Crossroads

Chapter 289

Chapter 289

These past few days had been particularly exhausting.

Three days passed before the results of the Innovate Group advertisement came out, leaving Stephanie anxious and waiting. As soon as she returned to her room at 402 from her trip, she collapsed into bed, her mind a chaotic mess, filled with a sense of wanting to escape.

She wondered. Who exactly is Lucy? What if I can’t land the Innovate Group ad? Why did she make me participate in the ad audition? And why was I told to stay away from Vincent!

These questions and more tormented her mind, turning into nightmares that felt like endless mazes with no way out.

“Stephanie, don’t make me angry.

“Don’t do things you shouldn’t, and stay away from those men because I don’t like it.”“

She jolted awake, lying flat on her bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

She felt sluggish, and Dominick’s voice echoed in her head. It was low and grumbling, filled with irritation, just like when he used to get mad at her.

Dreaming of her life in Wellington Villa surprisingly made her nostalgic.

Stephanie turned her head towards the window. The sky was a murky gray, making it hard to tell if it was morning or evening

“Achoo!” A cold wind had blown in, making her shiver. She quickly got up, grabbed a thick coat, and wrapped it around herself. She guessed that the cold had woken her up.

Stephanie hurried to shut the window tightly. Looking out, she saw that the streetlights in the neighborhood below were lit. It was already evening.

They had taken a flight back at dawn and arrived in Havencrest by around 8 AM. She was so tired that she forgot to turn on the heater. She grabbed a few tissues to cover her nose and realized she had caught a cold again

She cilled back, barely saying “hello” before Molly’s fierce voice

a

and couldn’t help but admire Molly’s swift reaction. Her

her left hand, Stephanie stared at the reading of 100.76 degrees. She hesitated for

coolings, drink plenty of water, and rest. If it goes over 102.2 degrees, get to

was taken aback but stubbornly refused to admit it, “I’m

when you lie. I don’t know how you’ve

while Stephanie quietly listened, feeling that Molly had changed and matured somehow.

more and more like an old nag, Stephanie signed, her voice

Stephanie checked on her friend. “Molly, you said you were quitting your

noise on the other end of the line

It

eat three slices of pizza with my own eyes! How can you still. be hungry? Go find something else to

sweet, innocent voice. “But my tummy is still hungry.

his round belly, clearly irritated.

you saying?” Molly asked,

paused. She silently hung up, realizing that with Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job would not

make a great mom. For some reason, this thought made Stephanie feel a

picture herself as

cold and empty

ate absentmindedly at the coffee table. The TV in front of her was playing some entertainment news,

the tabloids for a while.” She missed seeing his name

few friends, and she hadn’t meant to rush him off that

Lucy. What if Lucy decided to target him? And if Vincent knew, then Dominick would surely

repeating his name over and over, lost

Reed, do you believe I

I am. Just cooperate and don’t ask questions. I’m just

Wellington drove a

She glanced at the caller ID, feeling a twinge of

had thought of him and hoped it

Diana. Stephanie greeted

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