Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Stephanie stared at Chris coldly. “Are you thinking straight now?”

If he still wasn’t, she was seriously considering grabbing a whole basin of water and drenching him from head to toe.

Chris gritted his teeth, his chest rising and falling furiously. “How could you…

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“Sugar daddy? Being kept? Chris, you’re an idiot. I’m actually starting to suspect that you’ve been covering up problems in Ashford Group’s management all this time,” she said.

Chris narrowed his eyes. “What do you mean by that?”

“Being so stupid, do you really expect me to believe you’ve been running a company properly? Other than lying to your parents, what else can you even do?” Stephanie suvered.

Frankly, she didn’t buy for a second that he was truly capable of managing Ashford Group.

Her meaning was crystal clear. Chris was stupid, completely and utterly brainless.

Chris almost passed out from sheer anger. “How dare you!”

“You’re not even qualified to question me, yet here you are trying to humiliate me? Do you even understand the situation. you’re in?” she continued.

Chris froze for a moment. He really wanted to sew her mouth shut.

“What situation?” His chest was heaving with rage now.

Stephanie twisted sarcasm deeper. “First, I dumped you. The entire Long Harbor knows about it.”

Chris stiffened on the spot.

Stephanie continued, ‘Second, Macro and Allison? Your whole family is still begging me for their help, aren’t they?”

Chris‘ expression turned even darker.

The mere mention of Macro and Allison made his blood boil.

Those two doctors had the audacity to tie their medical decisions to Stephanie’s mood. They weren’t even worthy of being called doctors.

Stephanie’s voice was laced with sarcasm. “So let me get this straight. You’re begging me for a favor, insulting me at the same time, and throwing threats around? That’s bold.”

Upon thinking back to the hospital, when Catlin and Tyler had actually talked about kidnapping her, Stephanie’s eyes flashed with an icy chill.

in aggressively, but now, faced with Stephanie’s cold, cutting

such precision, with such absolute seriousness, made him realize something. She truly

tightness gripped his chest. He felt like he couldn’t breathe.

me, who was that man at the hospital to you?”

reason he had come today. If he didn’t get an answer, he

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smirk. “And why should I tell your

counterquestion was sharps

right. She had no reason to

of it didn’t you understand? Should I repeat it for you?” she

this

suspected that Chris had been covering uji major internal issities in the

the top of the pyramid. But who knew what kind of disaster

underneath!

ignored her mockery and pressed on. “Then let me usk differently. Why are you living in Whispering Bay? Who owns Whispering Bay!”

brow. “Oh? You’re so desperate to know who owns it. What, planning to buy it

there

thought was so ridiculous,

was coveted by a sickly woman. If Olivia

man you were with at Cloudridge Valley? Or maybe… the

the words left his mouth, Stephanie’s

another glass of water to throw at him only to find her

onto the

another word, she strode toward the office door, her heels

now? he wondered. Still, he

see what kind of explanation she would come up with. Yes, that was exactly what

had been too sharp with his words, too aggressive, and Stephanie needed a moment to

herself, she would return and offer him

the office, Jennifer saw Stephanie walk out and immediately stepped forward with a respectful greeting. “Hi,

Stephanie didn’t acknowledge her. Instead, she headed straight for the

cleaning the restroom floor. Without

widened in alarm, and she quickly moved to intervene. “Miss Giovanni, what are you doing

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had just been used to mop

your own business, Stephanie said flatly.

froze for a second. That tone… something is definitely wrong,

there. And then it clicked.

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