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!“

off to the side, sighed.

him in deep

*****

hall, Stephanie picked

“Ella?”

voice came through, all hyped up. “Stefi, they’re going at it–listen!”

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

snapped back, sharp and nasty.” got Tyler’s kid–you want to be the stepmom

in, fuming. “Both of you, shut it! Amber, zip your

in her tone. “No wonder you, you old witch, kept messing with me and Tyler’s wedding- even dissing your own grandson. What, waiting for a better offer

dead quiet for a second–then

family princess, huh?” Amber’s voice got real cutting. “You

bitch,

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

voice popped in, all giddy. “Stefi, you catching this? Loud enough for you? I can

against the hallway wall, not

you weren’t hitting up the hospital? What’s with

this

twitch thing again. “So you’re just there to watch

couldn’t deal anymore, so I came to get it looked at. Then I saw Lilian roll

a punchline, her smugness oozing through. “I

and went

quiet for a

drama magnet–trouble stuck to

Stephanie got to eavesdrop on the action. More chaos, more fun.

“Man, it’s nuts. I’m recording it

glancing at the lights down

earlier that she hadn’t checked.

hanging up, she pulled up the latest video. It was the hallway

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Amber from storming in, her face all pale

hard, their voices bouncing around like a

sliced through. “The Hart family must’ve ticked off the universe to get

second and went on, “Favoring your adopted kid is one thing, but pushing her

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

and shoved her back. “What, mad now? Caitlin–oops, Mrs. Hart–how do you sleep being this gross?”

wobbled as she barked, “What’d you just say?

smirked. “Yeah, you are. What’s the plan–let your precious adoptee hook up with your husband next? Really tie the family knot,

twitching again, but she

knife now–way sharper than

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

the notification pinging

Amber and Lilian were scrapping like alley cats, the whole

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

in again, her

the wall,

Hart family was a train wreck now–a

to

without thinking. “Kid’s that old already–yeah, it’s a total con.”

sees those pics of Chad with his sweetheart at Rose–Luxe,” Ella threw in, pausing for a second

twitched, one eyebrow popping up. “That quick,

them any space to breathe, are you?” she teased, leaning on the wall with

“Ha! Half the time, I don’t even know who I’m doing this

the floor, not clapping

like stirring the