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 came

another cold! Do you have a fever? Do you have any medicine at home?”

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

the reading of 100.76 degrees. She hesitated

physical coolings, drink plenty of water, and

but stubbornly refused to admit

but your voice always sounds guilty when you lie. I don’t

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

and more like an old nag, Stephanie signed, her voice heavy with the

checked

noise on the other end of

It was

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

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

his round belly, clearly irritated.

what were you saying?” Molly asked, returning to the

Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job would

made her think, “Molly would make a great mom. For some reason, this thought made Stephanie feel a bit

herself as

apartment felt so cold and empty

coffee table. The TV in front of her was playing some entertainment news, and

hasn’t been in the tabloids for a while.” She missed seeing his name in the latest

him off that day. “I wonder if he’s

didn’t dare tell him about Lucy. What if Lucy decided to target him? And if

placed her spoon back in the bowl, repeating his name over

Reed, do you believe I

cooperate and

drove a black Ferrari himself.”

ring from her phone snapped her back to reality. She glanced at the

hoped it

Diana. Stephanie greeted

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