Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Macro was toast–his legs felt like they were stuffed with cement

Even with the bodyguard holding him up, getting dragged around was a nightmare.

Sebastian’s crew knew how to make it brutal, locking him in a grip that kept him stumbling forward. Every step was like slogging through mud.

Then he saw Stephanie stroll in.

“Stefi, come on, help me out here!” he yelled, his voice all scratchy and desperate. “He’s turning this into some personal payback thing!”

Stephanie was chilling on Sebastian’s lap. She glanced back and said, “He thinks it’s good for you.”

That flipped Macro’s switch.

“I don’t want his ‘good!” he wheezed, barely getting the words out.

If this was a favor, they could shove it–he just wanted to crash and be done.

Sebastian’s hand was on Stephanie’s waist, his voice low and steady. “Why’d you come out here with no jacket?”

The last few days had been rough–freezing cold with a wind that wouldn’t quit.

Snow kept dumping down, piling up in the courtyard like a giant white rug.

Stephanie looked at herself and shrugged. “I’ve been inside all day. I’m good.”

She hadn’t even gone outside–Sebastian wouldn’t let her anyway, fussing she’d get sick.

Macro, still hobbling along, shouted again, sounding like a broken radio.

Stephanie peeked at his sad, wobbly self and gave Sebastian a look. “So, why’s he running again?”

“For his own good,” Sebastian said, kicking back in his chair, cool as ever.

Stephanie’s lip twitched.

She stared at him, thinking, ‘Yeah, sure, that totally makes sense.

Right then, her phone buzzed–Ella calling.

“It’s Ella,” she said to Sebastian, “Need to take it.”

“Mm,” he grunted, letting his hand drop as she got up.

Macro spotted her leaving and howled, “Stefi, don’t ditch me like this!”

“He’s not gonna kill you,” she tossed back, not even looking, a little tease in her tone.

She was thinking that, maybe this would teach him to watch that mouth.

She kept walking, phone in hand, her shoes tapping down the hall.

Sebastian took a cigar from Elliot and said, “Five more laps.” His voice was stone–cold.

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Macro lost it, stomping as he ran. “Sebastian, you’re a real jerk, you know that? I was doing it for you!“

the side,

mouth is gonna get him in deep

*****

in the hall, Stephanie picked

“Ella?”

came through, all hyped up. “Stefi,

then Lilian’s pissed off yell, “Who’re you calling a bimbo? I’ll skin you alive today!”

back, sharp and nasty.” got Tyler’s

of you, shut it! Amber,

wonder you, you old witch, kept messing with me

line went dead quiet for a

got real cutting. “You blind, or

roaring, “You bitch, you’re SO

call, Stephanie could tell it was a total mess on Ella’s end–shouting,

catching this? Loud enough for you? I can get closer if you

She leaned against the hallway wall,

with the change?” she asked, scrunching her face a bit.

heard this kind of craziness was

twitch thing again. “So you’re just

been killing me since that fall–I couldn’t deal anymore, so I came to get it looked at. Then I saw Lilian roll in,”

punchline, her smugness oozing through. “I

and went

for a

drama magnet–trouble stuck to

eavesdrop on the action. More chaos,

dramatic “tsk–tsk” noises. “Man, it’s nuts. I’m recording

Stephanie said, glancing at the lights down

already sent something earlier that she hadn’t checked.

up the latest video. It was

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was planted in the doorway, keeping Amber from storming in, her

voices bouncing around like a freaking loudspeaker.

Hart family must’ve ticked off the universe to get stuck with you.”

pushing her to snatch your daughter’s fiancé? What’s

she swung at Amber, shaking

her back. “What,

voice wobbled as she barked, “What’d

are. What’s the plan–let your precious adoptee hook up

video, her lip twitching again, but

knife

her up, and now? She was

notification pinging as her screen

it–yep, total madness. Amber and Lilian were scrapping like alley cats, the whole thing a disaster,

tried jumping in to back Lilian but got tossed to the floor by Amber. She hit the ground

again, her voice hyped.

wall, mumbled, “Yeah,

train wreck now–a

buzzed with excitement. “After today, the Hodge family’s going to want Tyler’s head

“Kid’s that old already–yeah, it’s a total con.”

with his sweetheart at Rose–Luxe,” Ella threw in, pausing for a second with a sneaky little grin in

twitched, one eyebrow popping up.

space to breathe, are you?” she teased,

who I’m doing this for. But I’ve got

stared at the floor,

stirring the