Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 283

Now it was just Stephanie and Sebastian. Sebastian glanced at her. “If you keep lowering your head, your face might get stuck in the plate.”

Stephanie was left speechless. She looked up at him, her eyes filled with resentment.

But Sebastian was smiling, all traces of his earlier coldness gone. “Come here,” he said.

Stephanie walked over and sat beside him. Sebastian reached out and started to untie her scarf.

She grabbed it. “What are you doing, Sebastian?”

Stephanie thought, I can’t let him take it off. If everyone sees it, they’ll ask questions like Macro did. How can I explain then?‘

Sebastian looked at her. “Do you think hiding it will make it go unnoticed?”

Stephanie was lost for words.

“So, everyone knows now?” she asked, her eyes pleading. If everyone knew, the news would surely reach Fiorenza soon. Once her mother and Sofia found out, the consequences would be unimaginable. Stephanie’s mind spun with worry. She tugged at Sebastian’s shirt. He was putting a sandwich on her plate. Feeling her movement, he smiled, “What’s wrong?” “I’m scared,” she muttered, telling the truth. She was really scared, especially about how to explain things to her mother. Sebastian took a sip of his milk. “Didn’t I tell you what to say?”

your idea?” she

His deep, inscrutable

really say that? It’ll ruin your

her feelings hidden, partly because she didn’t want to

that was how everyone saw them. Every time her mother took Stephanie

about this connection over the years always made Stephanie feel suffocated.

softly. “Who do you think would dare?” he said, his tone

a beat, and her eyes

her eyes. “Don’t you trust me,

it’s not that. I…

question the Lucano

felt another jolt in her heart. He was right. No one in Fiorenza had

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no one would

sniffled and looked into his eyes. “What if