Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 116 Chapter 116 Holding Stephanie in his arms, Sebastian carried her downstairs.

He glanced at her nightgown, then casually tossed her his jacket from the exch She caught it and wrapped herself up.

The fabric was still warm from him.

"What are you doing up this late?" Sebastian asked.

Stephanie hesitated.

She wanted to say she was hungry, but she wasn't sure if Sebastian would allow it.

He was strict about food and meal times-late-night snacks had always been off-limits.

But right now, she couldn't take it anymore.

"I'm hungry," she admitted pitifully.

Sebastian raised a brow. "You already ate plenty at dinner." Sure, it was just a bowl of noodles, but she had quite a bit of side dishes. It wasn't exactly a small mea Stephanie blinked up at him, eyes wide and pleading.

Sebastian felt a wave of heat rush through him. He hated it when she looked at him like that-it made him want to tease her "You really that hungry?" She nodded earnestly. "Starving." Elliot, who had been silently watching, finally spoke up. "Maybe we should just let the chef make something" Poor girl looked like she was about to pass out.

Elliot had seen firsthand how strict Sebastian was with Stephanie's diet.

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise him if she was never truly full.

As expected, Sebastian shot him a look.

Elliot quickly turned away. "Miss Stephanie is really hungry." He understood the pain of trying to sleep on an empty stomach. It was pure torture.

Stephanie shot Elliot a grateful look-rarely did he ever take her side.

Sebastian noticed, of course.

Without warning, he pulled her into his arms. “That settles it. No crazy dieting.” He still remembered the last tSofia had tried to lose weight. The doctor said she was severely lacking in sessential nutrients from long-term malnutrition.

Since then, Sebastian had been paranoid about Stephanie pulling the sstunt.

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16:48 Mon, 10 Mar 6 MO Chapter 116 "I won't," she promised.

St "She's not the type to gain weight easily anyway." Elliot added.

سا It was true. Stephanie had always carried a little baby fat, but she never seemed to get any thinner-or any heavier.

Sebastian pinched her cheek. “Tell the chef to make you something." "Okay!" 70%1 Relieved that Sebastian wasn't stopping her, Stephanie rushed off to ask the kitchen staff for a bowl of beef pasta. She was starving.

She noticed the kitchen staff had changed but didn't think much of it.

When she cback out, she overheard Sebastian and Elliot still talking about Fred.

Sebastian let out a cold chuckle. "Fred really thinks he's clever, huh?" Sending him that sickly girl, Olivia? What kind of joke was that? Elliot shook his head. “I didn't see that coming either.” Hearing that Fred planned to keep Chris from ever seeing Olivia again, Elliot realized they must have misunderstood something.

Sebastian took a sip of water, his gaze dark and unreadable.

Elliot asked, "So what do we do on our end?" Sebastian smirked. "Tell them to keep her." "Got it." Elliot replied.

Of course no needed to send over.

Sebastian would never accept someone like Olivia-sickly or not, she was beneath his standards.

"But keeping Chris away from her? Now that's a solid idea." Elliot hesitated. “That might make the Chris family think there's something between you and Olivia." Sebastian scoffed. “If they're dumb enough to believe that, that's their problem. Besides, putting Chris through a little hell sounds fun." +13 He hadn't expected Sebastian to interpret things this way, but if it gave him a chance to make Chris suffer, why not go along with it? Right now, Chris was obsessed with Olivia. If his family suddenly banned him from seeing her, how much would that mess with his head? Elliot nodded. "Got it. I'll handle it." "Go ahead." Sebastian set down his glass and glanced toward the kitchen door. "Why are you just standing there?" Stephanie walked over.

2/4 Chapter 116 "You're really breaking them up?" she asked.

Not letting Chris see Olivia? That was practically a death sentence for him.

Sebastian pulled her onto his lap. "What are you talking about? I'm doing a good deed," Stephanie stared at him.

Did he even hear himself? How could he say that with a straight face? Sebastian smirked. "The Ashfords see Olivia like she's the plague. I'm helping them out." Stephanie paused.

Well... when you put it that way.' It was a win for the Ashfords, but for Chris himself? Absolute torture.

"Fine, I guess you are doing a good deed." Still, this was going to be rough for both Chris and the Harts.

On paper, the Hart family was connected to the Ashfords through marriage, but in reality, the Harts were completely dependent on the Ashfords.

The Hart family's relationship with the Ashfords had already been m strained. To put it bluntly, after past conflicts, the only real connection they had left was through Chris. If the Ashfords now forbade Chris from seeing Olivia, the Harts would be in full-blown panic mode.

-Sebastian absentmindedly played with Stephanie's fingers. "So, in all these years here, has there been anything that made you happy?" Stephanie thought for a moment before answering seriously, "Yeah." Sebastian's gaze sharpened. "Who was responsible for that?" From the reports Elliot had dug up, just reading through the details had been suffocating enough for Sebastian. Stephanie grinned. “I have a really profitable studio." "Hmm?" "Actually, don't calltomorrow. I'll be busy there all day." "Why?" "Overtime! Gotta make sure I do a good job for my biggest client." Back when she left Sebastian, she had pushed herself to succeed, throwing everything into her work.

Now that he had found her again, she couldn't just slack off and throw all that effort away.

Sebastian narrowed his eyes. "Biggest client?" "Yeah! Listen to this, my stumade almost 90% of its revenue last year from one company, Skyriver Travel." 3/4 Chapter 116 Just saying the nmade Stephanie beam with pride.

Whoever was behind that company had been incredibly generous, giving her tons of projects with high design fees.

"Without them, we might've barely broken half million last year. Butn thanks to Skyriver Travel? We pulled in over seven million."

She was practically glowing with excitement, completely oblivious to the brief flicker of warmous to in Sebastian's eyes when she mentioned that name. Seeing Stephanie look so pleased with herself, Sebastian chuckled. “That impressive, huh?" "Well, the boss at Skyriver Travel clearly has great taste, spotted a hidden gem like me," she teased. Otherwise, with a no-ndesign studio, how could she have made that much in a year? Then she turned to Sebastian, suddenly curious. "Wait, why did Fred even think of sending Olivia to you?" "That's hilarious!' Sebastian smirked. "Maybe he's losing his mind." Stephanie blinked. "Huh?" 'Chris's dad, Fred, wasn't actually that old' 'And to be fair, he was ridiculously handsome, had a solid reputation, and wasn't the type to mess around' 'How did he end up with a son like that?' 'Must be losing his mind over all this by now.' mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1 mmMwWLliIofifl0&1 mmMwWLlilofiflo&1