Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

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?

probably wouldn’t

colder and chimed in, “I ran

ran into

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

gun… That guy was

of those underworld types,” Chris said slowly.

person was–someone like that even existed in Long Harbor. Whoever it was, he’d make sure to tear them

to himself. ‘With Miss Giovanni’s temper, how

had completely shattered Stephanie’s

thoughts were jumbled, especially with Sebastian exuding danger

now, feeling the

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Chapter 31

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

no trace of that gentle affection. Instead, his

head, glancing at him. “Can you just ask whatever it is you need

on Chris. She’d already explained everything, and now this idiot was making it all for

eyebrow. “You were protecting him just

“No, I just didn’t want my home, the place

presence. He was someone who could kill without a second thought.

felt it before, back when he shot without hesitation during the kidnapping incident of her years ago. That was when she realized–beneath his soft exterior lay a heart as dangerous as a

she was certain he would’ve

gun around in Long Harbor,” she said quietly, her voice

giving

lips. “I’m just saying, the reason I even agreed to