Chapter 258

Catlin and Olivia’s voices grew fainter, indicating Ella had moved away from the scene. As for Stephanie Giovanni’s question, Ella gloated, “How would I know what happened? Maybe the hospital can’t cure her and doesn’t want to cheat her out of her money?” Stephanie didn’t say anything. Nobody would believe that excuse. Ella clicked her tongue. “Olivia still has the Hart family and the Ashford family behind her, right? Why would the hospital force her to be discharged?”

“You didn’t see the scene just now. It was like she had to be discharged; they wouldn’t even let her stay a minute longer.”

“This is the first time I’ve ever seen such a conscientious hospital.”

Stephanie said, “Um…”

Ella said, “She’s not going to make it anyway. Why waste the money? Don’t you think so?”

Stephanie’s sleepiness vanished thanks to Ella’s gloating. She turned over and said, “I don’t think you’re just helping the Hart family save money, are you?”

“I do feel bad about wasting money, but not the Hart family’s money,” Ella clarified. Those words didn’t seem wrong, but something felt off.

Before Stephanie could speak, Ella exclaimed, “Hey, why did you grab my phone? Chris, give it back to me.” Stephanie was puzzled. Then, Chris’s voice came from the phone. “Stephanie, was this your doing?” His words were filled with biting malice. Even through the phone, Stephanie could sense the hatred in his voice.

Hearing his voice, Stephanie thought, “This is really an unprovoked disaster. She didn’t even know what was going on at the hospital. And now Chris was accusing her of doing it.” As for that kind of scumbag, she prayed to the heavens that he and Olivia would be together forever. Any other girl who approached him would end up riddled with wounds.

“What do you mean by ‘unprovoked disaster’? Dare you say it’s not you who wants to destroy her completely?” Chris said. “Stephanie, I already know that you grew up in the Lucano family, but you need to understand, what’s the difference between you and Olivia?”

“You’re just an adopted daughter of the Lucano family. You’re abusing your power like this. They would all end up hating you. What do you have then?” Chris’s words were sharp and severe.

“Damn it, Chris! You have the guts to say that to my face?” Stephanie yelled. She just wanted to kill Chris right now. “How come when it comes to me, nothing good happens. That bastard is cursing me, isn’t he?” She fumed silently to herself. Stephanie was so furious that she wanted to rip Chris’s head off.

“This is my advice to you: don’t abuse your power,” Chris said. “Abuse of power?” Hey, he seems intent on arguing. Stephanie lost her patience and started speaking up, “As if you haven’t used your power for Olivia. Chris, have you forgotten how you suppressed me for her sake? You wanted to shut down my studio and cut off my living expenses for her sake, leaving me with nowhere to go. So what? When you abused your power and cut off my financial resources and livelihood, it was my fault. Now I’m suppressing you, and you want to give me advice?”

“Like I need your advice? Who do you think you are? Just take a look at yourself. Who are you to give advice?” And advised her, saying everyone would hate her and she would have nowhere to go. He completely wished her no good.

“You bastard, will you use your brain?” Stephanie chattered on and on. Chris’s chest heaved with anger, “Don’t give me that, Stephanie, just tell me, what do you want to do to let go of Olivia?”

“Did you ever think about letting me go back then?”

Chris froze for a second. The atmosphere on the phone became silent. Hearing his hurried breathing, Stephanie chuckled. “You never thought about letting me go, so naturally, I haven’t thought about letting you go.”

“You…” Chris’s chest heaved. “The Hart family and the Ashford family have suffered major losses because of you. Isn’t that enough?”

Stephanie was speechless.