Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 28

For a moment. Stephanie wasn’t sure if she’d heard him right.

She noticed the subtle shift in Sebastian’s tone when he mentioned the name “Chris it went cold, like he was talking about something he didn’t want to touch.

She shrugged, trying to play it cool. “They’ve got nothing to do with me now.”

Even though the Hart family was her biological family, the truth was, she was only back because Valentina had put the pressure on her.

Getting engaged to Chris? That was her escape from Valentina’s control.

Once she had that ring on her finger, Valentina stopped bothering her completely.

Sebastian’s eyebrow arched. “They’ve got nothing to do with you?”

Stephanie let out a breath. “Valentina threatened me. I got engaged to Chris so she and Richard would back off.”

Sebastian’s icy stare never wavered. Stephanie knew it was time to tell him the truth.

Now that Valentina was behind bars, the pressure was off. The timing felt right.

Sure enough, Sebastian’s expression softened, just a little.

Across the city, things were far from calm.

At the hospital, Chris stood helplessly by Olivia’s bed, watching her twist in pain.

Just yesterday, she’d been fine enough to stop by his office. Now? She could barely move.

Catlin was practically beside herself, pacing the floor.

“Chris,” She said, “we need to move fast. her condition is critical. The liver and uterus are the big problems right now.”

Her liver needed surgery, and so did her heart.

They were hoping Allison could step in for the uterine cancer so Olivia wouldn’t have to endure another surgery.

ran a hand through his hair, his exhaustion written all

the morning, and the hospital had quieted down.

only after

those who stayed by her side

heart ached, but Chris’s heart hurt even more.

talking to Catlin. “Yeah,

he knew: they needed Allison, and they needed her now.

phone that wasn’t

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Chapter 28

Cloudridge Valley, Stephanie was still in the

to say something else, her

number, then instinctively

same unknown number flashing on

narrowed. “Why didn’t

said, shrugging it

from Chris, she’d blocked

they weren’t happy, they’d just call her up.

assumed this was one of them,

not with Sebastian

the

third time, Sebastian reached

eyelid twitched. “What are you doing?”

to get it for you? I

annoyance. “It’s no big deal.”

raised an eyebrow. “No big deal? Non–stop calling

faltered, momentarily caught off guard by his question. She couldn’t come up

unrelenting gaze, she finally answered the phone, letting out a small

moment the call connected, Chris’s tired voice came

hoarse, barely a whisper. “Tell me what

was also a note of surrender in