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,

tinged with sweet grapes, pulled him

the familiar warmth surrounding her, she felt

arms wrapped around his

moment before responding–his kiss deepening,

*****

Sebastian up. It was

glanced at the sleeping Stephanie before turning his attention to

with the quilt, he touched his lips.

Blood came away.

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

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

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other end

the heir of

through. He didn’t believe that Stephanie hadn’t

Stephanie was truly impressive!

the hang–up sound from the phone,

blocked, the

outright–what exactly is

waiting for the other party to speak, Chris asked bluntly, barely containing his anger.

you think our relationship is?” came the

tightened as he struggled to hold back his

first time he felt this way

the engagement with him so aggressively. It turned out she had the backing of the Lucano family.

fully investigated the relationship between Stephanie and

Whispering Bay, and so

this, their relationship must be

to Stephanie’s influence, the cooperation between the Ashford Group and the Lucano

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through.

as politely as he could, “Mr. Giovanni, can we meet and

after his father had been humiliated.

might end up in

heard in response was the dial tone–Sebastian hung

the phone, his face turning ashen.

rigid with tension, asked, “What did Mr. Giovanni

call,

closed his eyes briefly.

just hung up,” he

breath to suppress his anger as he tried to dial

even borrowed this phone from the

kicking the edge of the planter in

both hung up

about it, the

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

92%

to soothe the

turned icy as he recalled Steve’s parting words, “Protecting his own

of relationship could they have

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

was careful and measured.