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

call from Molly around noon. She cilled back, barely saying “hello” before

you have a fever? Do

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 given her some

stared at the reading of 100.76 degrees. She

physical coolings, drink plenty of water, and rest. If it goes over 102.2

taken aback but stubbornly refused to

sounds guilty when you lie. I don’t know how you’ve managed all this time. You’re just like Andy, that little

continued while Stephanie quietly listened, feeling that Molly had changed

you’re becoming more and more like an old nag, Stephanie

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

end of

It was Andy’s voice,

exasperated voice came through. “I just saw you eat three slices of pizza with my

protested in a sweet, innocent voice. “But my tummy is

belly, clearly irritated. That’s because you

saying?” Molly asked, returning

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

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

picture herself as a good

felt so cold and empty with just

phone and ate absentmindedly at the coffee table. The TV in front of her was playing some

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

of her few friends, and she hadn’t meant to rush him off that day. “I wonder

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

in the bowl, repeating his name over and over, lost in

believe I

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

drove a

from her phone snapped her back to reality. She glanced

of him and hoped it was him,

was Diana. Stephanie greeted

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