Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Olivia felt just as terrible, her emotions consumed by rage.

She shouted into the phone, “You think thirty thousand dollars is pocket change? Where am I supposed to get three hundred thousand dollars?”

Ten grand was already a significant amount.

Their transaction was supposed to be finished, with no strings attached. Now this person was harassing her again.

Olivia was already feeling unwell, and now this threat was preventing her from resting peacefully.

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“I don’t care, I want three hundred thousand dollars. If you don’t give it to me, I’ll go ask Stephanie for it. I’m sure she’d be happy to pay.”

Olivia fell silent, her chest tightening at the mention of Stephanie.

“Miss Hart, I wouldn’t be doing this if I weren’t desperate. I’ve got no choice.”

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“You’ve got no choice? What about me? I’m sick, I’ve got three types of cancer. I’m dying, and now I have to deal with your threats?”

Olivia couldn’t help but yell.

She had returned from abroad hoping to recover peacefully under her family’s care, near Chris.

But this call had shattered her peace.

“I’m already suffering from my illness, and now you’re threatening me on top of that.”

After her outburst, her voice grew softer.

Her pitiful tone carried through the phone to the man blackmailing her.

The line went quiet for a moment.

Olivia continued, “I’m about to die. Do you think I still care about

my past

mistakes?”

Her words conveyed both pity and resignation about the past.

They might have evoked sympathy in others, but not in this man.

After a brief pause, he replied, “In that case, Miss Hart, why don’t you use what’s left of your life to get me that three hundred thousand grand?”

“You…

Olivia’s pupils constricted in shock.

She couldn’t believe how cold–blooded this man was.

“I really need the money!” he said coldly, crushing any hope Olivia had left.

This tactic had always worked on her family, but now it had failed miserably.

believe it!

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trying to kill

family can still buy you a nice plot.”

they needed money for medical treatment.

her voice echoing through the

she felt murderous

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arrived

the phone, yelling, “You want me to sign papers cutting ties? Stephanie, how can you be so

actually going through with it…

disbelief

threats of cutting ties were just empty words, a way

the cold reality

hospital with the papers,” Stephanie’s voice

attachment to the

Two years…

she, as a mother, ever truly reached the depths of Stephanie’s

thought suffocated her.

some guys are protecting you now, huh?” Catlin’s voice dripped with

sarcasm.

But once that fades, your different backgrounds will

sudden rupture in their relationship triggered

she didn’t want to sever ties with

tossed aside or not is none of your concern,” Stephanie retorted. “Just sign the

went dead.

final words, laced with a clear threat, sent a wave

Chris Ashford, she looked heartbroken.

“Chris,” Catlin began.

“Was that

wants to

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she have to make such a mess of things?”

Stephanie was at

Stephanie just behave, especially when we’re already going through so much?‘

one supposedly making over two million dollars a year?

that was her motivation, she was incredibly

One good year

throw away her family for a measly

it, let her throw her tantrum,” Catlin said,

talking

cut

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Dr. Vitale and

she’d received had only

the room, his expression serious as he took in his mother

“What happened now?”

of course,” Catlin replied, her voice heavy with exasperation. “She just called, demanding I sign papers to sever our

and hardly a call from her.

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