Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 26

Stephanie had planned to take Sebastian to the hotel, but instead, he had her pinned against his side. She couldn’t figure out how to tell Elliot where to drive.

By the time Sebastian finally let go of her, they were already pulling into the parking garage at Cloudridge Valley.

She was caught off guard. “You know I live here?” she asked, glancing at him.

She’d used his card yesterday, which must’ve given away her details, and now here he was.

Stephanie figured he’d probably done some digging into her life over the last three years.

Elliot, still behind the wheel, spoke up. “It’s easy for him to find out anything. It’s just that you’ve kept it so well hidden all this time. We never knew you’d move to another country.”

Stephanie’s nerves flared, and she didn’t know how to respond.

Elliot added, “You even found your real family… Well… anyway, he’s really pissed!”

The last part, “really pissed,” made her stomach drop.

She quickly glanced at Sebastian, who was already standing outside the car. Without wasting a second, she jumped out.

The elevator ride was silent, tension thick in the air. They headed straight for her place.

As she was about to grab slippers for Sebastian, she opened the shoe cabinet. There, among her own slippers, was a pair of men’s slippers that clearly had been worn.

A cold shiver ran down her spine. She hurriedly grabbed a brand–new pair she hadn’t worn yet, offering them to Sebastian.

“Why don’t you wear these for now?” she said, holding out a pair of pink slippers with little rabbit designs.

Sebastian’s eyes narrowed slightly, his cold energy intensifying.

“Already learned how to serve others?” he teased, his voice dark.

Stephanie was taken aback. She froze, bitterness suddenly filling her chest.

She stood up straight and gave him a pitiful look. “You already know?”

on. They were too small

apartment and looked around, his gaze

back to her. “The Hart family is pretty well–known in Long Harbor.

made Stephanie tense up. She

from the Hart

stared

admitted, “I bought it with your

expression twitched. Things were

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in his icy demeanor

to the couch, tossed his coat over the

he removed his scarf, still scanning the room. Then he asked, “Why didn’t you buy something

feet. Enough for me,”

tiny. Back in Fiorenza, even

family, their manor was so big she couldn’t

paused, his eyes narrowing. “Come here.”

voice had a sharp edge

about a meter away from him, careful not to get too

reached out with a long arm and pulled her into his

gasped, her

almost a growl, as he spoke from above her head. “You’ve got

panic flashing in her eyes. Her heart skipped a

minutes. She knew exactly

she had walked out without a word, right

physically left, there was a saying circulating in Fiorenza’s high society: An adopted daughter’s never truly of

that was Stephanie they were talking

had it that when everything fell apart for Mr. Giovanni, and Sebastian was at his lowest, she

back on him. “The Casalini family, how

three years, she had kept a close