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Chapter 314

Chapter 314

Rose Luxe was one of Long Harbor’s fancier spots–a ritzy mall packed with shoppers pretty much every day.

Stephanie’s eyelid twitched as she tapped her teacup with a finger. “Shouldn’t Chad be at the hospital right now?

“Exactly,” Ella said, sounding totally baffled. “Tyler’s messed up bad. Chad should be right there with him, no question”

However, the guy was wandering around Rose Luxe like he didn’t have a worry in the world.

Ella leaned in, dropping her voice to a sneaky whisper. “I’m telling you, Chad and that woman? Something’s up. They looked way too comfortable.”

Stephanie frowned, repeating it slowly. “With a woman pushing a stroller? And they were cozy?”

Yeah, it didn’t add up. Her stomach twisted a little.

Chad wasn’t some young hotshot–d he end up in a mess like this?

Ella nodded hard. “Oh, for sure.”

Stephanie squinted. “You positive you didn’t mix him up with someone else?”

She wasn’t sold yet.

For two years, she’d had Chad figured out–didn’t seem like the type. Now she wondered if she had totally misjudged him.

A tiny doubt started creeping in.

“No way,” Ella fired back, dead sure. “It was Chad. I checked twice, three times even. Stared right at him.”

She smirked and leaned back with a shrug. “One quick look, maybe I’d goof. But every time? Come on, I’m not that dumb.

didn’t say anything. The mug just hung there in her hand.

enough. This was big enough that Ella wouldn’t screw it up. One slip?

a pause, Stephanie asked,

laughed dryly. “Girl, I just peeked at them for a bit. They seemed tight, yeah, but I’m

went quiet again.

her head, Chad was always this serious, no–nonsense

Caitlin, he was polite but distant, like they were strangers stuck at

get

Hart Group. He’d

Tyler was everything–untouchable, the

was Chad out playing family with some woman and a kid? It felt off to Stephanie, like a cheesy TV drama.

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brow furrowed. “How cozy are

practically cheek–to–cheek. You don’t get that close with just a friend, you

know?”

fingers tapped the table

It was obvious, in–your–face

the same couch without it feeling awkward. Their hands didn’t even

her a playful nudge. “Want me to poke around some more? Shake things up

at the

things were on schedule, Amber

faintly. “Why bother? Amber’s on

States with no overseas treatment, or Tyler, about to get out

Ella smacked her forches

eyebrow, still thrown.

disaster? This is

big a player?”

leverage and fails, she may go crazy. And she may Stephanie let out a sharp, sarcastic chuckle. “If she even pull the whole Hodge family down with her.”

was all in

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