Forsaken Daughter Pampered by Top Hier

Chapter 34
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Stephanie’s breath caught in her throat, her whole body tense. For a moment, she couldn’t calm down.
Her hands shook as she grabbed the phone. “Hello?”
“Miss Giovanni.” The voice on the other end was unmistakable.
Stephanie’s face went blank, her eyes betraying the storm of emotions she was fighting to keep in check.
She forced herself to speak. “Yeah, it’s me.”
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The guy went on, “Mr. Giovanni’s flight is arriving at Long Harbor at 8 PM tonight. He wants you to meet him at the airport.”
Stephanie’s heart skipped a beat.
She gripped the phone tighter, her palm sweating. “He... he’s coming to Long Harbor?”
The weight of this moment hit her all at once. He was finally coming, after all this time.
Just yesterday, she’d had swiped the wrong black card while shopping. She knew he’d find out, but she hadn’t expected it to
blow
up this fast.
The voice on the other end belonged to Elliot Grant, an assistant.
Polite, respectful on the surface–but everyone in Fiorenza feared him. Elliot had a way of making people shake in their boots.

And if Elliot could do that... well, Sebastian Giovanni? The man he assisted? He could do anything.
He was the man who’d raised Stephanie.
Elliot’s voice came again, cold as ever. “He also said you better have an explanation ready. Or...”

He didn’t need to finish. The silence said it all.
Stephanie shuddered.
She hung up, the motion casual, but inside, her mind was racing.
The afternoon felt like a blur. She couldn’t focus. Her thoughts kept drifting. Even during the meeting, she struggled to stay
present.
All she could think about was Sebastian.
He was the guy the Hart family was looking for–the one who raised her.
In Fiorenza, he didn’t just have power–he controlled everything. The legal world. The illegal world. He was the king of the
underground.
Her mind flashed back to what happened three years ago, just before she left Fiorenza. Her eyes filled with tears.
Her work didn’t matter anymore. She was lost in her thoughts until the end of the day.
When the clock hit six, she stepped outside–and her phone started buzzing nonstop.
Still distracted, she answered, “Hello?”
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“Did you really block my number?” Catlin’s voice came through, furious, like she was about to explode.
Stephanie glanced around at the busy street, answering flatly, “You think I was joking?”
The only one who could joke with Catlin was Olivia.
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Stephanie never fit in with them. Always the high expectations, the endless judgment. Catlin was the worst–cold and harsh.
Hearing the coldness in Stephanie’s voice, Catlin’s anger only flared up more.
She snapped, “You, you–tell me, Allison is your best friend, right? You’re the one who sent her overseas, aren’t you?”
Stephanie let out a short, cold laugh. “Yeah, I did. So what?”
There was a long silence on the other end. Catlin sounded stunned. “How could you...”
She was so mad, her hands shook.
She’d expected Stephanie to deny it. But instead, she just owned it, no hesitation.
It hit Catlin hard. It was clear now–Stephanie didn’t care about this family. Not one bit.
Catlin had already planned how to interrogate her, but Stephanie had just flat–out confirmed everything without hesitation.
Catlin gasped. “So, you admit it?”
Stephanie shrugged, almost like she couldn’t be bothered. “What’s the big deal? With everything going on between Olivia and
me, you really think it’s surprising I’d cause a little chaos?”
She couldn’t stand Olivia’s games, the way she pulled strings behind the scenes.
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