NovelEnglishlliot answered flatly, “Our boss isn’t that petty.”
‘Not petty? Seriously?‘ Jackson thought.
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The way Sebastian flipped over a minor argument between Lilian and Stephanie like it was a federal crime-how’s
that not petty?
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Once Jackson was gone, Elliot returned to Sebastian's side.
Sebastian asked, “He’s gone?”
Elliot nodded. “Yes.”
“What's your take on him?” Sebastian asked, his tone unreadable.
Elliot thought for a second. “Compared to the other options, he’s not bad. Ruthless enough when it counts.”
“Good. Let's go with him.”
Sebastian's voice was ice-cold.
Elliot agreed silently. For all Jackson's easygoing act, the way he survived the Hodge family’s internal wars made
one thing clear-he was willing to do whatever it took.
Sebastian checked the time. It was already lunch, so he called Stephanie.
“Sebastian?” Her voice cthrough, bright as always.
“I'm picking you up for lunch.”
The moment Sebastian faced Stephanie, all his coldness faded, leaving only his warmth for her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtStephanie paused. “Huh? | told you I'm eating with Ella.”
“Cancel it.”
The word was soft, but there was no room for negotiation.
Stephanie sighed tically. “Fine.”
“I found a place with fun food.”
‘Fun food?’ She was instantly intrigued.
‘What's that?”
“Okay, now I'm curious. Hurry up!”
Just like that, her curiosity got the better of her. After all, food and fun?
No way she could pass that up.
Sebastian chuckled and hung up.
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Stephanie quickly called Ella. “Hey, change of plans. Sebastian’s takingsomewhere with fun food, so you
don’t need to cover.”
Ella was stunned, ‘Wow. So | got ditched for the brother again, huh?”
“What kind of food is ‘fun’ anyway?”
Ella was pretty sure Sebastian was just messing with Stephanie to get her to tag along.
She was born and raised in Long Harbor, and even she had no clue what this so-called fun food could be.
Stephanie shrugged, “No idea.”
But since Sebastian said so, that was good enough for her. The two chatted a bit more before Stephanie hung
up.
About half an hour later, Sebastian's car pulled up.
Stephanie Giovanni went downstairs.
Stephanic walked out of the building and spotted the sleek black car waiting.
Just as she was about to run over, someone grabbed her wrist. It was Chris.
Her expression instantly darkened. “What do you want?”
No way.
Chris's face was like thunder. “What's it gonna take? What exactly do you want to bring Macro and Allison back?”
Stephanie stared at him like he was insane.
His grip tightened. “Tell me! What's your price?”
The moment Chris heard from Catlin that Stephanie tricked her into signing the disownment papers-only to turn
around and refuse to bring Macro Vitale and Allison Pierce back-he completely lost it.
Stephanie, on the other hand, had zero patience left for this nonsense.
She yanked her arm out of Chris's grip. “Let go, psycho.”
“Stephanie Giovanni!” Chris shouted after her.
“What is your deal? You wanna scream, go scream at your mom! Why yell at me?”
Chris clenched his teeth so hard his jaw popped. “This woman!”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmStephanie crossed her arms. “Letguess. Catlin didn’t explain the whole thing, did she? And you still had the
nerve to show up and harass me?”
“That's your mother!” Chris growled.
“Cool. And I'm your grandma. Wantto knit you a sweater?” She rolled her eyes so hard they almost got
stuck.
Chris‘ expression turned darker.
‘God damn, this woman!"
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Stephanie shot him a cold look. “The disownment papers are signed. Do you even know what that means?”
“She's still your mom! What kind of attitude-
“Shut up. If you can’t figure it out, maybe get your head checked. Wantto knock ssense into you?”
Without waiting for an answer, Stephanie raised her hand and smacked him-right on the forehead.
The slap wasn’t gentle. Chris's skull buzzed from the hit, and his temper exploded all over again.
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