Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

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.”

out the details so clearly made

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

continued, her tone devoid of any warmth, “Did

stilled.

sharp, especially now, completely devoid of warmth. “You didn’t see me push her. You had no proof that I was responsible for her injury. So why

the first time, Catlin found

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all. But back then, somehow, she had just believed it

that, did Olivia tell you. It wasn’t Steli’s fault; it was mine?” Stephanie asked. “Do you

breaths became more and more erratic.

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

on Catlin’s chest, it was

things, Catlin might not be sure about. But she did remember what she had done to

same cycle,

“Let’s not talk about this right now, okay? Stefi, she’s in so much pain. You didn’t see her today, she came out

was momentarily

I owe you, I’ll pay you back in the future, okay? Please?” Every word was laced with Catlin’s cautious

this moment, Olivia’s treatment was still

Hart, have you forgotten? You once told me that my life was

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

cutting off 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 plunged into silence.

of the hospital corridor, Catlin felt her blood run cold the second she heard Stephanie’s response.

silence. “Compensate me? If Olivia really recovers, won’t that just be the moment when you

people too well. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time in the past two

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

Stefi; it’s my fault. But no

time Olivia said that, these people would assume that Stephanie couldn’t tolerate her because of how the Hart family treated her and then, they’d come for her.

frantic. “No, that won’t happen! I really want to apologize

is genuine, isn’t it?”

say

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