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
from Molly around noon. She cilled back,
cold! Do you have a fever? Do you have any medicine at
end and couldn’t help but admire Molly’s swift reaction. Her few months working as a nanny
electronic thermometer in her left hand, Stephanie stared at the reading of
you’re lying. Molly snapped. “If it’s a mild fever, use physical coolings, drink plenty of water, and
refused to admit it, “I’m
might 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
quietly listened, feeling that Molly
and more like an old nag, Stephanie
began working at the Roberts, Stephanie checked on her
on the other end
hungry.” It
slices of pizza with my own eyes! How can you still.
sweet, innocent voice. “But my tummy is still hungry.
clearly irritated. That’s because
saying?” Molly
She silently hung up, realizing that with Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job would not be easy.
nature made her think, “Molly would make a great mom. For some
as a good
so cold and empty with just her in it
and ate absentmindedly at the coffee table. The TV in
the tabloids for a while.” She missed seeing his name
rush him off that day. “I wonder
decided to target him? And
her spoon back in the bowl, repeating his name over and over, lost in
do you believe
I am. Just cooperate and don’t
drove a
to reality. She glanced at the caller ID,
and hoped it was him, but
was Diana. Stephanie greeted
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