Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 39

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Sebastian raised an eyebrow, studying Stephanie’s reaction closely.

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But before he could say anything, Stephanie suddenly threw her arms around his neck, crying uncontrollably, as if she had been carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders.

Her sudden outburst shattered the anger in Sebastian’s eyes.

His hands, which had been frozen mid–motion, slowly slid around her waist as she sobbed in his arms.

Stephanie clung to him tightly, tears streaming down her face. “Mom… is she okay?”

Sebastian’s voice softened as he held her close. “She thought you’d forgotten her.”

In truth, her whole family had believed that once she returned to the Hart family, she would forget everything about Fiorenza.

held onto him even tighter, her sobs

words came rushing out in a jumbled mess, and they could have

had left Fiorenza

in Long Harbor, she hadn’t cried–not even when the Hart

everything that had happened in Fiorenza, the

family had always been her rock, her

been her

like a

had said, she left when the Giovanni family was at its worst.

she could’ve, she would’ve stayed by Sebastian’s

that time, however, Valentina Casalini had been in love

away, everything in their family fell apart. Valentina, along with her brother

her hostage, forcing Stephanie to leave the

mother if Stephanie didn’t comply. In that desperate moment, Stephanie

agree.

condition was that she would leave the Giovanni family and cut all ties

ago, the Casalini family had been at the peak of their

foundation had been shaken, and he was powerless

that time.

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