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.

blurted, head down, booking it like she’d just robbed

go.

after her, heart still

guy. His stare could freeze a pond

fun. “Stefi, your friend’s got some nerve,

scrunched her face. “What’re you talking about?”

up, howling. “She almost yanked Lorenzo’s pants off in

eyes went huge.

hadn’t made it far enough to dodge that. Macro’s words tripped her up, and she stumbled, nearly face–planting

snow again.

locking Macro with a glare

rocked with

it away,

she said, dead serious,

up her hair with a lazy grin. “You’re really buying Macro’s nonsense?”

shot Macro a dirty look. “Keep talking like that, and you’ll

met anyone who could run their mouth as shamelessly as

I’m just saying

little slip had almost turned Lorenzo’s belt into a front–row strip tease, right?

wasn’t having it. “She slipped, alright? Lorenzo was just close enough

she could figure it out.

wild move–when you’re falling,

to grab the most awkward thing possible.

Sebastian shut him down with a

now?”

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everyone knew the deal: Lorenzo could talk

a midnight beatdown–bag over

didn’t even say that much.”

rolled her eyes. “Oh, you’ve

going, it was like he wanted you

a weird

thought, ‘should’ve been born mute. Less hassle.

Stephanie’s slippers were wet with melted snow. Sebastian glanced down,

mess?”

was a thin sheet of ice when they’d

in his eyes. “Sir,

They cleaned it earlier. It’s just too damn

a thankful look, letting out a shaky breath.

lying–half an hour ago, the staff had cleared it.

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

feet. ‘Go change

it,” she said with a quick nod, all chill.

grabbing a fresh pair of dry slippers

so they headed to the study after tossing out a few orders.

her shoes when her phone

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

What’re you saying?” Ella’s voice broke over

racing, wishing she could zap back in time and wipe out that whole embarrassing

felt

so humiliated.

cut in, steady but firm. “Just stay away from

might act like some laid–back rich kid, but he was trouble–hard to

words spilled out fast. “Wait, what? I didn’t mean to–did I actually tick him off?

figured it out by now: the people around Stephanie weren’t exactly warm

with a bullet in him. That

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But you probably won’t

things over, sure, but no guarantees it’d

and Sebastian were headed back to

if Sebastian wasn’t around,

even know–I slipped and couldn’t stop myself. I

his belt buckle. Thank God I didn’t pull his pants down, or