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Chris’s expression darkened instantly.

His eyes flicked toward the car, but all he caught was the tail end disappearing through the gates.

Still, he recognized it right away–it was the same car Stephanie had gotten into earlier with that man.

“That guy lives here too?”

Kevin hesitated before replying, “Pretty much.”

With security this tight, there was no way they’d let just anyone through.

Chris’s breathing grew uneven, his face stormy..

“Don’t tell me… That guy owns this place?”

But seeing how respectful the security was to that car just now, Kevin said, “Looks like it.”

The air inside the car turned icy.

“But wasn’t he supposed to be some 66–year–old geezer?” Chris practically roared.

Kevin flinched.

The paperwork had indeed listed a 58–year–old man as the owner when they looked into it.

Fuming, Chris yanked out his phone and dialed Stephanie.

Cold. Unreachable. She had blocked him.

His rage burned hotter, but there was nowhere to unleash it.

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At the same time, a major scandal rocked Long Harbor.

By 3 PM, multiple hashtags had taken over the trending lists:

TheHartsDisownTheirDaughter

StephanielsNoLongerAHarts

Mrs.HartsOfficiallyCutsTies

BiologicalDaughter Out,AdoptedDaughterIn

The entire city was buzzing with the news.

Chris was already overwhelmed, and Catlin wasn’t faring any better.

Her phone wouldn’t stop ringing–socialites and acquaintances were all calling, pretending to show concern while barely concealing their mockery.

Catlin nearly lost

grabbed phone after phone, desperately trying

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the call connected. “Hello?”

wanted to cut ties, and now you’re making us look like the villains?”

signing with Macro and Allison, you deceived me, and now you’re painting me as the heartless one?”

convinced she was the real

Somehow, Stephanie had turned her into the villain.

of the line, Stephanie,

“You-!”

lost it.

What did I ever

this?”

she raged.

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would turn out like this, she never would have

had

could have rotted out there

it?” Catlin snapped, her breath

chaos–Stephanie must have run out

to squeeze money out of the family.

had to be

voice grew sharper. “If you need money, just say it. Or

aren’t even related to you by blood, and yet you’re trying to

had a business pulling in millions a year, and she wore a necklace

there was only one reason for all this.

must be starving!”

letting

bed. “Yeah, I almost starved to death

Starved?

right back at them.

measly $7,000 a month, and even that was inconsistent.

on their money–otherwise, she’d

“You-!”

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was so furious

scoffed. “Sucking the Harts dry? Do you even have

too? Please. You think you even have enough

is all

right. She hadn’t even checked

stir up this

guys don’t suck me dry instead.”

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the Harts had left. But once they found out the Giovannis had raised her, who’s to say they

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