Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 109 Chapter 109 At a downtown steakhouse, Jackson had just sat down with Landyn when his phone rang. It was Elliot, telling him to bring his lawyer tomorrow to review a contract.

Jackson's eyes lit up instantly. "Absolutely! Thanks, Mr. Grant. Appreciate it!" Before he could say more, Elliot had already hung up.

He set his phone down, grinning at Landyn. "Order more. We're celebrating." Landyn raised a brow. "What happened?" "Mr. Giovanni's team wants to move forward. Contract review's set for tomorrow." Landyn's jaw dropped. "It's a done deal?" Mr. Giovanni has been in Long Harbor lately, personally handpicking local partners.

Plenty of people are desperate to work with him, all eyeing the resources he controls.

"Almost." Jackson took a sip of wine, looking very pleased with himself.

The first step's already done. The rest should fall into place.

Landyn leaned back. "Then you better lock Lilian down. Last thing you need is her pissing off Miss Giovanni again." Jackson's smile froze. "Damn it." The second this deal was sealed, Lilian was definitely getting a reality check.

That girl had no sense of survival.

"Wasn't the Ashford family also trying to get in on this?" Landyn asked. "If you're in, they're out, right?" Jackson chuckled. "They were never in." 'Chris Ashford and Stephanie Giovanni? After everything? Not a chance! He swirled his glass, smirking. "Besides, Chris is too busy losing his mind over Olivia and that house in Whispering Bay." "That's a problem?" Jackson's smile deepened. "That's where Sebastian and Stephanie are living now. So yeah, I'd say it's a problem." "So you're saying that place belongs to Sebastian? But didn't Kevin go there himself before? He had no clue?" "If he knew, you think he'd still be out there embarrassing himself?" Landyn shook his head. “So he dumped Stephanie for Olivia, and now he's after her brother's house? This guy's asking to get wrecked." Jackson set his glass down. "If you ask me, Chris and the Hart family are nothing but entertainment now." Between that house and the doctors they're begging for, now Chris and the Harts are running around like headless chickens over Olivia, completely losing it.

Landyn snorted, "Of course they're just being played like clowns. Look at Chris, he has no clue what's really going on. And if 1/4 +13 Chapter 109 this keeps up, the Ashford family could turn on itself." If Chris was getting toyed with, there's no way it stopped with just him..

Once Fred realized Chris dragged the family into this mess, Chris was done for.

Meanwhile, Stephanie and Sebastian are just sitting back, watching the circus from the shadows, letting these idiots lose their minds.

Feeling even better, Jackson called home, ordering his family to lock Lilian down tight for the next few days. No phone calls, no sneaking out-nothing.

Meanwhile, by the lake, Stephanie was staring at the water, then at the fishing rod in Sebastian's hand.

"Sebastian." "Yeah?" "This is the 'fun' you promised?" She ditched lunch with Ella for this? Just to sit by a pond and fish? He glanced over. "You're not having fun?" Stephanie stared at him.

'Is it fun?' Stephanie knew Sebastian was a pro at deep-sea fishing.

Back in Fiorenza, he and his friends used to charter boats for weekend fishing trips.

She never joined-partly because she got seasick, but mostly because it was boring and she hated the smell of fish.

She squinted at the still water, then back at Sebastian. "Are you sure there are even fish in here?" Sebastian smirked. "Don't underestimate my pond. These are the fish I raised myself." Just as Stephanie was resigning herself to boredom, Macro and Lorenzo showed up.

Macro noticed her lip immediately. "Whoa, what happened to your mouth? Got bit by something?" Stephanie froze, avoiding eye contact as she cleared her throat and looked away.

Macro, completely missing the signs, glanced at Sebastian. "How does that even happen when she's with you? Sbodyguard you are." Sebastian's gaze turned ice cold.

Macro raised a brow. "What? Am I wrong? Whispering Bay's right by the water, maybe your pest control sucks." Before Macro could dig himself a deeper hole, Lorenzo elbowed him. "Shut up, man. Seriously." What kind of man doesn't recognize a mark like that? It's pretty obvious how she got it.

2/4 (13) 8 04 09:31 Sat, Mar 94 Ca Chapter 109 Marro blinked, confused.

Lorenzo leaned in "You ever had a girlfriend "Whare that got to do with anything?" Lorenzo rolled his eyes on hand they nearly fell out 93 He seriously wanted to kick him into the pond-maybe soaking that brain for a while would finally knock ssense into it.

Seeing Lorenzo dearly done with him, Marco finally caught on.

His eyes flicked from Stephanie to. Stephanie again.

Stephanie, feeling that stare, started to get nervous. The last thing she needed was Marco putting two and two together and blurting something insane.

I'm gonna go check out the flower field.

Without waiting for a reply, she bolted,

Marco watched her practically run off, then turned his attention to m Sebastian, who still looked completely unfazed. "Wait... Was that you?" Sebastian gave him a deadly glare, and Macro instantly swallowed the rest of his sentence.

No way.

If it were any other guy, Sebastian would've ripped him apart already.

But this calm? It had to be him.

-Macro sucked in a sharp breath. "Damn. That's messed up." Next moment, Marco yelped as a sharp pain shot through his calf, nearly dropping him to his knees.

"Seriously? You didn't have to go that hard! Did I say something wrong? She's still just a kid!” Lorenzo stepped up, patted Marco's shoulder, and said calmly, "She's been legal for years." Everyone around Sebastian knew exactly how he felt about Stephanie.

The only one still clueless was Stephanie herself.

Honestly, it was a miracle Sebastian hadn't snapped after chasing her all these years.

Hearing she was of age, Marco shut up quick-but the look he gave Sebastian still held plenty of judgment.

Just then, the fishing line jerked-a big catch.

Without missing a beat, Sebastian reeled it in and smacked the fish right into Marco's face. The slap of the tail, along with the overwhelming fish smell, nearly made him gag. "Sebastian, what the hell!" Marco tossed the fish into the bucket, glaring.

Sebastian's tone was casual but firm, "Watch what you say around hem Scare her off again, and I'll make sure En: you regret it." That sent a chill down Marco's spine.

3/4 Sat, 8 Mar Chapter 109 "Scare her? You should be more worried about her scaring me!" 93% The king of wolves doesn't raise sheep-just look at how Stephanie's been handling Chris Ashford and the Hart family lately, Word was, most of Chris's injuries were thanked to her.

Before coming over, Macro had even heard Chris got rushed to the hospital again.

Apparently, his fractures were pretty serious. There's no way Stephanie wasn't involved in that mess. No one would believe 1. it.

As for the Hart family, rumor has it they're practically begging at her feet these days.

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