Send gift No Ads Chapter 131 Chapter 131 After wrapping up the report on the Hodge Group's work, Elliot answered a call.
As he hung up, he glanced at Stephanic. At that moment, Macro was removing the needles from Stephanie, who was too terrified to watch.
Sebastian, helplessness, covered her eyes. Even so, she couldn't help but let out soft, frightened whimper.
Sebastian whispered soothingly, "It's okay, it's all over now." Stephanie cautiously asked, “This is the last time, right?" "Don't even think about it," Macro said bluntly. "You need to do this continuously for a month. Given your current condition, it's at least once every three days." Stephanie's eyes widened in horror, and tears almost spilled out.
Sebastian shot Macro a cold look, signaling him to be quiet.
Macro retorted, "I'm just telling the truth so she can be mentally prepared." Sebastian replied indifferently, "She doesn't need to be." 'Fine, just spoil her,' Marco judged Sebastian in his mind.
That meant every tStephanie cfor acupuncture, Sebastian would coax her.
He had seen for himself how difficult Stephanie was to coax. This was a waste of time.
Marco thought it was better to let her accept reality and prepare herself mentally, but Sebastian obviously wanted to spoil her and he didn't dare say anything more.
Macro pulled all the needles off and sorted through them in a huff.
Elliot stepped forward and said calmly, "Miss Giovanni, a lady by the nof Hart is here. She wants to see you." "There was no doubt it was Catlin. Why is she here to see me? What could it be for?' Stephanie narrowed her eyes and pondered for a moment. 'Find out why the Hart Group is in trouble? Not bad, much more efficient than Chris! Chris had been investigating the owner of Whispering Bay for a long twithout any results.
But the Harts were quite impressive, managing to get to the root of the problems they were facing in such a short time.
Stephanie and Sebastian exchanged a glance.
Sebastian gently rubbed her soft hair and asked, "Want to see her?" Stephanie shook her head. "No." They signed a disownment agreement. The whole Long Harbor knew that she had nothing to do with the Hart family.
If she was going to cut ties, it had to be done completely and cleanly. She didn't want to see anyone from the Hart family.
Sebastian signaled Elliot with a look.
1/4 07:05 Tue, 11 Mar Chapter 131 Elliot nodded in understanding and turned to leave.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSeeing the way Sebastian looked at Stephanie, Macro quickly gathered his things and left so as to not be a third wheel.
93%1 With only Stephanie and Sebastian left, Sebastian squeezed her delicate hand and asked, "Have they been bullying you?" By "they," he meant Chris and the entire Hart family.
"Not really," Stephanie replied.
After all, if she were the one who suffered unilaterally, it might be "being bullied", but that wasn't the case. Hearing her response, Sebastian's cold expression softened slightly. He lifted her small hand to his lips.
The warmth from his lips touched her palm, just as it had when they were children.
When Stephanie was a child, Sebastian loved her little hands. Whenever he was gentle with her, he would kiss her palm.
Now, as he kissed her hand again, Stephanie felt her entire body grow warm.
She instinctively tried to pull her hand back, but Sebastian released it first.
He flicked her nose, bringing her back to her senses.
Her face turned even redder.
Stephanie grumbled, "I'm not a little kid anymore." "Hmm, you've grown up. You've beca lady now," he said softly.
Stephanie was silent for a moment.
Hearing the words “lady", she couldn't shake the feeling that there was something unusual in Sebastian's tone. "What do you feel like eating tonight?" asked Sebastian.
"The local specialty,” replied without hesitation.
She had heard that the Steamed Pork in Mount Spring was delicious, made with pickled vegetables and smoked with camphor leaves.
"I've also heard that the Spicy Duck here is very good," Stephanie added thoughtfully.
Many companies would buy Spicy Duck in Mount Spring as a year-end gift, and Stephanie wanted to try it too. Sebastian nodded. “Alright." He would indulge her wishes.
+13 Catlin saw that the man in front her was the one who had injured Tyler before, and she felt a surge of anger. Under normal circumstances, she would definitely have let it out.
