Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

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Chapter 136

He never expected that Stephanie Giovanni turned out to be Sebastian Giovanni’s adopted sister.

When faced with Jackson Hodge’s beaming smile, Stephanie’s heart skipped a beat.

Instinctively, she tried to pull her arm away from his grip, but Jackson simply produced a small box and handed it to her.

A gift to make amends,” he said.

Stephanie was silent for a moment.

A gift?

Glancing at the box with its distinctive emblem, she knew exactly what it was: an expensive piece of jewelry meant as a bribe.

What exactly are you doing, Mr. Hodge?” she asked.

Jackson explained, “Lilian used to be so headstrong. I’m taking responsibility for her misdeeds.”

Tve locked her up, so she won’t be troubling you again. Rest assured, she won’t be popping up to annoy you anytime soon.”

Stephanie had nothing to say.

Was that really something to worry about?

Jackson shoved the box into her hand. “Help me put in a good word with Sebastian, will you? This cooperation is crucial for

us.”

Jackson had nearly beaten Lilian to death these past few days.

arrived in Long Harbor, they had spoken on

was completely taken aback by the relationship

personally taken in and raised Stephanie, and yet those people dared to treat her so poorly?

the disastrous end of the Casalini family of Fiorenza, and he knew better than this woman was simply not someone

Thinking of Lilian…

of her made Jackson want to beat

Chris Ashford and the people

even bear to imagine what fate

of evidence he uncovered regarding how Sebastian protected Stephanie sent shivers down

hand. “If I say

eyelids twitched furiously. “What…”

“Mr. Hodge, don’t you dig into our relationship? Surely you also found out that he hates

corners.”

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course, he

had thought Stephanie’s background would

was the apple of Sebastian’s

the cooperation between him and me fell apart because of you–right at my grandfather’s

going smoothly until a fight broke out between Lilian and Stephanie, and everything just

sisters, but Jackson really

the way things had turned out

I have nothing to

that,” Jackson

more to say, then his

an office chair and sat

box back on the desk and slid it