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.”

all these years, hearing Stephanie lay out the details

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

continued, her tone devoid of any warmth, “Did you see

stilled. She

sharp, especially now, completely devoid of warmth. “You didn’t see me push her. You

Catlin found herself

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all. But back then, somehow,

fault; it was mine?” Stephanie asked. “Do you remember how

breaths became more and more erratic.

know the exact number. But it doesn’t matter. As long

on Catlin’s chest, it was as heavy as a

But she did remember what she had done to Stephanie.

accusations. Every time, it was the same cycle,

right now, okay? Stefi, she’s in so much pain. You didn’t see her today, she came out of the emergency room vomiting uncontrollably, she

was momentarily stunned.

much I owe you, I’ll pay you back

this moment, Olivia’s treatment was still

forgotten? You once told me that my life was something

was what Catlin had told her before; how firm her stance had been back then. For Olivia’s sake, she had used both

hire me, still wasn’t enough to trap me, and you’ve resorted

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

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

too well. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time in the past two years that they had come for

truly skilled; no matter how far she was, even in another country, these people would still cause

always said, “It has nothing to do with Stefi; it’s my fault. But no one ever cared

Stephanie couldn’t tolerate her because of how the Hart family treated her

I really want to

do is genuine, isn’t it?” Stephanie

was stunned. Hearing Stephanie say that, she panicked even more.

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