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

and the hospital had quieted

now, but only after hours of grueling

stayed by her side were tortured mentally.

ached, but Chris’s heart hurt even

to Catlin.

without Catlin saying it, he knew: they needed Allison,

up a phone that wasn’t

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Chapter 28

Valley, Stephanie was still in the hot seat, under Sebastian’s

he was about to say something

number,

same unknown

“Why didn’t you answer?”

nothing,” she said, shrugging it off.

she’d blocked calls from him

of hand, and when they weren’t happy, they’d just call her up.

this was one of them,

to pick up, not with Sebastian standing

but the phone rang

the third time, Sebastian

“What are you

it for you?

twitched in annoyance. “It’s no big

“No big deal? Non–stop calling in the middle

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

answered the phone, letting out a

connected, Chris’s

“Tell me what you want. I’ll give it to you.”

worn down, but there was also a note