PopularNovelChapter 188
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 scar 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 s66-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.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHis rage burned hotter, but there was nowhere to unleash it.
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At the stime, a major scandal rocked Long Harbor.
By 3 PM, multiple hashtags had taken over the trending lists:
TheHartsDisownTheir Daughter
StephanielsNoLongerAHarts
Mrs.HartsOfficiallyCutsTies
BiologicalDaughterOut,Adopted Daughterin
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.
Furious, Catlin nearly lost it.
She grabbed phone after phone, desperately trying to reach Stephanie.
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Finally, the call connected. “Hello?”
“Stephanie, how could you do this? You were the one who wanted to cut ties, and now you're making us look like
the villains? Catlin fumed.
“You trickedinto signing with Macro and Allison, you deceived me, and now you're paintingas the
heartless one?
She went off in a tirade, convinced she was the real victim here.
Catlin was feeling wronged. Somehow, Stephanie had turned her into the villain.
On the other end of the line, Stephanie, still half-asleep, lazily responded, “And you're righteous?”
“You-!"
Catlin nearly lost it.
“Tell me, what do you want? What did | ever do to you to deserve this?” she raged.
Regret flooded her. If she had known Stephanie would turn out like this, she never would have brought her back.
Who cared if she had no biological daughter?
Stephanie could have rotted out there for all she cared!
“This is about money, isn’t it?” Catlin snapped, her breath hitching.
Causing this much chaos-Stephanie must have run out of options.
She must be desperate, trying to squeeze money out of the family.
Yeah, that had to be it.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmCatlin’s voice grew sharper. “If you need money, just say it. Or is it that family of yours? Do they want money?”
“Do you even think for yourself? Those people aren't even related to you by blood, and yet you're trying to drag
them along to drain the Harts dry?”
Her fury blinded her to the facts-Stephanie had a business pulling in millions a year, and she wore a necklace
worth over thirty million.
Catlin had convinced herself there was only one reason for all this.
“You people must be starving!”
Stephanie listened calmly, letting her rant.
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