Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

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Chapter 38

Chapter 38

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Stephanie had planned to take Sebastian to the hotel, but instead, he had her pinned against his side. She couldn’t figure out how to tell Elliot where to drive.

By the time Sebastian finally let go of her, they were already pulling into the parking garage at Cloudridge Valley.

She was caught off guard. “You know 1 live here?” she asked, glancing at him.

She’d used his card yesterday, which must’ve given away her details, and now here he was.

Stephanie figured he’d probably done some digging into her life over the last three years.

Elliot, still behind the wheel, spoke up. “It’s easy for him to find out anything. It’s just that you’ve kept it so well hidden all this time. We never knew you’d move to another country.”

Stephanie’s nerves flared, and she didn’t know how to respond.

Elliot added, “You even found your real family… Well… anyway, he’s really pissed!”

The last part, “really pissed,” made her stomach drop.

She quickly glanced at Sebastian, who was already standing outside the car. Without wasting a second, she jumped out.

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The elevator ride was silent, tension thick in the air. They headed straight for her place.

As she was about to grab slippers for Sebastian, she opened the shoe cabinet. There, among her own slippers, was a pair of men’s slippers that clearly had been worn.

A cold shiver ran down her spine. She hurriedly grabbed a brand–new pair she hadn’t worn yet, offering them to Sebastian.

“Why don’t you wear these for now?” she said, holding out a pair of pink slippers with little rabbit designs.

slightly, his cold energy ensifying.

to serve others?”

froze, bitterness suddenly

him

chuckled softly, slipping the slippers on. They were too small

apartment and looked around, his gaze

her. “The Hart family is pretty well–known in Long Harbor. This is where they’ve put you?“–

of the Hart family made Stephanie tense up. She

isn’t from the Hart family,”

and stared at

“I bought it with your money.”

twitched. Things were worse

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the said “with your money, something in his key demeanor seemed

the couch, towed his cost

the room. Then

it’s 1,500 square feet, Enough for me

it was tiny. Back in Fiorenza, even her smallest house

Giovanni family, their manor was so big she

his eyes narrowing,

sharp edge

forward, stopping about a meter

and pulled her into his embrace, just

her voice

he spoke from

flashing in her eyes. Her

minutes. She knew exactly what

out without a word, right in the middle of the

was a saying circulating in Fiorenza’s high society:

they were

Giovanni, and Sebastian was at his lowest, she had abandoned the

answering, Stephanie turned the question back on him.

had kept a close watch

had once held her fate

year, there hadn’t been