Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 93

Back at that auction, Catlin had been there herself–with Olivia right by her side.

She still remembered the way Olivia’s eyes lit up the second they saw that yellow diamond on display.

But something like that, with a price tag over 30 million dollars? That wasn’t something the Harts could snap up just because they wanted to.

And now, the person who did win the bid turned it into a necklace, and it was sitting around Stephanie’s neck?

What the hell kind of relationship did Stephanie have with the buyer?

Stephanie’s voice broke her thoughts. “Sicily Sunrise.”

Catlin’s breath caught.

‘It really was that diamond.

Her heart skipped before she forced herself to stay calm. “Who gave it to you? What’s your connection to them?”

Stephanie’s smile turned razor sharp. “What’s it to you?”

Catlin’s expression stiffened.

“You-”

She wanted to snap back, but then she remembered why she was even here today. Whatever she wanted to say got swallowed back down.

Lately, Stephanie’s attitude toward the family had been colder than ice.

But no matter what, Catlin still considered herself her mother, and being treated like this by her own child? That was hard to swallow.

Stephanie didn’t give her time to play the victim. “Just get to the point.”

‘Why was she wasting time asking about jewelry when they both knew that wasn’t the real reason she came?‘

Catlin’s breath hitched again, but she pushed forward. “Dr. Pierce and Dr. Vitale, both of them need to come back. We can’t drag this out any longer.”

The medical team had been pressing for days.

Without those two, Olivia’s chances were getting slimmer by the hour.

Stephanie let out a dry laugh.

“You’ve been ducking my lawyer all week. Honestly, I was starting to think you didn’t care whether Olivia made it or not.”

Catlin’s face went pale.

And the second Stephanie mentioned her lawyer, that pale turned straight to gray.

“I’m not signing anything.” Catlin’s voice sharpened. “Like it or not, you’re my daughter. I gave birth to you.”

She said it like that meant something–as if those words alone should make Stephanie forget everything.

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wasn’t that naive.

smile curved wider. “Daughter, huh? Let’s be real, you don’t care about me. What you really care

me”

her out of the house. Tried to kill her business.

had someone backing her. And now Catlin wanted to sit here and play Mother of

that maternal love when they were cutting her off?

jaw clenched so hard

stop. “You see this studio bringing in over two million a year, and all you can think is who’s feeding me the deals, right?”

“You-”

face turned red with anger and

leaned back, unbothered. “At the end of the day,

family’s just part of the

didn’t expect the Harts to actually

had a few

take

“So what? You really won’t bring

ragged now, the frustration

signing that damn paper was the only way to save Olivia, so

to reason with Stephanie.

city see her

believed–once Stephanie lost her connection to the family and the Ashfords–those so–called powerful men around her wouldn’t stick around for

right now? Right now

say a word. She just stared at Catlin, calm and

teeth. “Fine. If this is what you want,

beat, Stephanie pulled the papers right out of her desk and slid them across the table.

“Go ahead.”

froze for a second.

attitude was so clean, so crisp–like she couldn’t wait to cut all

hit Catlin harder than she expected,

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ties? Let her, Catlin would sign, but one day,

completely ignored the quiet power behind Stephanie.

the pen

quick and sharp, like she was afraid Carlin might change her

mind.

even more, but she swallowed it down and asked as calmly as she could, “So,

signed. That was the deal. This

But-

papers in her safe, then turned around, looking genuinely confused.

straight into

hell does

for a second, her mind

“You… You…”

voice shook

innocence, like she had no clue what

hit her like a truck–she’d

Catlin’s voice cracked.

Vitale

hands shaking

cut glass. “Mrs. Hart, are you serious? You