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.

tighter, her sobs growing

each other. The words came rushing out in a jumbled mess, and they

on her words, explaining why she had left Fiorenza three years ago, her voice

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

everything that had

been

Sebastian had been

a nightmare she couldn’t bring herself to relive over the past three years.

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

would’ve stayed by Sebastian’s

Valentina Casalini had been in

father passed away, everything in their family fell apart. Valentina, along with her brother Richard, had kidnapped Sebastian and Stephanie’s mother.

held her hostage, forcing Stephanie

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

agree.

would leave the Giovanni family and cut all ties

family had been at the peak

death, Sebastian’s foundation had been shaken, and he was powerless against the Casalini family at

that time.

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