Chapter 87

For three whole months, Sebastian had been running himself ragged trying to find Stephanie, terrified she might be suffering somewhere. But Sofia had hidden Stephanie away, putting her through an intense training regimen instead.

In the end, Stephanie hadn’t faced any real danger, and her stamina had improved significantly.

Now, Stephanie let Sebastian lean against her, carefully feeding him black coffee.

“Stefi,” Sebastian murmured softly. In his drunken state, he was unexpectedly tender.

“Yes? I’m here,” Stephanie responded.

“You are not allowed to run. If you do, I’ll break your legs.” Sebastian slurred.

Stephanie froze for a second. ‘Even drunk, he still doesn’t forget to threaten me, huh, she wondered.

After finally managing to get him to drink the coffee, Stephanie attempted to help him back to his room, but she simply didn’t have the strength.

It was already two in the morning, and most of the staff in the villa had turned in for the night.

With no other choice, Stephanie let him sleep on the couch in her room.

She grabbed a

blanket and covered him before turning to her bed.

happened that day, she fell into a deep sleep

through the gaps in the curtains,

blinked a few times, his gaze landing on the

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cleared, he realized he was in Stephanie’s room. Memories from the night before rushed back in an instant.

gripped his chest. Instinctively, he glanced toward the bed, where Stephanie was still

He picked it up and saw Elliot’s name

“Hello?” Sebastian answered.

Giovanni, Mr. Ashford has been trying to schedule a meeting with you.” Elliot

dismissively. Sebastian would never meet

at the sleeping girl on the bed. “He’s still trying

“Yes,” Elliot confirmed.

is devoted to his first crush. Tell him we’re not interested in working

no need to toy with him slowly; crushing his

the Ashford family was in. If they couldn’t find a replacement deal, this single failed project would be enough to cripple a key sector of

them were

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they weren’t faring much better themselves. They were all in the same sinking boat;

wouldn’t cooperate with Chris, the entire Ashford

chaos. The Ashfords

believed that the more chaotic,

woke up, Sebastian was

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