18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 119

Chapter 119

You just couldn't pull the wool over his eyes.

Feeling embarrassed, Stella played dumb, "I think there's been a misunderstanding, I'm not trying to hide anything from you." "Do you want to know?"

"Know what?"

"My secret."

No, Stella didn't want to know. She still wanted to live, not be silenced or dissected.

Jasper kept on planting potatoes, "Stella, I trust in time."

What the hell was he implying?

Stella sensed that something was amiss and awkwardly said, "I'm sorry, I'm just naturally suspicious and find it hard to open up to people."

Despite being given a second chance at life, her post-traumatic stress disorder hadn't disappeared. She was trying to control it, and it was much better than it was at the beginning.

Jasper repeated, "You're doing just fine. I would be the same."

Well, didn't he contradict himself there? Forget it, she'd just play dumb.

After planting potatoes, they headed to 1803 to cook.

They agreed to start cooking together on Christmas Eve, taking turns for lunch and dinner.

Stella's Christmas supplies weren't going to be enough for all three families, so they had to pool resources. She provided 5 pounds of frozen potatoes, a fish, and considering her dog was a big eater, she added some grains and pasta. Jasper contributed a bag of frozen pears, 10 salted eggs, and two pounds of pork belly.

Room 1803 provided the heat source, gas, rice and oil, and some drinks.

Christmas Eve dinner was the most important meal of the year.

with Stella

picking up the scent of other families'

a catastrophic winter, being able to celebrate Christmas was

was particularly generous, providing an extra pound of relief food per person to ensure everyone could

amount of food distributed was staggering due to the large number of

shredded pork, beef stew, fish soup, pork soup with radishes, and

door and set it off. The colorful confetti fluttered down, marking the start of

with such a warm atmosphere for the first time. She didn't know what the future held, but she felt a sense of

Jasper, your cooking

laughed, "Of course, who do you think take care

'take care of'? Stella

"Yes,

Cody and Lukas, her eyes twinkling

sure to get a beating, and their hearts skipped a

room was warm and everyone ate

and Angela

was too quiet, so she asked her dog to bring the iPad. She had downloaded a lot of movies, TV shows, and variety shows from various video websites before the

next to her, resting his head on her leg, his

chips, Cooper used his eyes to

him. She didn't shell many, not wanting to spoil him. She would give him more

was worried about bankrupting 1803. She deliberately controlled

already late at night. She went home, showered, put on her comfortable thermal

as she was about to fall asleep, her

I was

1803 together, could something

other end of

at her watch and saw that it was just past

I hope you two have a great

you and Cooper be happy and

"Woof!"

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