Chapter 195

“Stephie…” I’d barely hung up the phone when Steven started his act.

“Ow, it hurts.” Steven raised his hand to show me the wound on his wrist.

I suspected that he’d caught wind of my chat with Yasmin and was now scheming to stop me from leaving.

“Didn’t the doctor take care of it?” I held Steven’s wrist and glanced at it. “Why would hurt yourself when you know it’s painful?”

With a hint of sadness in his eyes, Steven whispered, “Stephie, how about we move out and live somewhere else?”

He didn’t want me to stay at the Lincoln residence any longer and preferred to leave Ignatius there to fend for himself.

“We’ve got a place.” He gazed at me with determination, wanting to convey to me that

this was our home.

I took a moment to gather my thoughts and glanced around.

Not only were the flowers in the yard ones I loved, but even the room decorations were tailored to my preferences.

It appeared that he had truly been making continuous efforts all this while to create a

home with me.

“Steve… This villa is expensive. Did you buy it or rent it?” I asked suspiciously.

Steven’s eyes shifted slightly. “I rented it…”

I nodded in agreement. “If you don’t want to go back to the Lincoln residence, we’ll stay here.”

Lincoln family. Of

monthly trust payment.

be feeling any pain from

If you keep hurting yourself, I’ll leave you.” I tried to make him heed my warning by threatening to leave.

enough, Steven was

me

stop hurting

puned

held me tight, unwilling to loosen his

going out tonight. Just stay home and get some rest. I’ll come straight here to be with you when I get

but the memories of our childhood meeting felt like they were

really that significant to me, why did I specifically forget

from the orphanage.

memories, the girl who admired my

who always followed Mandy. She’d looked weak, but she’d coldly watch and even find joy in others‘

Yasmin always had a mean streak in

when Stephanie was bullied by some boys for wearing a red dress.

Howard wasn’t part of the event and didn’t initiate

Hanks about funding the orphanage while his own daughter was getting bullied

bullied Stephanie, but Yasmin was the only one who wasn’t implicated.”

had always been a clever person who was skilled at

from a

pain.” Steven suddenly gripped my hand tighter.

looked at

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did he have a sense of what

I wanted to uncover the truth and reclaim my memories. I couldn’t just

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