Chapter 355

Stephanie said, “You need to keep an eye on him. It’s best to find out what international connections he might have.”

Sebastian lowered his gaze, a smile dancing in his eyes.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked.

“Have you finally started to think?”

Stephanie’s brow furrowed, wondering if he was saying she used to be dumb. “What’s that supposed to mean? I’m earning more than two million dollars a year now.” No fool could earn that much.

The moment she dropped the phrase “more than two million dollars,” the car fell silent in a strange way.

Seeing Sebastian not respond, Stephanie couldn’t hold back. “What? You really don’t believe me?”

Sebastian chuckled softly, saying, “I believe you.”

That single phrase had another tone to it, especially when Elliot cleared his throat, and even Macro, who usually loved to chime in, fell quiet.

Stephanie felt something was off. “Sebastian, are you hiding something from me?”

“Not at all,” he said.

“Something is off. You definitely are.”

Every time she mentioned her earnings, he never properly acknowledged her.

Macro, who had been struggling to keep his laughter in, finally burst out. His loud laughter drew everyone’s attention.

“What’s so funny about my two million?” Stephanie huffed.

Macro kept chuckling. Stephanie couldn’t stand him laughing so loud for so long, and he was even leaning forward from the laugh. That, to Stephanie, was provocative.

“What’s wrong with you?” Stephanie asked. “I can’t make money on my own?”

Macro couldn’t stop laughing. “I don’t know if anything’s wrong with me, but you’re really naive.”

Stephanie really wanted to slap him.

Stephanie couldn’t stand Macro’s laughter anymore. Frustrated, she reached for Sebastian’s shirt, saying, “You’re definitely hiding something from me.”

“Are you seriously asking him about that?” Macro snickered.

“I’m really about to get upset,” she warned.

“You know that ‘more than two million dollars’ you keep bragging about? Sebastian was worried that you’d starve without it. You think you can handle things on your own? You’re just a sheltered flower, thinking you can brave the storm.”

Stephanie’s mind went blank. She instinctively looked up at Sebastian. “You… you always knew where I was?”

Sebastian pressed her face gently against his chest, not answering.

She insisted. “You have to tell me. I thought you couldn’t find me. The moment I used my card, you showed up. I thought…”

Sebastian held her against him again. “There were things I had to resolve at the time.”

“And what about the Hart family? You knew about it too?” she asked. How else would he know to give her the money?

Sebastian finally confessed. “I know some things. Not everything.”

“Not everything” felt vague. She tried to sit up, but he held her down firmly.

Elliot couldn’t keep silent any longer. “Actually, when you fought that girl from the Hart family, Mr. Giovanni figured out where you were.”

Wait, he knew all the time? Stephanie looked up at Sebastian, her vision clouding with mist.

Elliot continued. “If it wasn’t for worrying you’d become suspicious, Mr. Giovanni was ready to give you hundreds of millions for design fees.”

Stephanie felt speechless.

Adding to the moment, Macro laughed again. “Right. If I hadn’t stepped in, he would have thrown so much money at you just to keep you from starving outside.”