Chapter 467

The news dominated Long Harbor all day, causing quite a stir. Several of her so-called close friends had called, pretending to be concerned but really just looking for gossip. Not a single one had visited her while she was sick.

Chris frowned and gave her a cold look, but he didn’t speak. Clearly, he was aware of the situation.

“Chris, please help me,” Olivia pleaded, her voice filled with desperation. “I can’t think of anyone else to turn to right now.”

She positioned herself as the weaker party. “For old times’ sake, can you help me this once? Just this one time?”

She knew Chris wouldn’t take her back. She wasn’t naive enough to hope for a reconciliation, but Catlin had to be released. If Catlin couldn’t be released, Olivia’s position in the Hart family might be completely ruined, especially with how Tyler was treating her now.

First, it was Chad, and now Tyler was acting the same way. ‘Do they really care so much about blood relations? But I’ve been by their side all these years! Even Tyler is now ignoring me as well,’ Olivia thought bitterly.

Chris’s response was harsh. “Old times’ sake? You mean the ‘feelings’ you manipulated? The kind that trampled on human lives? Is that what you call genuine affection?”

Olivia fell silent. Her mind buzzed with shock. Her eyes widened as she stared at Chris, unable to believe what she was hearing. His cold tone and icy gaze were like a slap in the face.

“You think the bond we shared was all a result of my scheming?” she asked, her voice trembling.

The word “scheming” hung heavily in the air. Hearing Chris say this, Olivia felt even more suffocated. She knew now that there was no affection left between them. If there had been even a shred of it, he wouldn’t have spoken to her like this.

Chris sneered. “Isn’t that the case?”

“Because of that car accident, you dismiss all the feelings I’ve ever had for you? Is that fair to me?” she countered.

Olivia had been so desperate to keep Chris by her side, terrified that she would lose him, lose everything because of Stephanie’s return. That was why she had planned the accident.

“You almost killed her, and now you’re talking about fairness?” Chris glared at Olivia as if she were a stranger.

Olivia said, “I did what I did because I was afraid of losing everything.”

“Chris, I grew up in the Hart family. I called them Mom, Dad, and brother for over twenty years, only to be told in the end that they weren’t my family. Even you, my fiancé, were supposed to be with the Hart family’s real daughter. I was scared,” Olivia said painfully. Her actions against Stephanie had all stemmed from this deep-seated fear.

However, when Chris heard her say “scared,” he didn’t comfort her as he used to. Instead, his gaze turned even colder. “You were scared, so you could just kill someone?”

Olivia retorted, “But Stephanie didn’t die, did she? She’s alive and well, and she took everything from me. Is that fair to me?”

She believed that the downfall of the Hart family was Stephanie’s doing, and Chris was ignoring her now because of Stephanie. Stephanie was fine, but Olivia had lost everything.

“Yes, I was wrong, but she didn’t die!” Olivia said frantically.

Yet, her words only made Chris look at her with even more disdain.

Clearly, at this moment, Chris had seen Olivia for who she truly was, not the person he had once thought her to be.

With a cold snort, he said, “I can’t help you with the Hart family’s affairs. You brought this upon yourselves with your wrongdoings. Don’t blame anyone else.”

Olivia fell silent.

“Drive,” Chris commanded.

Hearing Chris’s order, Kevin breathed a sigh of relief. Without giving Olivia a chance to react, he quickly rolled up the car window and started the vehicle.

Seeing that Chris was no longer speaking to her, Olivia panicked. “Chris, listen to me…”

But all she received in response was the sound of Chris’s car speeding away. The car’s speed was so fast that the wind it kicked up made Olivia shiver uncontrollably.