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 cold

to serve others?” he

She froze, bitterness suddenly filling her chest.

gave him a pitiful look. “You

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

looked around, his

family is pretty well–known in

Hart family made Stephanie tense up. She pouted, avoiding his eyes.

Hart family,” she

stared at her.

then admitted, “I bought

were worse than he’d thought.

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when the said “with your money, something in his key

walked over to the couch, towed

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

it’s 1,500 square feet,

unimpressed. To him, it was tiny. Back in Fiorenza,

she lived with the Giovanni family, their manor was so big

eyes narrowing,

sharp edge

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

pulled her into his embrace, just

her

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

panic flashing in her eyes. Her heart skipped

She knew exactly what

years ago, she had walked out without a word, right in the middle of the chaos within

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

was Stephanie they

apart for Mr. Giovanni, and

back on him.

years, she had kept a close watch on

Casalini family had once held her fate in

last year, there hadn’t been