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

a missed call from Molly around noon. She cilled back, barely saying “hello” before Molly’s fierce voice came

caught another cold! Do you have a

her foggy mind, Stephanie listened to the loud questions on the other end and couldn’t help but admire Molly’s swift reaction. Her few months working as a nanny for the Roberts family seemed to have

at the reading of 100.76 degrees.

Molly snapped. “If it’s a mild fever, use physical coolings, drink plenty of

was taken aback but stubbornly refused to admit

you lie. I don’t know how you’ve managed all this time.

quietly listened, feeling that Molly had changed

old nag, Stephanie signed, her

start when she began working at the Roberts, Stephanie checked on her friend. “Molly, you said you were quitting

on the other end of

It was

with my own eyes! How can you still. be hungry? Go find something else to do.”

sweet, innocent voice. “But my tummy is

belly, clearly irritated. That’s

were you saying?” Molly asked, returning to the phone.

silently hung up, realizing that with Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job would

nurturing nature made her think, “Molly would make a great mom. For some reason,

herself as a good mother.

felt so cold and empty with just her in it

in front of her was playing some entertainment

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

friends, and she hadn’t meant to rush him off that day. “I wonder if he’s mad?” Probably not. He was pretty easygoing.

Lucy decided to target him? And if Vincent knew, then Dominick would surely find out soon after.

the bowl, repeating

Reed, do you believe I

Just cooperate and don’t ask questions. I’m just informing you.”

drove a

phone snapped her back to reality. She

him and hoped it was him,

Diana. Stephanie

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