But considering the purpose of her visit this time, she dared not lose her temper.
She tried hard to suppress her anger and looked at Elliot. “I am her mother. I have something important to discuss with her.
I have urgent matters to discuss with her. How can she just refuse to see me?" The fact that her own daughter refused to see her made Catlin beceven more furious.
2/4 07:05 Tue, 11 Mar Chapter 131 Elliot frowned upon hearing her claim to be Stephanie's mother. "If I remember correctly, Mrs. Hart, you have already broken off your relationship with her." "No, who are you to her anyway?" Catlin's anger was barely contained.
Even if they had broken off relationship, that was a matter between her and Stephanie. It was none of an outsider's business to interfere.
"My relationship with her is separate from her decision not to see you, Elliot replied.
Catlin's breath caught.
Elliot's gaze turned cold. "If she doesn't want to see you, then you won't see her "I am her mother," Catlin insisted.
"You're not. At least legally speaking." Sebastian had already taken the signed documents from both Catlin and Stephanie and had them legally processed So legally speaking, Catlin was no longer Stephanie Giovanni's mother.
Catlin felt a surge of anger and frustration, her chest heaving. "I carried her in my womb for ten months and gave birth to her, and you're talking toabout the law?" "You agreed to sever ties. You signed on the documentation and..." Elliot paused slightly when mentioning the signatures, then looked at Catlin and continued, "Your writing was quite large." Catlin was left speechless, feeling as if she had a mouthful of blood stuck in her throat.
She had signed in a fit of anger, and her signature was indeed quite prominent.
Thinking about how Stephanie had publicly announced it throughout Long Harbor, especially with her enlarged signature, she felt utterly humiliated.
Taking a deep breath, she said, "Yes, I did sign. But I am still..."
"Mrs. Hart, the situation with the Hart Group is quite urgent, ent, isn't it? Are you sure you want to be her mother?" Elliot interrupted. At the mention of the Hart Group, Catlin's heart lurched.
Thinking about what Chad and Tyler had said on the phone about the troubles the company was facing, she felt extremely anxious.
"Please tell her again that I have urgent matters to discuss," Catlin said in a pleading tone.
"Harassing her further is pointless," Elliot replied coldly.
"What..." In an instant, Mayra's face turned pale.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmCatlin was furious, on the verge of exploding.
Just as she was about to say something else, she caught sight of Chris not far away.
Elliot, not wanting to say anything more to her, turned to leave. Catlin was about to call out to him.
3/4 07:05 Tue, 11 Mar Chapter 131 However, when she saw Chris walking in the other direction, she immediately chased him.
She had to ask Chris if he really chere with Stephanie! Elliot entered the room.
From a distance, he saw Sebastian engrossed in work on his laptop, while Stephanie sat opposite him with her laptop.
Their expression calm and focused.
The atmosphere was quiet, and at that moment, Stephanie appeared particularly well-behaved. Elliot couldn't understand why the Hart family failed to appreciate a young lady like her.
Just then, Stephanie hugged her laptop and scooted closer to Sebastian. “Sebastian, can you take a look at this for me?" She frowned slightly, sensing that something was off about the image on her screen but unable to pinpoint exactly what felt wrong.
As she spoke, she reached for the glass of bright red liquid in front of her and took a sip.
Sebastian glanced at the red bottle in the center of the table and frowned. "How much have you drunk?" Stephanie blinked, puzzled. "Huh?" Sebastian looked at her and saw that her face was already flushed.
His expression darkened slightly. He picked up the empty porcelain bottle-she had finished it all.
"What's the matter?" she asked, still unaware.
"This is wine from Spring Mountain," Sebastian sighed.
Stephanie froze. "Huh? Is this wine?" Her voice rose in surprise.
She had thought it was juice-the taste was so sweet!
Sebastian gave a slow nod. He had someone bring it over to and evening warm up drink in the evening. He had originally asked for the wine to be warmed up for later. But now Stephanie had drunk it all.
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