Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

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Lorenzo looked like bed walked off a movie set–sharp, rugged features carved just right.

His glasses had hit the ground in the fall, and now those icy, deep eyes sliced through the dim light like a knife.

Anyone tight with Sebastian wasn’t exactly the cuddly type. Throw in that tattoo peeking out from his collar, and the guy screamed trouble–like a flashing red flag you couldn’t miss.

Ella went stiff under that energy, too freaked to even blink, just standing there like a spooked animal.

Lorenzo’s eyes tightened, giving her a slow, cold look–over.

Macro grabbed her wrist, laying on the sarcasm thick. “Oh, come on, girl, where’s your class? Grabbing a dude’s belt the first time you meet! Might as well pull his pants down and get straight to it!”

“I–I didn’t mean to!” Ella sputtered, scrambling to explain herself.

She couldn’t believe what Macro just said. She wasn’t trying to flirt or anything.

Macro eyed her iron grip on the belt and frowned.

Jennifer, meanwhile, was just as thrown. Seeing Ella hooked onto Lorenzo’s belt–of all things–left her frozen, mouth hanging open

Ella’s panicked eyes shot to Lorenzo. “I swear, I didn’t mean it! I’m so sorry, so sorry–she rambled, words tumbling over

each other.

Macro rolled his eyes. “Then let go already, genius!”

He added. “What’s your problem? Apologizing like crazy but still holding on like a leech?

Ella met Lorenzo’s stare–those deep, killer eyes–and her heart kicked into panic mode. Her brain just shut down, blank

with fear.

“Sorry, she mumbled again, voice shaky as hell.

Jennifer finally snapped out of it, blinking at the disaster in front of her.

She jumped in, grabbing Ella’s hand. “Alright, alright, you’ve said sorry a hundred times–let go already!

Ella blinked, out of it. “Huh?”

Stephanie had seen Sebastian’s car roll up but hadn’t spotted him inside, so she’d gone out to check it out

One step outside, and there was Lorenzo, down on one knee in the snowy muck, with Ella’s little pale hand latched onto his belt like it was her last hope.

Her eyes brugged out. “What the-

“Ella, what are you- She started, then stopped, totally floored.

Stephanie showing up snapped Ella back. She jerked her hand away like it was on fire, her face lighting up red–bright,

tornato red

I didn’t mean it, she muttered, dying of embarrassment.

She wanted to disappear, maybe melting into the snow.

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Lorenzo got up, brushing off his wrinkled clothes slow and smooth–like he was too cool to care.

His face was all grumpy, and without a word, he turned and headed for the house

Sebastian saw Stephanie and frowned. “Why’re you out here? You’re not even dressed for this cold”

Stephanie pulled her coat tighter. “You weren’t coming in, so I came to see what’s up.”

She started toward Ella, worried. “Ella, you good?”

Ella’s face was blazing, red as a stoplight.

Stephanie. “1-1 got to go. Bye” she blurted, head down, booking it like she’d just robbed a

go. “Uh… what?”

after her, heart

people around Stephanie were wild–especially that guy. His stare could freeze a pond

poking fun. “Stefi, your friend’s

face. “What’re

Lorenzo’s pants off

went

to dodge that. Macro’s words tripped her up, and

snow again.

glare so icy it could’ve

vibe he rocked with

lip twitched. She glanced at Ella hightailing it away, then flicked her eyes to Sebastian.

do that, she said,

a lazy grin. “You’re really buying Macro’s nonsense?”

talking like that, and you’ll die alone,

met anyone who could run their mouth

I’m just saying what

slip had almost turned Lorenzo’s belt into a front–row

Lorenzo was just close enough to grab.”

without watching it happen, she could figure

falling, you snatch

happened to grab the most

to push back, but Sebastian shut him down

now?”

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knew the deal: Lorenzo could talk smack, but you didn’t

begging for a midnight beatdown–bag over the head,

pouted, mumbling. “I didn’t

eyes. “Oh, you’ve

this guy got going, it was like he wanted you to sink through the

her a weird look,

‘should’ve been

were wet with melted snow. Sebastian glanced down, then at the butler. “Why’s the

mess?”

was a thin sheet of ice when they’d

butler went pale, panic in his

rugged Sebastian’s sleeve lightly, jumping in. They cleaned it earlier. It’s just too damn

her a thankful look, letting out a shaky breath.

ago,

asses all day, but with the cold biting and snow stacking up, it

Stephanie’s soggy feet.

it,” she said with a quick nod, all

a fresh pair of dry slippers in no

had stuff to sort out, so they headed to the study

when her phone buzzed–Ella, calling and sobbing her head

was an accident. Just not

Ella’s voice broke over the phone, panic

zap back in

felt

so humiliated.

steady but firm. “Just stay away from him

kid, but he was trouble–hard

to–did I actually tick

by now: the people around Stephanie weren’t

stuck in the hospital with a bullet in

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say something. But you probably

things over, sure, but no guarantees it’d

were headed back to Fiorenza

around,

my God, Stefi, you don’t even know–I slipped and couldn’t stop myself. I just grabbed whatever was

to be his belt buckle. Thank God I didn’t pull his pants down, or I’d be done for, she added, her