Chapter 513

‘Chris is involved with Phantom X? That’s a killer, someone who takes lives. Is he out of his mind?’ she thought.

Chris’s face darkened instantly. “How did you know?”

Claire smirked. “How did I know? Of course, I’ve met Stephanie. You don’t really think she doesn’t know all the messed-up things you’ve done, do you?”

At that, Chris’s eyes widened in shock. His face darkened even more.

‘She found out because she’s met Stephanie? That means she knows I bribed Phantom X to try and kill Stephanie? Stephanie told her everything? So she knows everything?’ he wondered.

‘No wonder… No wonder that after Sebastian came to Long Harbor, no matter what he did to the Hart family or the Ashford family, she didn’t hesitate at all. Turns out she knew Tyler and I hired Phantom X,’ Chris thought, his breath quickening.

Grace started to cry, her voice trembling with fury. “Y–You went this far for Olivia, that bitch?”

“I’m going to kill her!” she yelled, her anger boiling over.

In her eyes, Olivia was the one who had destroyed the Ashford family.

‘If it weren’t for her, Chris would’ve married Stephanie, and maybe the Ashford family could’ve benefited from the Lucano family. Now look at this. Olivia’s about to die, and she’s dragging the whole Ashford family down with her,’ she thought bitterly.

‘Even Steven was sent back because he offended Stephanie. We hurt one person, and now we’ve pissed off all the powerful groups in Fiorenza!’ she pondered.

Chris closed his eyes, trying to calm himself. “I’m done with her. Why the hell are you still going after her?”

His voice was cold, full of disappointment when he mentioned Olivia.

Grace was still seething. “I’m not letting her get away with it. I’ll make sure she suffers more than death.”

She couldn’t hold back the rage burning inside her. A weak girl like Olivia had ruined the Ashford family this much. Grace couldn’t stand it.

Chris glared furiously at Claire.

Claire kicked him again. This time, Chris wasn’t prepared, and he let out a grunt as the kick landed hard in his stomach.

He doubled over, clutching his gut. ‘Damn it, Claire. She’s just like Stephanie. If they don’t get what they want, they both love kicking people in the stomach! At this rate, I might just get kicked to death,’ he thought.

Stephanie was dozing off on the plane, still feeling groggy. In her dream, she was back in Fiorenza, with Ella hugging her tightly and crying like crazy.

When she woke up, she realized it had all been a dream.

Sebastian was sitting on the edge of the bed, going through some documents. He saw her suddenly sit up, looking dazed. He put his laptop down, reached for her, and pulled her into his arms. “Bad dream?” he asked softly.

Stephanie was still half-asleep, nuzzling into his chest as she murmured, “I dreamt about her.”

“About who?” Sebastian asked, confused.

He didn’t immediately get who she was talking about. He figured he’d get her something to drink to help her wake up. There was some on the plane, and he could ask Elliot to bring it over.

Just then, Stephanie suddenly said, “So sad.”

“Who’s sad?” Sebastian asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Ella,” Stephanie replied quietly.

She had just woken up, and her mind was still stuck on the dream about Ella.

Sebastian, who had focused on his work, looked a little confused. He hadn’t thought about Ella in a while. When Stephanie mentioned her, he remembered her friend named Ella.

Sebastian chuckled lightly. “What happened to her?”

“In my dream, she was holding me, crying so hard that she couldn’t breathe. I don’t even know what Lorenzo did to her to make her so upset,” Stephanie murmured.

Stephanie couldn’t help but feel a sense of helplessness as she thought about Ella’s fear of Lorenzo.

‘It just didn’t make sense,’ she thought. ‘Lorenzo might look a little intimidating, but there’s no way he would hurt Ella. He never would…’

Meanwhile, far away in Fiorenza, Ella was completely freaking out. She’d mixed up her meds.

There was a type of medicine that came in white tablets, meant to be crushed into powder and applied to wounds. But she’d accidentally confused it with a similar-looking pill meant to be taken orally. So, she’d given Lorenzo the wrong one—an external medicine—and put the internal one on his wound.

The mess she’d caused was so bad that Cecil, Bernard, and Eric showed up, along with a few doctors.

Cecil, Eric, and the doctors were inside, while Bernard stood outside, glaring at Ella. He was fuming, his brows pulled together in anger.

He crossed his arms and shot her a cold look. “Ella, don’t make me overthink this. I seriously think you were sent here to kill Lorenzo.”

Ella shuddered when she heard his words.

Panicking, she quickly shook her head. “No, I’m not! I swear I’m not!” she gasped.

‘Sent to kill him?’ she thought. ‘He thinks I’m here to hurt Lorenzo? If they really doubt me, they may kill me.’

At this thought, Ella’s face went pale with fear.

Bernard scoffed, rolling his eyes. “Then what are you, huh? Are you really this stupid? You can’t even tell the difference between medicine for internal and external use?”

“Can you not read? Are you illiterate?” he snapped.

Ella was at a loss for words, tears streaming down her face. She felt like she was at her breaking point.