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At the Ashford residence, Grace frowned as she spotted the cast on Chris‘ arm. “What did you do this time? And what about that bruise on your face?”
After two nights of fighting with Sebastian, the bruise on Chris‘ face had turned even nastier.
His arm, now in a cast, made it clear that the fight had not ended in his favor.
“It’s nothing.” Chris said flatly. “Why are you here so late?”
“Your father wants to see you. He’s waiting in the study,” Grace replied.
Chris gave a slight n
gave a slight nod and turned to head upstairs.
Grace watched him go, her gaze lingering on his cast, her expression unreadable.
She turned to the butler beside her. I need to see Kevin”
Understood.” he nodded and left.
Upstairs, as soon as Chris stepped into the study, the heavy scent of smoke hit him.
Fred had been retired for a year now, but the air of authority still clung to him.
For the past year, Chris had been running the Ashford Group with little interference from Fred.
But now, Fred’s sharp gaze locked onto him. “The heir to the Lucano family from Fiorenza has arrived in Long Harbor. You are aware of that, right?”
Tam Chris nodded.
“Have you met him?” Fred asked.
“Not yet,” Chris admitted.
Kevin had been trying to arrange a meeting with Lucano’s assistant, but so far, there had been no response.
Fred’s expression darkened. “Jackson met him.”
Chris‘ brows furrowed. “What?”
“At his grandfather’s birthday banquet,” said Fred.
There was clear displeasure in Fred’s voice. “Is Olivia holding you back?”
Stephanie had publicly announced the engagement cancellation. Olivia’s return was no longer a secret.
At the mention of Olivia, Chris‘ face tensed for a split second before he quickly replied, “This has nothing to do with Olivia. I am handling things with Mr. Lucano.”
and you still have not
know,” Chris said
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you really like Olivia, keep her as a distraction. But if she starts affecting you,
sentence, but Chris
it had been
had caused a major scene, and the entire Ashford
His tome was not exactly respectful but
hand
few simple words, yet every one of them carried a weight Chris could not
he immediately noticed Grace standing there, her expression
looked like he wanted to disappear into
even colder. “You have really let
moment Grace said that, Chris shot a glance at Kevin, his eyes going
gaze, he didn’t even dare to
about to say something. But in the end, he swallowed the
go,” he said to
nodded quickly and
front door, Grace’s voice rang out
was planning to
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most prestigious real
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had once set her sights on it, hoping to purchase a home there for her own retirement. But no one in the
that Chris was willingly buying it for a sick woman. Grace had looked into it. The source
to be? She wants the whole world to know about their relationship? So if Chris doesn’t buy it for
wandering around doing?” Chris tone carried a clear
especially when it came from his
her expression darkened “Right. She’s so sick,
said, his tone sharpening as he turned
spoke Olivia isn’t as simple as you
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is? Grace shot back.
was momentarily taken
on. You’ve spent too much time with Olivia. Now, whenever something goes wrong, your first instinct is to
Chris was so furious he couldn’t even find the
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