Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 8

Chris climbed into the car, his jaw clenched and his face dark with anger,

Kevin glanced at him through the rearview mirror. “So, how’s Miss Giovanni? Is she over it yet?”

It was pretty clear to everyone else that Stephanie was just throwing a tantrum, trying to pressure Chris into sending Olivia away again.

Chris rubbed his temples, frustration building. “You think she’s that easy to calm down?”

Kevin thought back to what had caused all this tension.

He had to admit, Olivia’s sudden return without any warning would’ve pissed anyone off.

“Do you think she’s serious about canceling the wedding?” Kevin asked cautiously.

Chris went quiet, unsure how to answer.

He replayed the past two years in his mind.

Then, Chris let out a bitter laugh. “What do you think?”

He couldn’t shake the feeling that someone who really felt that way wouldn’t shut down so fast.

Kevin thought for a moment, then shook his head It didn’t seem likely.

He knew the Hart family couldn’t stand Stephanie. Aside from marrying Chris, she had no backup plan.

Plus, after everything she’d invested in their relationship over the last two years, it seemed real. You couldn’t fake that kind of emotion.

So, Kevin figured Stephanie was just throwing a tantrum–though, admittedly, a pretty extreme one…

Back in Cloudridge Valley, Stephanie was still awake.

She stared at the pile of shopping bags scattered across the floor, her mind drifting back to the credit card she’d accidentally pulled out. Her headache was getting worse by the minute.

It felt like a storm was brewing inside her.

She tried to push the worry aside.

After all, she’d spent the whole morning trying on wedding dresses and shopping with Ella. Her calves were sore from all the walking

A bath sounded like just what she needed. It started off relaxing, but the moment she stepped out, the doorbell rang urgently.

“Who’s there?” she asked.

She didn’t bother opening the door, just called out.

“It’s me. Open up,” the person answered. Stephanie could tell it was Catlin.

Stephanie swung the door open to find Catlin standing there, dressed in an elegant skirt, a string of pearls around her neck.

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was flawless, but her expression

down with authority. Her eyes locked onto Stephanie, hard and

closed the door behind her, towel in hand, wiping

already angry, but seeing Stephanie lounging around like that pushed

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to do?” Catlin snapped, crossing her arms tightly over her chest. “I told you, Olivia didn’t do it. She just got

this statement about canceling

now thought she’s the other woman. How

more Catlin spoke, the angrier she became, her words spilling

eyes like ice, tossed the towel aside and met

her eyes,

won’t stop until you’ve ruined the reputation of our entire family, will you? Now I really

was finally admitting what had been weighing on her: her regret for bringing Stephanie back

let Stephanie back, none of this

just proved she was nothing but trouble–a curse on

Stephanie, her face hard and completely devoid

brought me back. If you hadn’t, I

was clear in that moment that Stephanie felt more regret than Catlin ever could. Returning

the words to respond. Her arms trembled,

I said, you should’ve just pretended you never found me. From

smirked. “And as for Olivia–you’re still protecting her, huh? Still worried about people finding out about

her?”

few years ago, Stephanie had left again. She hadn’t spent enough time with them to

hotter. “You…

had hit a dead end.

carefully. Once you stop going after Olivia, I’ll reinstate your card.”

so she tried to hit

back down

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another word, Catlin stormed out, slamming the door

access to money would force her

Stephanie begging for

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was gone, the house fell into a heavy silence.

an

she answered it without

with excitement. “Boss, we’ve got a big one. A really big one.”

of her apple, her tone as calm as ever. “How

in check, replied, “Three times

The apple in her hand suddenly

bite and stood up. “I’ll

apple, she quickly

minutes to get to the office, but today she made it in