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.

onto him even tighter, her sobs growing more

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

her words, explaining why she had left Fiorenza three years

three years she’d spent in Long Harbor, she hadn’t cried–not even when the Hart

that had happened

had always been her

been her

she lost them all in one night. It felt like a nightmare she couldn’t bring herself

had said, she left when the Giovanni

she could’ve, she would’ve stayed by

had

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

Stephanie to leave the

mother if Stephanie didn’t comply. In that desperate moment, Stephanie had no choice but

agree.

leave the Giovanni family and

family had been at the peak of their power in Fiorenza.

foundation had been shaken, and he

that time.

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