Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

stephanie’s breath caught in her throat, her whole body tense. For a moment, she couldn’t calm down.

Her hands shook as she grabbed the phone. “Hello?”

“Miss Giovanni” The voice on the other end was unmistakable.

Stephanie’s face went blank, her eyes betraying the storm of emotions she was fighting to keep in check.

She forced herself to speak. “Yeah, it’s me.”

The guy went on, “Mr. Giovanni’s flight is arriving at Long Harbor at 8 PM tonight. He wants you to meet him at the airport.”

Stephanie’s heart skipped a beat.

She gripped the phone tighter, her palm sweating. “He… he’s coming to Long Harbor?”

The weight of this moment hit her all at once. He was finally coming, after all this time.

Just yesterday, she’d had swiped the wrong black card while shopping. She knew he’d find out, but she hadn’t expected it to blow up this fast.

The voice on the other end belonged to Elliot Grant, an assistant.

Polite, respectful on the surface–but everyone in Fiorenza feared him. Elliot had a way of making people shake in their boots.

And if Elliot could do that… well, Sebastian Giovanni? The man he assisted? He could do anything.

He was the man who’d raised Stephanie.

Elliot’s voice came again, cold as ever. “He also said you better have an explanation ready. Or…”

He didn’t need to finish. The silence said it all.

Stephanie shuddered.

She hung up, the motion casual, but inside, her mind was racing.

The afternoon felt like a blur. She couldn’t focus. Her thoughts kept drifting. Even during the meeting, she struggled to stay

present.

All she could think about was Sebastian.

He was the guy the Hart family was looking for–the one who raised her.

power–he controlled everything. The legal world. The illegal world. He was the

flashed back to what happened three years ago, just before she left Fiorenza. Her eyes filled with

She was lost in

she stepped outside–and her phone started buzzing

she answered,

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Chapter 24

my by Cathie’s voice came through,

answering flatly.

only one who could joke

in with them. Always the high expectations, the endless judgment.

Stephanie’s voice, Catlin’s anger

me, Allison is your best friend,

cold laugh. “Yeah, I did. So what?”

was a long silence on the other end. Catlin sounded stunned.

mad,

expected Stephanie to deny it. But instead, the just

It was clear now–Stephanie didn’t care about this family. Not one

but Stephanie had just flat–out confirmed everything without

you

everything going on between Olivia and me, you really

games, the way she pulled strings

for that kind of underhandedness. If she wanted something done, she’d do

was so stunned by Stephanie’s bluntness,

the words to express her anger anymore. All she could manage was repeating, “You… how could you…”

cut her off, her voice sharp. “What, Catlin? You want me to bring

said “Catlin” made Catlin

Hart family, she’d never once called her “Mom.” In fact, she’d never

it like that, it stung. It wasn’t out of any kind of affection

didn’t want to show her even the

stop herself, Catlin snapped,

she shot back, “Do you really want

word “mom didn’t exist in Stephanie’s vocabulary. She had two options: call her Catlin, or Mrs.

how casually Stephanie spoke,

her chest all this time–heavy and painful–and now it was finally

deep breaths, Catlin said, “Get Dr. Pierce back.

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