuck, killed by that venom.

made Stephanie’s skin crawl more than the Harts pulling

her fingers clenching without her even noticing.

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real family felt like–carved it deep into her,

Harts? They’d turned “family”

didn’t help Tyler yesterday?” Stephanie

blinked, caught off guard. “W–why?”

don’t get loyalty–called himself my ‘REAL brother,” Stephanie said, her tone freezing.

like it was a

face scrunching up, totally

a little. “Still

frowned, still in

can’t stand your holier–than–thou garbage–or this ‘family‘ you keep ramming down my throat. Brother? Give me a

nice, she’d be fine with it–but the Hart take on “family” was like

gladly use to cut her up, Stephanie thought,

huh, being your darling daughter. Anyone else? They’d either be toast from Olivia’s fake car crash or pushed off a cliff

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

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