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Sebastian raised an eyebrow, studying Stephanie’s reaction closely.
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But before he could say anything, Stephanie suddenly threw her arms around his neck, crying uncontrollably, as
if she had been carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders.
Her sudden outburst shattered the anger in Sebastian's eyes.
His hands, which had been frozen mid-motion, slowly slid around her waist as she sobbed in his arms.
Stephanie clung to him tightly, tears streaming down her face. “Mom... is she okay?”
Sebastian's voice softened as he held her close. “She thought you'd forgotten her.”
In truth, her whole family had believed that once she returned to the Hart family, she would forget everything
about Fiorenza.
Stephanie held onto him even tighter, her sobs growing more desperate.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThey had so much to say to each other. The words crushing out in a jumbled mess, and they could have
talked for hours.
Stephanie choked on her words, explaining why she had left Fiorenza three years ago, her voice trembling with
emotion.
In the three years she'd spent in Long Harbor, she hadn't cried-not even when the Hart family mistreated her.
But when it cto everything that had happened in Fiorenza, the tears flowed uncontrollably.
The Giovanni family had always been her rock, her foundation.
And Sebastian had been her anchor...
Back then, she lost them all in one night. It felt like a nightmare she couldn't bring herself to relive over the past
three years.
As people had said, she left when the Giovanni family was at its worst.
If she could've, she would've stayed by Sebastian's side.
At that time, however, Valentina Casalini had been in love with Sebastian.
When Sebastian's father passed away, everything in their family fell apart. Valentina, along with her brother
Richard, had kidnapped Sebastian and Stephanie's mother.
They held her hostage, forcing Stephanie to leave the Giovanni family.
They threatened to kill her mother if Stephanie didn’t comply. In that desperate moment, Stephanie had no
choice but to
agree.
Her only condition was that she would leave the Giovanni family and cut all ties with Sebastian.
Three years ago, the Casalini family had been at the peak of their power in Fiorenza.
With her father’s sudden death, Sebastian’s foundation had been shaken, and he was powerless against the
Casalini family at
that time.
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Sebastian and Richard had always been at odds, but Valentina’s affection for Sebastian had kept Richard from
interfering with the Giovanni family’s operations.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmStephanie didn’t want to put him in more danger.
She believed that by leaving, she could give the Giovanni family a moment of peace, so she was willing to
sacrifice herself for that brief respite.
As Sebastian listened, his expression grew colder and colder. “They threatened you, and you just caved?”
Stephanie bit her lip, her voice trembling. “I had no choice. They threatened to kill Mom”
Sebastian's eyes narrowed. “And you really cut ties with us?”
Stephanie’s words tumbled out quickly. “I didn’t mean to!”
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