Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 317

Those years of bottling up her feelings–man, they’d been rough, weighing her down. She’d never let it show.

Now, with one sentence, he’d brushed it all away.

He teased her on purpose, his voice warm and playful. “Oh yeah? Down about what?”

He knew exactly what, but he grinned down at her, waiting for her to fidget.

Tears rolled down Stephanie’s cheeks, quick and hot. She gave his waist a sharp twist, not holding back.

“You’re still screwing with me!” she huffed, her voice breaking with a sob.

First acting like he didn’t notice when she played drunk, now pretending he didn’t get her feelings–she felt totally called

out.

“You knew the whole time, didn’t you? Tell me–did you know how I felt all along?” She stared up at him, pushing hard.

He’d known she was into him, and he’d felt the same–she was more sure of it every second.

Sebastian grabbed her flailing little hand mid–attack, his tone soft but stuck. “You were just a kid back then, you know that?”

A teenage girl, all crushy and dreamy–who’d have thought it’d stick around this long?

Stephanie’s face went red. She dropped her eyes, too shy to look at him.

He cupped her cheeks, tilting her face up, and planted a gentle kiss on her lips. “What, you’re barely grown and now you’re quizzing me about old times?”

She mumbled under her breath, wiggling defiantly in his hold.

Mid–squirm, the box slipped from Sebastian’s hand, hitting the floor with a quiet thud.

Stephanie glanced at it, muttering, “Hello? THAT THING dropped.”

“Want me to

choked on his words.

that?” Her head spun, totally thrown.

random, too flustered to reply, and just clung

in from outside, crossing the foyer, and stopped dead–Sebastian holding Stephanie close.

their feet, that box sat on the floor, screaming without

shorted out.

as lightning, he turned and bolted down another hall, shoes scraping

She pinched Sebastian’s

glanced back, but Elliot was already a ghost, disappearing around

you, no need to

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Chapter 317

hiding,” she whispered back, but not

people staring? She’d rather sink through the

he scooped her up into his arms and turned, carrying

to their

soft glow washed over them, throwing

pushed at his chest, her voice all jittery. “That

someone spots it? Her stomach twisted into a tight knot.

off like it was

thrown.

all casual. “Size’s pathetic.”

eyes went

face lit up red again, and she dove for the blanket to hide, but Sebastian wasn’t letting

gently, his tone

much today,” she

she thought, giving him

a little smile,

backtracked quick. “But

eyebrow, teasing. “You’re saying no?”