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.

and chimed in, “I ran into him. Do you think I’m lying?”

“You… ran into him?”

flashed to Sebastian’s cold, dangerous eyes, and that

was the gun… That guy was just

one of those underworld types,” Chris

this person was–someone like that even existed in Long

thought to himself. ‘With Miss Giovanni’s temper, how could she mix with someone like

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the chaos had completely shattered Stephanie’s

thoughts were jumbled, especially with Sebastian exuding danger from

feeling the tension rise in the

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still the

was no trace of that gentle affection. Instead, his

just ask whatever it

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

“You were protecting him just

home, the place I’ve lived for

felt the deadly seriousness in his presence. He was someone who

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

left, she was certain he would’ve done the

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

“Are you giving me

reason I even agreed to marry Chris… Just, don’t go hurt anyone, okay?”

thing, but murder was something else. She could never stomach the idea of