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Everyone could see how much of a place Olivia held in Chris’s heart, so how could he have hung up on her?

Catlin had a bad feeling in her gut.

Olivia nodded. “Yeah, Chris said he was busy and just hung up. He said it was about business.”

The way she said ‘business‘ made it sound like Chris was trying to cover something up.

Catlin’s face turned even darker, convinced something was off.

Just as she was about to call Stephanie and tell her to stay away from Chris, she realized her calls weren’t getting through.

Since things went south, Stephanie had completely shut her out, blocking every form of communication.

Catlin was seething.

She was about to find another phone to try again when Tyler’s call came in.

As

soon as she answered, Chad started in on her.

“You know, they say a woman can ruin three generations with a bad marriage. I never believed it before, but now I see it clearly. Is this really how you act as a mother?”

“Is this how you treat your daughter? I’ve told you time and time again, we owe Stefi so much. You need to be kind to her, stop fighting with her. But you wouldn’t listen and even signed that agreement to cut ties with her.”

“Now look, the whole company’s going down because of you!”

Catlin’s chest tightened.

“What do you mean, the company’s going down because of me?”

“The people who’ve been causing trouble for our company are the same ones who helped Stefi make over two million dollars last year.”

It was all finally clear.

What was once a guess was now confirmed.

Catlin was speechless.

The room fell silent.

The conversation wasn’t quiet, and Olivia heard it all.

When Catlin heard Chad’s frantic accusations, blaming her for the trouble with Stephanie, she wasn’t happy.

Chad rarely visited her in the hospital, and she always felt he favored Stephanie the most in their family.

Now, hearing that the company’s current troubles were linked to the very company that helped Stephanie’s studio make money, Olivia realized how serious the situation had become.

It seemed like the Hart family was in deep trouble–and Stephanie was somehow involved.

‘What should they do now?‘

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Would they beg Stephanie for help?”

Let her to return to the Hart family again?‘

out of the

Stephanie still being in Long Harbor,

returned to the Hart family, it was almost certain her own secrets would be exposed. She

Amidst the thoughts.

thoughts, Chad’s voice cut through. “I don’t care what you do, but you need to find Stephanie and

Catlin’s breath caught.

were, especially with Tyler not even showing up

tried

that all the trouble was connected to Stephanie, she was both furious and anxious.

now.

right away, and

Catlin finally spoke, her voice tight with frustration, “Are

teeth clenched

now? Let me tell you something, Catlin, if you can’t even see the basics, the Hart

Catlin’s heart dropped.

want the company to collapse, or lose your position as Mrs. Hart, you need to learn how to be a

about the company

chaos, and Chad had been frantically

were also falling apart at home with the constant turmoil between mother and daughter.

thought about it, the angrier he

the end, Catlin didn’t even remember how she ended the call.

caught the rest of Chad’s words, but

were linked to Stephanie, and Chad insisted she go smooth things over with Stephanie.

‘Smooth things over?‘

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really that

met with Stephanie, it was

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between them was so bad that it was clear that

confrontation.

want

called Tyler. “Is the situation at the company

voice full of exhaustion.

felt a tightness in her chest. “How come?”

back down, we could

one that made Stephanie’s

“Yes.”

Catlin fell silent.

‘Could it be?‘

really that

she not know about

Maybe it has nothing to do with

was, she didn’t want to go groveling to

ties to Stephanie, then Catlin had no

reluctant to approach

made it clear

beat. “Is

“Yes, that opportunist.”

more Tyler thought about it, the

a bad mood, felt her heart sink even further when she heard him speak like

and found Olivia lying

hadn’t dared to look

had come and gone, all giving the same answer–she needed

was a torturous ordeal

out for a

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she spoke. She wanted nothing more than to stay by her daughter’s side, but Stephanie was causing trouble again.

about Stephanie, her

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