Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 178

Stephanie couldn’t be bothered to deal with him and turned to leave.

But Chris grabbed her wrist again, his head still throbbing from her earlier smack. She didn’t hold back at all–his brain felt like it was rattling around in his skull.

Stephanie glanced at him, raising a brow. “Seriously?”

Right then, Chris’s eyes caught the redness and swelling on her lip…

And the faint glimpse of bruises along the edge of her scarf.

His mind went blank for a second before exploding.

Without thinking, he yanked off her scarf, and there they were–several hickeys, right there for him to see.

His breathing turned ragged. “You and those guys–”

He couldn’t even finish the sentence. He didn’t need to. As a grown man, he knew exactly what those marks meant.

No one knew how badly these past few days had eaten at him. Every time he pictured her with someone else, it felt like he was losing his mind.

He kept telling himself she was just acting out, trying to piss him off.

But now? There was no talking himself out of this.

Stephanie gave him a look like he was a total idiot. “What the hell’s wrong with you?”

now you’re dragging my boyfriend into this? Who do you think you are?”

her wrist free, but Chris held on tight.

lifted her leg and kicked him hard in the

and instantly loosened his grip on

stood there, hands in his pockets, eyes ice–cold as

looked up, face

pain.

It came from both of

felt like his guts

glared at her, gasping for air.

Sebastian. “What are you doing here?”

fighting skills get so

took off his coat and wrapped it

freezing, and she dressed like

coat mixed with a faint warmth

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Chapter 178

darker at the comment about her

woman fights like this?

raised in a war

“I handled it fine. You just showed

icy glance at Chris, who

the pain, glaring at Stephanie. “You owe

even react, Sebastian let go of her and strode toward Chris, every

but couldn’t move