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.

Kevin’s disbelief, Chris‘ gaze grew colder and chimed in, “I ran into him. Do you think I’m lying?”

“You… ran

eyes, and that face, which felt

gun… That guy was just

underworld

that even existed in Long Harbor. Whoever

thought to himself. ‘With Miss Giovanni’s

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had completely shattered Stephanie’s

with Sebastian exuding danger from every pore.

was sitting in his lap now, feeling

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to love holding her close, as if in his mind, she was still the little girl

of that gentle affection. Instead, his every move

you just ask whatever it

all on Chris. She’d already explained everything, and now this

“You were

head. “No, I just didn’t want my home, the place I’ve lived for two years, to be

his presence. He was someone who could kill without

felt it before, back when he shot without hesitation during the kidnapping incident of her years ago. That was when she realized–beneath his soft exterior lay a heart as dangerous

hadn’t left, she was certain

can’t carry a gun around in Long Harbor,”

giving me a

I even agreed

but murder was something else.