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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.

hands. “Let’s just go

drama had dragged on long

“Got it.”

An hour later…

they reached Cloudridge Valley, it was already past midnight, and Stephanie

rang the doorbell repeatedly, but she

at midnight only made Chris’s mood

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snapped, “Call a

up with this anymore. He needed answers from Stephanie, and he was getting

it, but he did as

out his phone, the door

pajamas, half–asleep and clearly pissed. She was holding

was obvious she’d been woken up badly and

twitching, not sure whether to laugh or get out of the

raised the bat, clearly

grabbing the bat

his

had hit him and Olivia, and now she was

furious

chance, Chris pushed his way into Stephanie’s

he’d already walked in, she tossed the bat aside with a frustrated

opened it, and saw that it only had water–nothing

he asked, his

shot him a look,

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 completely

was

sighed and explained, “I haven’t eaten.”

then getting bombarded with questions from his parents when he finally

off. Then, her expression shifted to one of

who’s gonna cook for you?”

things Chris might say, but this wasn’t even close

either ate out or ordered takeout.

it was obvious he hadn’t thought this through.

was expecting her to cook for him?

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