Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

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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

how to serve others?” he teased, his voice dark.

froze, bitterness

and gave him a pitiful look. “You

were too small for him,

he walked into the apartment and looked around, his gaze growing

to her. “The Hart family is pretty well–known in Long Harbor. This is

hearing the mention of the Hart family made Stephanie tense up. She pouted, avoiding his

Hart family,” she

froze and stared

admitted, “I bought it with

Things were worse than

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

walked over to the couch, towed his cost over the

he removed his scarf, still scanning the room. Then he asked, “Why

enough it’s 1,500 square feet, Enough for

was tiny. Back in Fiorenza, even her smallest house

was so big she

eyes narrowing, “Come

voice had a sharp edge

but she stepped forward, stopping about a meter away from him, careful

long arm and pulled her into his embrace, just like he had in the car.

she gasped, her voice

a growl, as he spoke from above her head. “You’ve got five

her

She knew exactly what that

without a word, right in the middle of

circulating in Fiorenza’s high society: An adopted daughter’s never truly of the soil.

was Stephanie they were

that when everything fell apart for Mr. Giovanni, and Sebastian was at his lowest, she had

back on him. “The Casalini family,

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

held her fate in

year, there hadn’t been a single word about them.