Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

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Stephanie’s breath caught in her throat, her whole body tense. For a moment, she couldn’t calm down.

Her hands shook as she grabbed the phone. “Hello?”

“Miss Giovanni.” The voice on the other end was unmistakable.

Stephanie’s face went blank, her eyes betraying the storm of emotions she was fighting to keep in check.

She forced herself to speak. “Yeah, it’s me.”

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The guy went on, “Mr. Giovanni’s flight is arriving at Long Harbor at 8 PM tonight. He wants you to meet him at the airport.”

Stephanie’s heart skipped a beat.

She gripped the phone tighter, her palm sweating. “He… he’s coming to Long Harbor?”

The weight of this moment hit her all at once. He was finally coming, after all this time.

Just yesterday, she’d had swiped the wrong black card while shopping. She knew he’d find out, but she hadn’t expected it to blow

up this fast.

The voice on the other end belonged to Elliot Grant, an assistant.

on the surface–but everyone in Fiorenza feared him. Elliot had a

do that… well, Sebastian Giovanni? The man he assisted? He

man who’d raised

again, cold as ever. “He also said you

didn’t need to finish. The silence said it all.

Stephanie shuddered.

but inside,

like a blur. She couldn’t focus. Her thoughts kept drifting.

present.

she could think about was Sebastian.

was the guy the Hart family was looking for–the one who raised

didn’t just have power–he controlled everything. The legal world. The illegal world. He was

back to what happened three years ago, just before she left Fiorenza. Her eyes filled

in her thoughts until the

stepped

she answered,

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really block my number?” Catlin’s voice came through,

street, answering flatly, “You think I was

one who could joke with

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