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

cilled back, barely saying “hello” before

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

electronic thermometer in her left hand, Stephanie stared at the reading

physical coolings, drink plenty of water, and rest. If

refused to admit it, “I’m

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

tirade continued while Stephanie quietly listened, feeling that Molly had

like an old nag, Stephanie signed, her voice heavy with the cold.

transformation, which seemed to start when she began working at the Roberts, Stephanie checked on her friend.

the other end of the line

It was Andy’s

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

protested in a sweet, innocent voice. “But my tummy is still hungry. It’s growling. Listen, you can

round belly, clearly irritated.

saying?” Molly asked, returning to the phone.

silently hung up, realizing that with Andy pestering Molly,

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

herself as a good

apartment felt so cold and

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

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

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

dare tell him about Lucy. What if Lucy decided to target him? And if Vincent knew, then

repeating his name over and over, lost in

believe I have your kids?”

and don’t ask questions. I’m just informing

Wellington drove a black

reality. She glanced at the caller ID, feeling a twinge of disappointment.

thought of him and hoped

Stephanie greeted her.

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