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Chris’s mind went completely blank.
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He stared at Stephanie, eyes blazing with anger, lips parting like he wanted to say something, but nothing came
out,
Stephanie glanced at him, then at the box in her hand, with a giant diamond ring was sitting right there.
For a second, she thought maybe she was seeing things. But nope-it was real.
Wait a minute... What's wrong with Jackson?
This was supposed to be an apology gift. Who the hell uses an engagement ring to say sorry?
Was Jackson seriously that clueless? Did he not know what a ring like this even meant?
or...?
No. No way.
No halfway functional human being would have thought giving a ring like that was normal.
So the only explanation left was-Jackson was so out of touch, he didn’t even know what a proposal ring
symbolized.
“Stephanie Giovanni!”
Chris’s roar shook the room.
Stephanie shot him a look, totally unimpressed. “Are you okay? Why are you yelling at me? So what if he
proposed? What's it to you?”
Her ears were still ringing.
This man was completely unhinged.’
He knew damn well she barely even knew Jackson.
Somehow, his brain still connected those imaginary dots and jumped straight to a proposal. Incredible.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtChris’s chest rose and fell, trying to catch his breath. “Well, isn’t that nice. No wonder you had the guts to break
off our engagement and cut ties with the Hart family. Guess you've got sserious backup now.”
“Damn right | do. Got a problem with that? What, mad you can’t screwover anymore?”
Honestly, that’s exactly what was eating him, and the rest of the Harts, too.
They'd been waiting for her to hit rock bottom, to crawl back begging for their
But instead?
She didn’t just survive, she thrived.
And now, standing right behind her, was power they
mercy,
ch.
now she kept landing on her feet. And every time,
For weeks, Chris had been digging into her life, trying to figure out something-or someone-blocked his way.
On top of that, there was always sguys hovering around her.
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How many secrets was Stephanie Giovanni hiding?
Right then, it finally hit Chris-he had never understood Stephanie, not even once.
She walked over to the window, looking down at the street below.
Cars streamed by like ants, too small to care about.
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Her smile sharpened into something almost wicked. “So what's the plan now? Cut off my cards? Shut down my
studio?”
“Letguess, you wantbroke and homeless, begging Olivia for forgiveness? Maybe cry a little, so you'll
turn back on and savefrom starving?”
my
cards
Every word dripped with mockery.
Chris's face twisted.
That was exactly what they'd been trying to do. But hearing her say it out loud, made him feel like absolute
garbage.
“Don’t drag Olivia into this,” he snapped. “This is your mess. Own it.”
Stephanie tilted her head. “My mess? What exactly did | do?”
Chris’s mouth opened, but nothing cout. Stephanie’s smile didn’t waver.
“Back when this all started, | hadn't done a damn thing.”
Chris’s chest tightened.
She went on, calm but relentless. “At the time, you didn’t know | owned my place at Cloudridge Valley. You didn’t
know about my studio, either.”
“So tell me, what crdid | commit that made you all decide | had to be destroyed?”
Chris was furious-no surprise there.
But to Stephanie? That anger was just the sold story.
They tried everything. They threw the whole damn book at her. And none of it worked. That's what really pissed
them off.
Chris’s breath was all over the place. “Cut the crap.”
Stephanie leaned back, arms crossed, cool as ever. “Oh? Sure. Then why don’t you tell me, what exactly are you
doing here?”
Chris’s chest tightened.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmRight. Why was he here?
For a second, he completely blanked.
Damn it. This woman had a talent-pissing him off so bad, his brain straight-up stopped working.
Stephanie’s smile curled up at the edges. “Leguess, Whispering Bay?”
The second she said it, Chris felt his chest seize up.
in within a week after leaving the hospital.
Bullseye. That was exactly why he came. He promised Olivia they’d move in with
He even painted her this whole picture-waking up to the sunrise over the water, falling asleep to sunsets, the
sound of
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waves right outside their window.
Now it was already day three, and they still didn’t have the damn house.
The thought alone left Chris struggling to breathe.
“So you've been staying there this whole time?”
He'd already checked-Stephanie hadn't been back to Cloudridge Valley at all.
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