Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

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Chapter 12

Now Chad kind of understood why Catlin always seemed so upset after talking to Stephanie.

As Catlin had said, Stephanie was really tough to deal with. It felt like nothing anyone said to her ever got through–she w completely unaffected by anything.

Since the gentle approach didn’t work, Chad decided to go for something more forceful.

He said coldly, “Fine, I’ll freeze your credit card for now. Think it over, and let me know when you’ve come to your senses.

Then, he stormed out.

The room fell silent.

Stephanie slammed the door behind him, then turned back toward the living room, her phone buzzing in her hand.

The screen showed Kevin’s name.

Today, she’d already blocked several people–Chris, Catlin, even Chad.

Now, they could only reach her through someone else’s phone.

Just like before, she didn’t pick up.

She knew it was Chris calling from Kevin’s phone.

The call rang through but cut off after a few seconds.

When Chris tried again, the line was already busy. He knew–she’d blocked Kevin’s number, too.

His face flushed red with frustration. “When did she start blocking people like it’s a game?”

Kevin just smirked, lips twitching. He knew exactly what was going on but wasn’t about to say it outright.

After a beat, he replied, “Miss Giovanni probably isn’t just ignoring your calls.”

Kevin knew it wasn’t just Chris who was upset about being blocked today. The whole Hart family was frustrated, too.

Chris rubbed his temples, trying to think of a way to get through to her, but his head was pounding.

up his hands. “Let’s just go

whole drama had dragged on

nodded. “Got it.”

An hour later…

it was already past midnight,

rang the doorbell repeatedly,

midnight only made Chris’s mood worse.

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snapped, “Call a locksmith.”

anymore. He needed answers from Stephanie,

see Chris was about to lose it, but he did as he

out his phone, the door suddenly swung open.

clearly pissed. She was holding a baseball

woken up badly and was ready to swing.

lips twitching, not sure whether to laugh or get out of the

She raised the

bat mid–air. “You crazy

his teeth.

and Olivia, and now she was

but wonder–is she furious because he suggested delaying the wedding?

pushed his way

already walked in, she tossed the bat aside with

and

asked, his voice dripping

shot him a look,

in the middle of the night, opens their

Stephanie was absolutely

and explained,

questions from his parents when he finally got home, he hadn’t had a chance to grab lunch. Now, he was

thrown off. Then, her expression

look like someone who’s gonna cook

Chris might say, but this wasn’t

cooked–she either ate out or

the way Chris had phrased it, it was obvious

he was expecting her to cook for him? Even in his wildest dreams, that was