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Chapter 12

Now Chad kind of understood why Catlin always seemed so upset after talking to Stephanie.

As Catlin had said, Stephanie was really tough to deal with. It felt like nothing anyone said to her ever got through–she w completely unaffected by anything.

Since the gentle approach didn’t work, Chad decided to go for something more forceful.

He said coldly, “Fine, I’ll freeze your credit card for now. Think it over, and let me know when you’ve come to your senses.

Then, he stormed out.

The room fell silent.

Stephanie slammed the door behind him, then turned back toward the living room, her phone buzzing in her hand.

The screen showed Kevin’s name.

Today, she’d already blocked several people–Chris, Catlin, even Chad.

Now, they could only reach her through someone else’s phone.

Just like before, she didn’t pick up.

She knew it was Chris calling from Kevin’s phone.

The call rang through but cut off after a few seconds.

When Chris tried again, the line was already busy. He knew–she’d blocked Kevin’s number, too.

His face flushed red with frustration. “When did she start blocking people like it’s a game?”

Kevin just smirked, lips twitching. He knew exactly what was going on but wasn’t about to say it outright.

After a beat, he replied, “Miss Giovanni probably isn’t just ignoring your calls.”

Kevin knew it wasn’t just Chris who was upset about being blocked today. The whole Hart family was frustrated, too.

Chris rubbed his temples, trying to think of a way to get through to her, but his head was pounding.

his hands. “Let’s just

had dragged on long enough.

nodded. “Got

An hour later…

Cloudridge Valley, it was already past midnight, and Stephanie had gone

repeatedly, but

ignored at midnight only made Chris’s

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snapped, “Call a locksmith.”

up with this anymore. He needed answers from Stephanie,

could see Chris was about to lose it, but he did as

out

stood there in her pajamas, half–asleep and clearly pissed. She was holding a baseball bat, her

up badly

back, lips twitching, not sure whether to laugh or get out

flared. She raised the bat, clearly intending to take a swing at

bat

his

and Olivia, and now she was at it

furious

the chance, Chris pushed his way into Stephanie’s

walked in, she tossed the bat aside with a frustrated sigh. “Say what you

opened it, and saw that

asked, his voice

shot him a look, her eyebrows raised.

to be mad–Who the hell shows up at someone’s house in the middle of the night, opens their fridge, and asks if they cook? It

was absolutely pissed.

and explained, “I haven’t eaten.”

he finally got home, he hadn’t had a chance to grab lunch. Now, he was starving.

frowned, clearly thrown off. Then, her expression shifted to one of disbelief.

look like someone who’s gonna cook for you?” she

say, but this wasn’t even

almost never cooked–she either ate out or ordered takeout.

from the way Chris had phrased it, it was obvious he hadn’t thought this through.

expecting her to cook for

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