Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

hapter 45

Chapter 45

When Chris walked out of Cloudridge Valley, his head was buzzing, his mind in turmoil.

Kevin had been waiting downstairs. The moment he saw Chris‘ dark, stormy expression, and the bruises on his face, he couldn’t help but gasp.

“So, Miss Giovanni still refused, huh?” he asked.

Refusing to marry was one thing, but hitting someone? Kevin shuddered, thinking about Stephanie’s fiery temper.

Chris shot him a sharp, icy glance. Kevin instantly knew–another failure.

With a sigh, Kevin muttered, “You can’t just force these things. Women need to be coaxed.”

“Coaxed?” Chris sneered. The word dripped with sarcasm.

Kevin fell silent. Honestly, with Stephanie’s stubbornness, no amount of coaxing would work. People saw her as fiery–small in ability, big in attitude.

“Kevin,” Chris didn’t continue the topic. His eyes narrowed dangerously and spoke up. “Find out who that man she’s been spending time with is.”

Kevin blinked. “What? Another man?”

He stared at Chris in disbelief. “Miss Giovanni with another man? Impossible! She is always by herself. Even if someone is with her, it’s Miss Turner.”

In Kevin’s eyes, Stephanie was someone who wouldn’t even bother leaving the house.

She was definitely a couch potato, living off others, too proud to step outside. How could she possibly have another man around?

If it were

for the Hart family, she probably wouldn’t even have Chris, the only man around her.

in, “I ran into him.

ran

eyes, and that face, which felt strangely familiar but he

was the gun… That guy

those underworld

existed in Long

deepened. ‘That can’t be right, he thought to himself. ‘With Miss Giovanni’s temper, how could

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the chaos had completely shattered

thoughts were jumbled, especially with Sebastian

now, feeling

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she was still the little girl he used to spoil. But she wasn’t a little girl

that gentle affection. Instead, his every move radiated danger.

just ask whatever it

explained everything, and now

were protecting him

didn’t want my home, the place I’ve lived for two years, to

felt the deadly seriousness in his presence. He was someone

without hesitation during the kidnapping incident of her years ago. That was when she realized–beneath his soft exterior lay a heart as

certain he would’ve done

in Long Harbor,” she said quietly, her voice almost

“Are you giving me a

the reason I even agreed to marry Chris… Just, don’t go

was something else. She could never stomach the idea of