Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Stephanie froze when she saw the car. “You… you shipped your car here?*

That was his car–the one he always drove in Fiorenza.

Seeing it here in Long Harbor hit her hard. It made it clear: he wasn’t planning on leaving anytime soon.

A cold wave of dread settled deep in her chest.

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Sebastian glanced down at her, his presence towering over her, making her feel even smaller. She swallowed, her nerves a mess under his gaze.

“Miss.” Elliot’s respectful voice cut through the tension.

Stephanie, still trying to hold it together, nodded stiffly. “Mr. Grant.”

Before she could say anything else, Sebastian grabbed her again, pulling her into the car like it was nothing.

Sebastian climbed in after her, his expression unreadable. Stephanie shifted as far as she could to the other side of the seat, but it didn’t matter.

distance herself, he

closed around her wrist, his grip

even react, he effortlessly

voice trembling. “Don’t… don’t do this…”

calm, giving a low

face flushed bright red. “I’ve grown

the closeness between them in such a public place

line of her cheek, sending a shiver down her spine before it paused

couldn’t bring herself to look him in the

eye.

beneath that cool, controlled exterior. Instinctively,

Sebastian,

huh? You’ve become independent? Ready to spread

again, unsure of how to

amused. “Did you have fun these last few

word “fun” hit her like a punch to the

of regret in the past few days. She’d been sharp, direct, even

all crashed down. The bitterness she’d been carrying twisted inside her, and before she could stop it, her eyes

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