Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 133

The word “why” echoed in the air.

Stephanie nuzzled against his chest, murmuring, “Because I like Sebastian…”

Her words echoed, each repetition hammering into Sebastian’s heart like a thunderclap rolling over distant mountains.

His pupils contracted as a wave of emotion surged within him.

“Do you like your brother, or do you like Sebastian?”

His deep, magnetic voice was unreadable–so neutral that even a sober person might struggle to discern his emotions, let alone Stephanie, who was already half–asleep.

However, this time, Sebastian didn’t hear her answer.

A few seconds passed before he glanced down and saw that her lips slightly open, her breathing soft and even.

Her small, pale fingers, which had clung so tightly to his shirt, had loosened their grip.

She had fallen asleep.

Sebastian looked at her flushed little face, a helpless smile tugged at his lips.

He carried her upstairs and laid her gently on the bed. Just as he was tucking her in, she stirred, her drowsy eyes hazy with sleep.

“Sebastian,” she mumbled.

“What is it?”

“Hold me,” she whined, her voice laced with quiet grievance. “Hold me all the time.”

“Alright,” he murmured.

Looking into her aggrieved eyes, Sebastian couldn’t refuse her. He sat down on the edge of the bed, pulling her into his

arms.

He was afraid that she would catch a cold after drinking, so he wrapped her up in the blanket.

He brushed a kiss against her forehead. “Be good, go to sleep.”

For a moment, it felt like they had returned to their childhood.

When she was a child, Stephanie had clung to him the same way, refusing to sleep without his presence.

If he had school, she would wait for him.

Through junior high, high school, even college, Sebastian had come home every night for her sake.

The distance to his school had been far, Mrs. Lucano felt sorry for Sebastian and wanted him to live closer. As a result, he had taken Stephanie with him, hiring help to look after her in the house opposite the school.

It wasn’t until Stephanie needed to attend school that they moved back together.

Now, as Sebastian gazed at her red lips, his throat tightened, and his eyes darkened with something deeper.

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Finally, he leaned down, his lips brushing against hers–soft, cool, and intoxicating,

scent of alcohol, tinged with sweet grapes, pulled him in, leaving

familiar warmth surrounding her, she felt she was drifting in a

wrapped around

a moment before responding–his kiss deepening,

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woke Sebastian up. It was Stephanie’s

sleeping Stephanie before turning his attention to the stinging sensation on

covering her with the quilt, he touched his

Blood came away.

but pinch Stephanie’s cheek playfully. “Little tiger,” he murmured, “those

buzzing. Sebastian picked it up and saw an unknown number. Uninterested, he

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was on the other end of the

that Sebastian was the

had fallen through. He

was truly

hang–up sound from the phone, he angrily dialed

instead of being blocked, the call was answered.

outright–what exactly is your relationship with

to speak, Chris asked bluntly, barely

relationship is?” came the deep, low

he struggled to hold back his

was the first time he felt

Stephanie dared to break off the engagement with him so aggressively. It turned out she had

not yet fully investigated the relationship between Stephanie and

Whispering Bay, and so

this, their relationship must

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through.

asked as politely as he

especially after his father had

resolve the current situation, they might end up

in response was the

at the phone, his face turning

“What

call, Stephanie must be with

closed his eyes

just hung up,” he said.

deep breath to suppress his anger as he tried to dial Stephanie’s number again, only to

this phone from

shouted, kicking the edge of the planter in frustration.

come they both hung up the phone and blocked me?‘

thought about it, the angrier

knew that Sebastian must have refused to meet him.

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exhaled sharply, pressing his fingers against his temple as if trying to soothe the pounding headache forming. “Find out

as he recalled Steve’s parting words,

of relationship could they have that would make Sebastian protect Stephanie?

“Actually… The key issue right now

careful and measured.