Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

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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.

eyes narrowed slightly, his

how to serve others?” he teased, his

She froze, bitterness

up straight and gave him a pitiful look.

the slippers on. They were too small for him, but he said nothing.

apartment and looked around, his gaze growing darker with

is pretty well–known

Hart family made Stephanie tense up. She pouted, avoiding

the Hart family,”

stared at

admitted, “I bought it with your money.”

were worse than

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

towed his cost over the back.

removed his scarf, still scanning the room. Then

square feet, Enough

Back in Fiorenza, even her smallest house had been over 5,000 square feet.

family, their manor was so big she couldn’t finish walking around it in an

paused, his eyes

sharp edge to

but she stepped forward, stopping about a meter away from him, careful not to get too close.

her into his embrace, just like he had in the car.

she gasped, her

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

caught, panic flashing in her eyes. Her heart skipped

exactly what that meant.

a word, right in the middle of the chaos

a saying circulating in Fiorenza’s high society: An adopted daughter’s

Stephanie they were

fell apart for Mr. Giovanni, and Sebastian was at his lowest,

of answering, Stephanie turned the question back on him. “The Casalini family, how

the past three years, she had kept a close watch

once held her

hadn’t been a single word about them.