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.

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

watched her go. “Uh… what?”

her, heart still

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

at Stephanie, all sly and poking fun. “Stefi, your friend’s got

face. “What’re you talking

“She almost yanked Lorenzo’s pants off in

eyes went huge. “What?”

far enough to dodge that. Macro’s words tripped her up, and she stumbled, nearly face–planting into

snow again.

with a glare so

rocked with Macro? Gone. Now he

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

she’d do that, she said, dead serious, brow all

messing up her hair with a lazy

like that,

groaned inside. She’d never met anyone who could run their mouth as shamelessly as

I’m just saying what I saw. No BS here.”

slip had almost turned Lorenzo’s belt

having it. “She slipped, alright? Lorenzo was just close enough to grab.”

it happen, she could

move–when you’re falling, you snatch whatever’s nearby.

happened to grab the most awkward

shut him

now?”

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could talk smack,

begging for a midnight beatdown–bag over the head, no chill.

“I didn’t even

“Oh, you’ve said

got going, it was like he wanted you to sink through the floor.

weird look, then clammed up.

been

snow. Sebastian glanced down, then at the butler. “Why’s the porch

mess?”

was a thin sheet of

panic in his eyes.

They cleaned it earlier. It’s just too

shot her a thankful look, letting out

lying–half an hour ago, the staff had cleared

their asses all day, but with the cold biting and snow stacking up, it was pointless.

Stephanie’s soggy feet. ‘Go change

a quick nod,

pair of

to sort out, so they headed to the study after tossing out a

the stairs to swap her shoes when her phone

it was an accident. Just not sure Lorenzo’s buying that.”

saying?” Ella’s voice broke over the phone,

earlier–heart still racing, wishing she could zap

felt so

so humiliated.

firm. “Just stay away

rich kid, but he was trouble–hard

I didn’t mean to–did I actually tick him off? Stefi, you’ve got to back me up here.

now: the people around Stephanie weren’t

a bullet in him. That was how crazy it

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say something. But you

sure, but no guarantees

were headed back to Fiorenza soon–just a matter of time.

around, Lorenzo

my God, Stefi, you don’t even know–I slipped and

God I didn’t pull his pants down, or I’d be done