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.

his cold

serve others?” he teased, his voice

taken aback. She froze, bitterness suddenly

up straight and gave him a pitiful

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

around, his gaze growing darker with each

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

family made Stephanie tense up. She

isn’t from the Hart

stared

bought it

expression twitched. Things were worse than

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in his key demeanor seemed to soften–post a

couch, towed his

removed his scarf, still scanning the room. Then he asked, “Why didn’t

feet,

Fiorenza,

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

his eyes

sharp edge

stepped forward, stopping about a meter away from him, careful not to get too

pulled her into his embrace,

her voice

growl, as he spoke from above

panic flashing in her eyes. Her heart skipped a beat.

knew exactly what that

word, right in the

circulating in Fiorenza’s high society: An adopted

they

everything fell apart for Mr. Giovanni, and Sebastian was at his lowest, she had abandoned the family.

on him. “The

she had kept a close watch on everything happening in Fiorenza.

held her fate in

there hadn’t