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 him

surrounding her, she felt she was drifting in

wrapped around

for just a moment before responding–his kiss

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Sebastian up. It

before turning his attention

quilt, he touched his lips.

Blood came away.

help but pinch Stephanie’s cheek playfully. “Little tiger,”

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

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on the other end of the

Sebastian was the heir

had fallen through. He didn’t believe that Stephanie hadn’t played a part

was truly

sound from the phone, he angrily dialed her

blocked, the

exactly is your relationship with Sebastian?”

to speak, Chris asked bluntly, barely containing his

you think our relationship is?” came the deep, low voice

on the phone tightened as he struggled to hold back his

the first time he felt this way in his life.

aggressively. It turned

fully investigated the

had been staying at Whispering Bay, and so had Sebastian.

this, their relationship must be close.

influence, the cooperation between the Ashford Group and the Lucano Group had

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through.

as he could, “Mr. Giovanni, can we

needed to meet Sebastian, especially after his

might

all he heard in response was

the phone, his face turning ashen.

asked, “What did Mr. Giovanni

the call, Stephanie must be with him.

his

didn’t say anything–he just hung up,” he

anger as he tried to dial Stephanie’s

from the

edge

both hung up the phone

more Chris thought about it, the angrier

loss of composure, he knew that

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as if trying to soothe the pounding headache forming. “Find out their relationship as soon as possible.”

recalled Steve’s parting words, “Protecting his own

could they have that would make Sebastian protect

issue right now isn’t just Miss Giovanni

careful