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Chapter 161
Jackson blamed it all on Landyn. After all, if not for him, Jackson wouldn't have gotten himself into this mess.
Just thinking about the Casalini family’s fate made Jackson break out in a cold sweat over Sebastian,
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Landyn, on the other end, was annoyed by Jackson's sudden outburst. “What do you mean? Don’t tellyou
gave the ring to Jessica?
“You two can’t even handle your woman, and you still have the nerve to say you know me?”
“Hey! What the hell are you so angry about?”
Landyn was puzzled. After all, Jackson had been fine on the phone earlier, and now he was blowing up?
Landyn was trembling. “Just tellthe truth. Did you give the ring to Jessica?”
Jackson was not in the mood to hear it anymore.
Annoyed, Jackson hung up on Landyn.
Just hearing the word “ring” made his head hurt.
Damn that ring!
However, just as he hung up, Landyn called again. “Tellthe truth. Did you give the ring to Jessica?”
“I gave it to your grandpa!” Jackson was furious.
Landyn replied, “Go ask for it back.”
Jackson went silent.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHis head hurt even more.
Overhearing their conversation, Rebecca couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. After all, their
grandfathers had both been dead for years.
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At Whispering Bay.
After having dinner with Stephanie, Sebastian went out and didn’t return until midnight.
Stephanie, who was busy with the design project for Skyriver Travel, had also worked late.
Soon, she heard an engine outside.
Stephanie was worried that Sebastian had been drinking and got up to check. She was also feeling thirsty and
wanted some
water.
As expected, she heard Elliot's voice at the door. “You don’t have to bother those people. Why even drink with
them?”
Sebastian was sitting on the sofa at the moment.
He took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his aching nose but said nothing.
“I'll have someone make you sblack coffee,” said Elliot.
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“Go home.”
Sebastian said in a low voice.
Even at a distance, Stephanie could hear the drunken slur in his tone. He definitely had a lot to drink.
When Elliot heard Sebastian's words, he looked at the latter for a moment and nodded.
Elliot left.
Stephanie walked downstairs.
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Hearing the footsteps, Sebastian turned. His usually cold and deep eyes, now softened by alcohol, carried a rare
tenderness.
“Stefi, chere.”
His gentle voice made Stephanie’s heart tremble.
She stepped forward and noticed his flushed face. Instinctively, she reached out and touched his forehead.
“You don’t have a fever this time.”
Whenever Sebastian drank, he was prone to fevers, and she always ended up taking care of him through the
night.
Sebastian would definitely not spend the night out, and Elliot had to send him hevery time.
He never allowed anyone else near him when he was drunk-only her.
Looking at his reddened face, Stephanie couldn't help but ask, “Didn't Elliot say you didn’t need to deal with
them? Then why drink?”
Before she could react, a hand wrapped around her wrist, pulling her onto his lap.
Caught off guard, she fell forward, her lips landing right on his.
Stephanie's eyes widened, and she instinctively tried to pull away.
But before she could, Sebastian held her chin and deepened the kiss.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe taste of alcohol and roses lingered on his lips.
Stephanie struggled instinctively.
But in a flash, she was flipped over by Sebastian and pinned down on the sofa.
In that instant, Stephanie felt as if her heart was going to leap out of her throat.
“Sebastian...”
Stephanie's breath hitched, and she called out to Sebastian in a low voice.
That one word made Sebastian freeze.
He propped himself up to look at her.
In his drunken eyes, Stephanie caught a rare tenderness flicker.
And it was this tenderness that struck a chord deep within Stephanie's heart.
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At that moment, the emotional walls she had built over the years began to crumble.
Without another word, Sebastian kissed her again.
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