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.

even tighter, her sobs growing more

words came rushing out in a

she had left Fiorenza three years ago, her voice trembling with emotion.

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

it came to everything that had happened in Fiorenza, the tears flowed

family had always been her rock, her

Sebastian had been her

then, she lost them all in one night. It felt like a nightmare she couldn’t bring herself to relive over the past

left when the

she would’ve stayed by Sebastian’s

had

in their family fell apart. Valentina, along with her brother Richard, had kidnapped Sebastian and

hostage, forcing Stephanie to leave

In that desperate moment,

agree.

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

family had been at the peak of their

shaken, and he was powerless against the Casalini family at

that time.

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