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.

hand through his hair, his exhaustion written all over his face.

the morning, and the hospital had quieted

was asleep now, but only after hours of grueling

those who stayed by her side were tortured

ached, but Chris’s heart hurt even more.

talking to Catlin. “Yeah, I

they needed

wasn’t his, he

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still in the hot

say something else, her phone

unfamiliar number, then instinctively hit

the same unknown number flashing on the

narrowed. “Why didn’t you answer?”

she said,

blocked calls from him and the whole Hart family.

and when they weren’t happy, they’d just

she assumed this was one of them, either Catlin

didn’t want to pick up, not with Sebastian standing right

but the

third time, Sebastian reached out

twitched. “What

get it for you? I assume you wouldn’t

annoyance.

deal? Non–stop calling in

momentarily caught off guard by his question. She couldn’t come up with an excuse fast

the phone,

the call connected, Chris’s tired

me what you want.

but there was also