Chapter 475

Stephanie said, “Your driving skills! Alright… I’ll get someone to tow you out.”

“Hurry up, it’s freezing out here,” Allison complained.

Today’s Long Harbor was freezing, with snow falling again. This year’s weather in the harbor city was strange, as the snow kept coming in waves. Although winters in previous years were cold, they had never been this severe with accumulating snow. Usually, it was just a few snowflakes, and then it was over.

Hearing Allison’s words, Stephanie glanced outside and saw that there was indeed accumulated snow. “Okay,” she said. ‘But why is Allison coming to Shallow Bay Area? We haven’t made any plans to meet today,’ she pondered.

After hanging up the phone, Stephanie turned to Henry. “Get someone to tow Allison’s car. It’s stuck in a rut, and she can’t get out.”

Henry nodded. “Yes, Ms. Giovanni.” He promptly sent someone to assist Allison.

Stephanie went to the dining room for breakfast, and the servant quickly brought her the meal, consisting of her usual favorites. The oatmeal was cooked very soft and mushy, but she really had no appetite for it. Lately, she just wasn’t feeling very hungry.

Warmth and coldness—these two extremes were playing out in Shallow Bay Area at the moment. After Stephanie casually inquired about Tyler, the conversation ended there. She simply didn’t care about the Hart family. This indifference was akin to the coldness they had once shown her. Stephanie was inside the cozy castle, while Tyler waited outside the gates of Shallow Bay Area. Even inside the car, he couldn’t escape the chill.

The driver returned and said, “Sir, Ms. Giovanni will not see you.”

Tyler fell silent. Hearing this, his heart sank even further. It was expected that Stephanie wouldn’t want to see him. The way the Hart family had treated her in the past was nothing compared to the coldness she was showing them now, which was ten times worse.

Tyler couldn’t help but close his eyes for a moment. “Did she have any message for me?”

At this moment, Tyler desperately hoped that Stephanie would have something to say to him, even if it was just to scold him. A scolding would at least indicate some emotional response. But he was wrong. Stephanie had left him with nothing. Her attitude toward the Hart family was at its coldest, as if they didn’t exist in her world at all.

The driver shook his head. “No, the person who answered the phone wasn’t Ms. Giovanni, but the butler of Shallow Bay Area.”

Just a butler, Tyler thought. ‘So when did it start that seeing Stephanie became so difficult for us? She is our blood relative. Why did we become so estranged?’ His heart was filled with sadness.

Tyler closed his eyes again, his whole body exuding a sense of instability. The driver hesitantly spoke up again. “Shall we leave, sir?”

Tyler opened his eyes, and at this moment, his gaze was sharp. “Call again and tell them I have something important to say.”

The driver fell silent. It seemed unlikely that this would work. The driver had been with the Hart family for years and naturally knew how strained the relationship between the entire Hart family and Stephanie had been. They had hurt their own daughter so badly over a foster child. Now, with the matter of Catlin, it was clear that Stephanie wouldn’t care.

Inside the castle, when Henry received another call about Tyler, he became angry. “Next time there’s anything about the Hart family, don’t bother informing me.” Without even asking about the so-called important matter, he hung up the phone.

Stephanie, hearing Henry’s call, continued to eat quietly without saying a word. Clearly, the butler’s response to the Hart family was satisfactory to her.

“Ms. Giovanni,” the butler approached.

Stephanie said, “There’s no need to say anything.” She knew it was Sebastian’s intention not to give the Hart family any hope. And she, naturally, wouldn’t offer them any hope either. She was not their savior.