Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 301

Chapter 301

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Dan Murry. The guy had short, neat hair. His thin lips always pressed tight. Those sharp, sparky eyes said more than he himself ever did.

He’d had this wild, cocky energy–so different from Sebastian’s cool chill–that he’d stuck in Stephanie’s head.

Stephanie had met him three times. The fourth was just word he was gone, a hit that smashed Sofia’s heart to pieces.

Sebastian shrugged, staring at the cup in his hands. “Maybe. Maybe not.”

Stephanie’s voice got quieter. “Finger crossed.”

She looked out the window, feeling for Sofia and everything she’d put into that guy.

Sebastian played with her slightly crossed fingers. “Cold?” he asked, a bit of concern slipping in.

“Nah, I’m good,” she said, shaking her head. The fireplace was doing its thing.

Still, he snagged a fuzzy blanket from nearby and draped it over her shoulders, his touch light.

He knew she hated heavy layers in winter–liked her arms free–so her closet was packed with light, comfy stuff like this.

“I’m really not cold,” she muttered, glancing at the blanket.

“Just go with it,” he teased, his voice warm and easy.

Stephanie rolled her eyes but gave in, pulling it on for real.

*****

Dinner time hit, and with the snow stacking up outside–turning everything into a white mess. Stephanie was in her happy place. She loved cooking up a storm on days like this.

The soup on the table was bubbling, steam rising from the broth. No spice, yeah, but Stephanie dug in anyway, a small grin

on her face.

pushing some meat his

took it. “What’s with you and all this

really into anything too brothy.

some of the hot broth and sipping it. “Warms me

giving her a quick sideways look,

with all that snow out there?” She nodded at the window, where big flakes were smacking the glass. “This just feels right.”

his mouth

about a bowl of soup,’

up straight and suddenly asked, “Macro and Lorenzo… Haven’t seen them

more interesting if

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for Luca,” Sebastian said, tossing another piece of meat into the

a bite of carrot, then added, “You really freaked Macro out today,

too–her heart

up in the hospital. Now nobody wanted to

spoon. “Freaked out for what? All I did was

words caught in her

Long Harbor? Over a girl?

he dropped that way too

not okay, right? What’s

She’s just a

in. “Luca’s a girl? First I’m

Stephanie froze.

had been tomboy

by the window, Stephanie would think they

voice, “tell Elliot to chill. She might not seem like

cup, straight–faced. “Nosebleed and a black eye, tops.”

Relief hit her, and she relaxed a

She scrunched her face,

she threw a quick, nervous

That might not even show up,” she