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

is gonna get him in deep

*****

in the hall,

“Ella?”

through, all hyped up. “Stefi, they’re going at

off yell, “Who’re you calling a bimbo? I’ll skin

got Tyler’s kid–you want

“Both of you, shut

up?” Amber laughed, ice in her tone. “No wonder you, you old witch, kept messing

dead quiet for a

precious Hodge family princess, huh?” Amber’s voice got real cutting. “You blind, or just into

bitch, you’re SO dead today!”

it was a total mess on Ella’s end–shouting, screaming, the

in, all giddy. “Stefi, you catching this? Loud enough for

lip twitched. She leaned against the hallway wall,

say you weren’t hitting up the hospital? What’s with the change?” she asked, scrunching her face a bit.

came for the gossip, obviously! When I heard this kind of craziness was happening, how

did that twitch thing again. “So

been killing me since that fall–I couldn’t deal anymore, so I came to get

through. “I knew it’d

and went

for

was a drama magnet–trouble stuck to her like

there meant Stephanie got to eavesdrop

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

glancing at the lights down

earlier

latest video.

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keeping Amber from storming in, her face all pale and

hard, their voices

sarcasm sliced through. “The Hart family must’ve ticked off

a second and went on, “Favoring your adopted kid is one thing, but pushing her to snatch your daughter’s fiancé? What’s next–hooking her up with your son to

face went tomato–red as she swung at Amber, shaking

budge. She grabbed Caitlin’s wrist and shoved her back. “What, mad

as she barked, “What’d

precious adoptee hook up with your husband next? Really tie the

video, her lip twitching

freaking knife now–way

Caitlin’s cash couldn’t shut her up, and now? She was a wrecking

the notification pinging as

scrapping like alley cats, the whole thing a

to the floor by

call buzzed in again, her voice hyped.

still propped on the wall, mumbled, “Yeah,

family was a train wreck now–a beehive smashed

going to want Tyler’s head on a

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

down. She’ll lose it when she sees those pics of Chad with his sweetheart at Rose–Luxe,” Ella threw in, pausing for a second

popping up. “That quick, huh?”

not giving them any space to breathe, are you?” she

I’m doing this for. But I’ve got my priorities–I’m out

floor, not

stirring the