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.”

laugh was easy, one eyebrow raised. “Want me

choked on his words.

to just ask that?” Her head

something random, too flustered to reply, and just clung to his waist, hiding

the foyer, and stopped dead–Sebastian holding Stephanie close.

by their feet, that box sat on the floor,

brain shorted

turned and bolted down another hall, shoes scraping in his rush.

though. She pinched Sebastian’s side and hissed,

already a ghost, disappearing around the corner.

calm. “Told you, no need to hide

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Chapter 317

but not everyone needs to see this–it’s embarrassing

She’d rather sink through the

one smooth move, he scooped her up into his arms and turned, carrying her straight

their room.

leaned in, the room’s soft glow washed over them, throwing warm shadows across

his chest, her voice all jittery. “That

spots it? Her stomach twisted into a tight knot.

like it was

thrown. “Huh?”

voice, all casual. “Size’s

eyes went huge.

dove for the blanket to hide, but Sebastian wasn’t

gently, his tone softening.

today,” she mumbled.

giving him a grudging nod in her

lips quirked into a little smile, catching her

“But it’s still an injury,

an eyebrow, teasing. “You’re saying no?”