Chapter 66

Stephanie had originally planned to take a nap, but the studio kept calling one after another.

She couldn’t just mute her phone in the middle of the day.

After she answered Jennifer’s call, an unknown number came through, Catlin

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The moment Stephanie picked up, Catlin’s choked solas filled the line. “Steli, I’m begging you, please… just this once. Let Allison and Macro go to the hospital to treat Olivia, okay?”

Stephanie froze for a second.

“If there’s anyone to blame, it’s me! It’s all my fault! Please, don’t hate Olivia… I just wanted to teach you properly, but you were so stubborn, so… Catlin’s voice cracked, and she couldn’t even finish her sentence in her desperation.

Stephanie’s voice was eerily calm. “You think I was stubborn? I was the difficult one?”

“L…” Catlin stammered, suddenly struggling to continue. It was obvious Catlin had wanted to say worse things, but right now, she needed Allison and Macro’s help.

At the end of the day, this was all still for Olivia. She was willing to swallow everything, as long as it was for Olivia.

Stephanie’s tone remained razor–sharp. “Mrs. Hart, when you found me, I spent two months in the hospital. After that, I lived in the Hart residence for less than a month.

“During that time, you and Mr. Hart were barely home, always out at social events. So tell me? How exactly did your determine that I had a bad temper and was difficult to deal with?”

Her words were cold and precise, each one cutting through the air like a blade.

Cailin faltered. ‘I… For a moment, she was completely speechless. Because she didn’t actually kn

Stephanie pressed on. “Do you remember the first time you gave me trouble? Do you remember why?”

Catlin frowned, trying to recall.

“It was because Olivia cut her wrist. Do you remember what she said to you?” said Stephanie.

Catlin’s breath hitched.

Stephanie’s voice was unwavering. “She told you, ‘It has nothing to do with Stefi. Don’t blame her. And what did you do next? You immediately lashed out at me.”

lay out the details so clearly made Catlin’s chest

all correct. But now, hearing them from Stephanie’s mouth, Catlin felt something was

devoid of any warmth, “Did you see me push her?”

breathing stilled.

didn’t see me push her. You had no proof that I was responsible for her injury. So why were you so sure?”

first time, Catlin found herself questioning her

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no proof at all.

you. It wasn’t Steli’s fault; it was mine?”

breaths became more and

voice remained steady. “You probably don’t even know the exact number. But it doesn’t matter. As long as you remember what you

fell on Catlin’s chest, it was

might not be sure about. But she did remember what she had

time, it was the same cycle, blaming Stephanie for being unable to tolerate Olivia.

she’s in so much pain. You didn’t see her today, she came out of the emergency room vomiting uncontrollably, she couldn’t even drink a sip

momentarily

her first. No matter how much I owe you, I’ll pay you back in the

this moment, Olivia’s treatment was still the

told me that my life was something

before; how firm her stance had been back then. For Olivia’s sake, she had used both coercion and

my finances, making sure no company would hire me, still wasn’t enough to trap me, and you’ve resorted to begging” The moment Stephanie’s words fell, the phone call

that was left was Catlin’s increasingly rapid breathing. At the end of the hospital corridor,

the other end of the line, Stephanie chuckled when she noticed Catlin’s silence. “Compensate me? If Olivia really recovers, won’t that just be the moment

time in the past two

matter how far she was, even in another country, these people would still cause trouble for Stephanie because of her.

Stefi; it’s my fault. But no one

assume that Stephanie couldn’t

that won’t happen! I really want to apologize to you this time!”

everything you do is genuine, isn’t

Stephanie say that, she

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