18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 143

In response to Stella's words, Jasper felt a twinge of guilt, "No."

He didn't have a sweet tooth, and his drink of choice was coffee, "Actually, I feel quite bad for not being able to help you."

He was referring to the work at Arcadia farm - all back-breaking tasks. Because she needed to save time, he couldn't step in to help and she had to do all the work alone.

Jasper wasn't exactly sure what the work entailed, but he knew it wasn't easy. So he took over all the household chores, and Stella barely needed to lift a finger. The work he did was visible, but her workload was not. "Stella, remember to call on me if you need anything." "Mm."

Having someone who saw her tiredness, cared for her yet knew the right boundaries felt good. At least in the few months they had lived together, Stella didn't feel uncomfortable anymore. It was no longer as icy as before. Back at 1802, she closed the thick curtains and turned on the light to read.

Feeling a bit peckish, she pulled out a pack of beef jerky, munching while flipping through the medical books.

Just as she was about to take a bite of the jerky, Stella's eyes widened.

A cockroach!

Judging by its body, it seemed to be underage, crawling slowly on the floor.

That was strange. She had plugged all drains and fixed nets to the balcony gaps. Where could it have come from?

Stella instinctively picked up a slipper, about to squash it, but Smoky, her pet rabbit, suddenly pounced on it. Crunch. Yes, it ate the cockroach.

Ew, cockroaches carried a lot of germs. Was Smoky trying to commit suicide after a fight with its wife, or was it simply fearlessly ignorant?

she could stop him, the cockroach was

around, seemingly searching for more food, and hopped into the

there was another crunch.

wings to fly

to crawl and fly haphazardly, bumping into everything, and

growing incredibly fast. Thinking about what they might had been eating to grow so

rabbit couple

first thing she did when she woke up was to check on them. Surprisingly, they were not only fine but seemed more energetic,

Cooper leaped

followed, only to step on something squishy as soon as she stepped out of the room. She lifted her slipper to find a squashed

Looking around, she could see at least seven or eight cockroaches just with

were on the eighteenth floor, and she shuddered to think what it was like for

or were there eggs in the apartment to begin with? She

freak and kept his house clean and

door, and the rabbits followed

around the hallways and stairs. Stella didn't bother with them. She had placed cockroach baits around,

a plate she had washed the night before. There was a cockroach dropping

night. They also caused

the winter clothes, and asked Stella to store the food

Arcadia. Stella never

a slipper. It was the perfect weapon against cockroaches, and she had honed her skills since childhood. It

up 1801, Jasper rolled

and with pets in the house, there was always a bit of smell, no matter