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

Recognizing the familiar warmth surrounding her, she felt she was drifting in

slender arms wrapped around

just a moment before responding–his kiss

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Sebastian up. It was Stephanie’s phone.

at the sleeping Stephanie before turning his

with the quilt, he touched his lips.

Blood came away.

couldn’t help but pinch Stephanie’s cheek playfully. “Little

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

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Chris was on the other end of the line, repeatedly

that Sebastian was the heir of the

and the Lucano Group had fallen through. He didn’t believe that Stephanie hadn’t played a

Stephanie was

from the phone,

time, instead of being blocked, the

I’m asking you outright–what exactly is your relationship with Sebastian?”

party to speak, Chris asked bluntly, barely containing his anger.

came the deep, low voice of Sebastian.

tightened as he struggled

felt this way

the engagement with him so aggressively. It turned out

the

had been staying at Whispering Bay, and so

this, their relationship must

the Ashford Group and the Lucano Group

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through.

suppressed his anger and asked as politely as he could, “Mr. Giovanni, can we

after his father had

situation, they might end up in the

all he heard in response was

phone, his face

tension, asked, “What did Mr.

call, Stephanie

his

say anything–he just hung up,” he said.

to suppress his anger as he tried

even borrowed this phone from the waiter at

shouted, kicking the edge

hung up the

it, the angrier he

his boss’s rare loss of composure, he knew that Sebastian

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if trying to soothe the pounding headache forming. “Find out their

recalled Steve’s parting

could they have that would make Sebastian protect

hesitated. “Actually… The key issue right now isn’t just Miss

tone was careful