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

froze. “You… ran

to Sebastian’s cold, dangerous eyes, and that face, which felt strangely familiar

gun… That guy was just

one of those underworld types,” Chris

existed in

‘With Miss

*****

chaos had completely

thoughts were jumbled, especially with Sebastian exuding danger

lap now, feeling the tension rise in the

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if in his mind, she was still the little girl he used to spoil.

that gentle affection. Instead, his every move

“Can you just ask whatever

She’d already explained everything, and now this idiot was making it

“You were protecting him just now?”

I just didn’t want my home, the place

was

the kidnapping incident of her years ago. That was when she realized–beneath his

she was certain he would’ve done

Long Harbor,” she said quietly, her voice almost apologetic.

smirked, “Are you giving me a lecture,

lips. “I’m just saying, the reason I even agreed to marry Chris… Just, don’t go

that revenge was one thing, but murder was something else. She could never stomach the idea of blood on