Chapter 64

Chris sat in his car for a long time after hanging up on Kevin, his mind a tangled mess.

That studio had been running since last year, right under his nose, yet it had grown into something beyond his control.

Stephanie was his hancée, and yet, with just a few words, she had shattered everything.

Chris couldn’t help but wonder who exactly was the man backing her

At noon, Ella finally got to have lunch with Stephanie. “What happened to your mouth? Why is it so swollen?” Ella asked as soson as she saw her.

“Corbitten by a bug, Stephanie replied.

She was already tired of people asking about it all day.

Ella frowned. “What kind of bug bites like that?”

Stephanie froze for a second, unable to answer.

Then, noticing the man standing not too far away, Ella chuckled awkwardly. “Your brother sure spoils you, huh?”

She came out for hunch. Just to make sure she didn’t eat anything spicy, he even had someone follow her the entire time to keep an eye on her.

Stephanie scoffed. “You don’t think that’s just him being controlling?”

“If that’s what control looks like, sign me up for a dozen of him. I love it,” Ella said.

Stephanie rolled her eyes. “Hey, are you serious? Since when do you actually want someone telling you what to do?”

Most people rebelled against their families for a bit of freedom.

She had a few close friends in Fiorenza who constantly fought against their parents‘ strict rules just to gain some independence.

“You wouldn’t get it.” Ella said. Tve always had to take care of myself. What I’m missing is someone who actually cares.”

Stephanie paused, her fingers tightening slightly around her fork.

Her gaze softened as she looked at Ella.

Unlike Stephanie, Ella had a rough start in life.

Stephanie had been abandoned by a servant, but at least the Giovanni family took her in and never let her suffer.

Ella, on the other hand, had a deadbeat father who disappeared the moment she was born, a textbook case of an irresponsible man.

She was from a single–parent family.

mother, busy trying to make ends meet, had left her in the

Harbor,

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live with her

hovering over you, you’d see how suffocating

her.

scoffed. “You just don’t appreciate

older brother,

least I don’t have to worry about you anymore,” Ella added. “I was really afraid the

a lot.

mention of the Hart family.

Turner doing lately?” Ella asked.

fine.

how to describe her relationship with her mother. They were distant, yet her mother gave her an absurd amount of pocket money every month. She was never stingy, but she never

like crazy. Honestly, with

against someone?” Stephanie

someone and crush them under her feet, Ella said.

understand her

could

tried to find your father?”

know. She never tells me anything about that,” Ella said, shaking her head.

no feelings toward her father, probably because she had never known him.

talk about Chris and the Hart family

depressing too, Stephanie

talked about family, the conversation always took

mouth; it had no flavor, completely

spicy food, this was borderline

an absolute idiot when it comes to Olivia.

powerful brother had her back. But sneaky tricks from people

against her, Olivia had plenty of other

exactly what Ella meant and smiled. “Don’t worry. Whether they come at me openly or in

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they threw her way. And in the end, the

her confidence,

kinds of reckless tactics. But Stephanie wasn’t

moment they tried anything, they’d only be stepping into their

nodded, then added, “If you need anything from me, feel free to tell me. I’m not afraid of them.”

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