Chapter 31

Chapter 31

When Chris walked out of Cloudridge Valley, his head was buzzing, his mind in turmoil.

Kevin had been waiting downstairs. The moment he saw Chris‘ dark, stormy expression, and the bruises on his face, he couldn’t help but gasp.

“So, Miss Giovanni still refused, huh?” he asked.

Refusing to marry was one thing, but hitting someone? Kevin shuddered, thinking about Stephanie’s fiery temper.

Chris shot him a sharp, icy glance. Kevin instantly knew–another failure.

With a sigh, Kevin muttered, “You can’t just force these things. Women need to be coaxed.”

“Coaxed?” Chris sneered. The word dripped with sarcasm.

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Kevin fell silent. Honestly, with Stephanie’s stubbornness, no amount of coaxing would work. People saw her as fiery–small in ability, big in attitude.

“Kevin,” Chris didn’t continue the topic. His eyes narrowed dangerously and spoke up. “Find out who that man she’s been spending time with is.”

Kevin blinked. “What? Another man?”

He stared at Chris in disbelief. “Miss Giovanni with another man? Impossible! She is always by herself. Even if someone is with her, it’s Miss Turner.”

In Kevin’s eyes, Stephanie was someone who wouldn’t even bother leaving the house.

She was definitely a couch potato, living off others, too proud to step outside. How could she possibly have another man around?

family, she probably wouldn’t even have Chris, the only man

and chimed in, “I ran into him. Do you

froze. “You… ran into him?”

eyes, and that face, which felt strangely familiar but he couldn’t

there was the gun… That guy

one of those underworld types,” Chris

determined to find out who this person was–someone like that even existed in Long Harbor.

right,‘ he thought to himself. ‘With Miss Giovanni’s temper, how could she mix

had completely

with Sebastian exuding danger from every

feeling the tension rise in the room.

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his mind, she was still the little girl he used to spoil. But she wasn’t a little girl anymore

that gentle affection. Instead, his every move

just ask whatever it is you need

and now this idiot

were protecting

want my home, the place I’ve

seriousness in his presence. He was someone who could kill without a

the kidnapping incident of her years ago. That was when she realized–beneath his soft exterior lay a heart

she was certain he would’ve done the same

Long Harbor,” she said quietly,

you giving me

even

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