Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

hapter 12

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.

threw up his hands. “Let’s just go

whole drama had dragged on long

“Got it.”

An hour later…

the time they reached Cloudridge Valley, it was already

doorbell repeatedly, but

only made

1/3

2 Mar

Chapter 12

snapped, “Call

He needed answers from

lose it, but he did as

Kevin was about to pull out his phone, the door suddenly

there in her pajamas, half–asleep and clearly pissed. She was holding a baseball bat, her grip tight.

was obvious she’d been woken up badly

sure whether to laugh or

saw Chris standing there, her anger flared. She raised the

quick, grabbing the bat mid–air.

gritted his teeth.

morning, Stephanie had hit him and Olivia, and now she was at it again.

she furious because

chance, Chris pushed his way into Stephanie’s

the bat aside with a frustrated sigh. “Say what you need

her fridge, opened it, and saw

his voice dripping with incredulity.

shot him a look, her eyebrows

someone’s house in the middle

was

sighed and explained, “I haven’t

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

her expression shifted

gonna

sorts of things Chris might say, but this wasn’t even close to what she expected.

almost never cooked–she either ate out

from the way Chris had phrased it, it

expecting her to cook for him? Even in his