Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 166

Chapter 166

Macro froze, his brain buzzing one second and blank the next.

He stared at Sebastian, eyebrows scrunching up as he said. “If he’s still alive, why hasn’t he even tried reaching Soda all this

Sebastian just looked back, not saying a word.

Why? The question sat there, heavy.

For a split second, Sebastian’s eyes darkened, and he dropped his gaze to the floor.

It was quiet in the room, with wind sneaking through the cracks, whistling faintly.

That weird call–it was Caitlin again, dialing Stephanie from yet another borrowed phone.

God knows how many phones the Hart family had burned through by now. Their own phones had been blocked, yap, all ar them

When Caitlin’s voice came through, it was wild and rough. “He’s your brother! How can you be so cold about this?”

“Stephanie, what’s your heart even made of–ice? You’re fine letting your own brother lose his hands? You- Her voice shoot hard, like she was about to lose it.

She’d already passed out once from pure rage. Now she was back, and her anger was blazing hotter than ever.

The second the call picked up, she let loose, hurling accusations like a stormi

Stephanie’s eyes narrowed just a bit, but her voice stayed cool, almost flat. “Icy heart or not, how would you know? None of you ever bothered trying to warm it up.”

People always said a cold heart couldn’t soften–but they had ever given hers a shot.

The Hart family sure hadn’t. They’d never come close, not even a little.

Instead, they’d shown her from day one how chilly family ties could really be.

Caitlin gritted her teeth, her voice snapping through the phone. “You-

Stephanie didn’t let her finish. “Tyler knows damn well why his hands are messed up.”

“Stephanie Caitlin’s voice spiked, loud and sharp. The anger in her chest was bursting out.

Leaning against the wall, Stephanie kept going, totally unfazed. “After Olivia got sent overseas, he came after me more than once. You knew that, right?”

Caitlin went quiet. It hitched, like someone had grabbed her by the neck.

“What’d you say?” she asked, her voice wobbling.

Stephanie kept her tone light. “That time I almost got snatched–you called it me being paranoid. But you knew it was Tyler didn’t you? Just wanted to cover for him.

Stephanie’s tone was breezy.

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Her words but harder, though, making Caitlin gasp loud enough to hear. “How did you Caitlin stumbled, words tangling up.

smirk creeping in. From Caitlin’s rattled tone, Stephanie could tell she’d

with a quiet, bitter

“Makes sense, though. If you’d protect an adopted daughter like that,

like that! Yeah, he screwed up that

eyes going cold. “And if I’d gotten taken

stand hearing more of Caitlin’s excuses–her

five, and

wasn’t just once, was it? Even after all your

breathing sped up, getting shallow, like she was choking on

I called the cops, you guys pulled strings to hush it up,

say. The

gentle breeze in the room seemed to hold still.

“And you still think I should stick up for him

idea ages back–they

already been

she called the cops and figured out nothing was gonna happen. The Hart family had

asked.

Tyler staggered out of a bar into the dark, she was ready.

over his head and bashed his hands with a baseball bat,

there.

fragile little thing–like a

mess, after she ditched Fiorenza, she toughened up quick.

softness, she kept telling herself she had to survive, to watch her own back–at least until Sebastian showed up, she’d be

with her own two hands, all the way

for the people who screwed her over? She hit back at every single one,

but I put a stop to it after, didn’t I? You didn’t even get hurt,” Caitlin said,

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laugh, one side of her mouth twitching up. “Oh, got it. So I’m always the bad guy here,

Caitlin fumbled. “T….

hit her hard, tightening her chest like a weight had dropped on it,

wanted us to get along. Why do you have to act like this? I’ve been trying so hard to keep things cool,” Caitlin

climbed, cracking with feeling. “Olivia’s out there with no help, Tyler’s got one hand left, and the company’s about to crash.”

else are you gonna do to us?” Caitlin’s scream ripped through the

card, like it was all her fault.

She scoffed quietly to

voice still steady. “Pretty sure I’m the one

guys more than once. She leaned on the window, staring out

different times. The third time, she’d smashed

she said, pausing, “but if someone messes with me, I mess back. If you really feel sorry for Olivia

stay the hell away from me. And drop

into traps, and when they fall apart, I’m the one who ends up swinging. Then you still

isk” She clicked her tongue, so over this family.

take on

Olivia got close, she’d act all friendly, but it was a setup.

stuttered, stuck on a loop with nothing to say.

get a sentence out, Stephanie ran out of patience

Hart family? Whatever “price” they’d paid, she

the second she got back to Fiorenza, the Hart family would find every excuse in the book to blow up her