Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

As she spoke, a wave of pain swept over her.

For the past few years, even looking up news about Sebastian online had been a cautious act for her.

The first year after she left the Giovanni family, Valentina had continued to threaten her.

That was the main reason she returned to the Hart family and even got engaged to Chris.

Though, from the public’s perspective, Sebastian had risen fast, gaining control of Fiorenza’s entire underground business over the last three years,

she was still scared–still terrified the Casalini family could pose a threat to him.

Seeing that she had laid everything bare and Sebastian was still being harsh, Stephanie felt even more aggrieved.

She looked at him, her eyes red and filled with tears.

Stephanie asked, her voice

that woman so much. She wished she could just

response was cold. “She’s crippled.

surprised by this answer. “In prison? You

look. His gaze was

up

a helpless kitten. When someone bullies you, don’t pity yourself! Remember what I taught you all those years?”

Stephanie didn’t back down. She met his gaze directly. “You taught me everything, except how to

she had been heartless, maybe she wouldn’t have gotten hurt by anyone–just like the people

the same. She couldn’t

her so deeply, and ever since she was little, she knew she had been taken in

own, raising her like a princess with

Sebastian snorted coldly.

impatience in check any longer, Stephanie

goes to church to pray for you. And every time the heavy snow

a small laugh at her

death in the snow? So, in her mother’s eyes, she