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.

his

others?” he teased,

taken aback. She froze, bitterness suddenly filling her

gave him a pitiful look.

the slippers on. They were too

around, his gaze growing darker with each passing second.

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

family made

isn’t from the Hart family,”

froze and stared at

admitted, “I bought it with

were worse than he’d thought.

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said “with your money, something in his key demeanor seemed to soften–post

walked over to the couch, towed his cost over the back.

still scanning the room. Then he asked, “Why didn’t you buy

1,500 square feet,

it was tiny. Back in Fiorenza, even her smallest house had been over 5,000

with the Giovanni family, their manor was so big she couldn’t

his eyes

voice had a sharp edge to it.

but she stepped forward, stopping about a meter away

out with a long arm and pulled her into his

she gasped, her

spoke from above her

breath caught, panic flashing in her

knew exactly

right in the middle of the chaos within the Giovanni

left, there was a saying circulating in Fiorenza’s high society: An adopted

that was Stephanie they were talking

and Sebastian was at his lowest, she had abandoned

the question back on him. “The Casalini

three years, she had kept a close watch on everything happening

once held her

there hadn’t