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

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

you caught another cold! Do you have a fever? Do you have any medicine

couldn’t help but admire Molly’s swift reaction. Her few months working as a nanny for

at the reading of

don’t know you’re lying. Molly snapped. “If it’s a mild fever, use physical coolings, drink plenty of water, and rest. If it goes over 102.2 degrees, get

aback but stubbornly refused to admit it, “I’m fine.

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

continued while Stephanie quietly listened, feeling

and more like an old nag,

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

the other end

I’m hungry.” It was Andy’s

voice came through. “I just saw you eat three slices of pizza with my own eyes! How can you still. be hungry? Go find something else to do.”

sweet, innocent voice. “But my tummy is still hungry. It’s growling.

glanced at his round belly, clearly irritated. That’s because you overate.”

Molly asked, returning

Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job would not be easy.

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

picture herself as

so cold and empty with just her in

clam chowder on her phone and ate absentmindedly at the coffee table. The TV in front of her was playing some entertainment news, and suddenly,

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

off that day. “I wonder if

Lucy decided to target him? And if Vincent

spoon back in the bowl, repeating his

you believe I have your

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

Wellington drove a black

snapped her back to reality. She glanced at the

of him and hoped it

Stephanie greeted

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