Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Was Stephanie disgusted with him because of Olivia? Or was it because of that random guy in her apartment? Chris couldn’t help but think.

It suddenly hit Chris that maybe, just maybe, Stephanie wasn’t interested in marrying him at all.

The thought of “not interested” was like a fist to the chest. It made it hard to breathe.

He grabbed her wrist tight and commanded, “Come with me.”

Stephanie snapped, “Leave me alone!”

Chris whipped around. The moment their eyes locked, he saw nothing but icy cold in hers.

“You want to end up like Tyler?” Stephanie’s stared at him, voice completely void of warmth. “Need a ride to the hospital?*

Chris froze, his expression hardening.

Before he could respond, Macro stepped in, grabbing Chris‘ wrist with precision. “Mr. Ashford, you better let Stefi go

“Who the hell are you?” Chris growled.

First, there was some guy with a gun at Cloudridge Valley last night, and now another one? This was totally out of his mind.

But when Chris finally registered Macro’s face, his eyes widened in shock.

He recognized Macro. This was the guy–the world–renowned heart surgeon from Fiorenza.

He knew Macro mysteriously quit his medical career two years ago, but his name still carried a lot of weight.

…I’m not important,” Macro said coolly. “But if you keep holding her like that, I’ll make sure you’ll be in big trouble tonight.”

Macro’s words came out in a smooth, deadly tone, his eyes narrowing with cold precision. Even Chris couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine.

On

One by one, Chris slowly released his grip Stephanie’s wrist.

Once she was free, Stephanie was quickly pulled behind Macro, who gave her a quick, reassuring look.

“Are you alright?” Macro asked.

Stephanie massaged her sore wrist, her expression nonchalant. “I’m fine.”

Macro shot Chris a cold glance, then turned to Stephanie with warm smile and continued, “Did you eat?”

just took a

after seeing this mess, she wasn’t in the mood

get out of here. The air

and led her out of the chaos. Everyone in the room stood there, dumbfounded. Chris,

on between Macro and

guy last night at Cloudridge Valley with the gun? He clearly wasn’t a

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plan, stacking backup after backup like

if so, Stephanie was playing the game like a pro–lining up one heavy

75%

pain from Stephanie’s brutal kick. He

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the stairs when they saw the chaos

and he’d designed every detail himself, but now this? This

assistant rushed in with the report: his sister Lilian had gotten into

at that time. Without saying a

would reflect badly on the Hodge family’s reputation? As the thought crossed his mind, Jackson grew

took a quick look at the scene downstairs, but

Giovanni,” Jackson sighed, trying to stir the topic. “Lilian doesn’t really know how to behave herself. Let’s head back and finish

off. “If you can’t even handle your own family, we

understand what their family drama have to do with the business

could process the situation, Sebastian was already marching downstairs. Jackson was left

shortly after, carting off Tyler. Lilian was

grabbed her arm and stopped her. “Where do you think

by Stephanie! I’m going to the hospital

she believed she had every right to go with him. But Jackson was sick of Lilian and had no respect for

couldn’t figure out

for Jackson to guess:

anger flared. “Where do you think you’re going?” he yelled. “Go back to your room!

shot

turned to the butler,

stepped forward and

panicked when she realized Jackson was serious. “What are you doing?” she refused

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a warning glare.

he stormed out, leaving Lilian fuming.