Chapter 98

Kathryn wiped the tears away from her face clumsily. She turned, only to meet Chris' fathomless gaze.

"Mr-Mr. Albert." She shivered involuntarily.

The contrast between the two of them was stark.

Chris' gaze darkened as he strode in her direction. Instinct had her stepping back at once.

Despite her retreat, Chris managed to grab her chin, his other arm circling her slender wrist. "Who were you calling just now?" he asked.

"Someone as shitty as Krista," Kathryn told him with a snort.

Chris raised a brow. "Your stepmother?"

"No!" Kathryn's rage flared even more.

To some degree, she could understand Krista's horridness. After all, evil stepmothers were prevalent—they always have been.

"Do the two of you not get along?" Chris pressed on.

"My grandmother was the one who raised me," Kathryn replied.

Chris nodded.

The investigation's information matched what she had told him now. She was an orphan who was completely dependent on her grandmother for her survival.

Even so, he had ne