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

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

another cold! Do you have a fever? Do

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

electronic thermometer in her left hand, Stephanie stared at the reading of 100.76 degrees. She hesitated for two seconds.

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

was taken aback but stubbornly refused to admit it, “I’m

this, but your voice always sounds guilty when you lie. I don’t know how

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

nag, Stephanie signed, her voice heavy with

when she began working at the Roberts, Stephanie checked on

noise on the other end of the line

I’m hungry.” It was Andy’s

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

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

belly, clearly irritated. That’s because

Molly asked, returning to

up, realizing that with Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job would not be

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

picture herself as

apartment felt so cold and empty

TV in front of her was

She missed seeing his

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

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

spoon back in the bowl, repeating his

believe I have your kids?”

cooperate and don’t

drove a black Ferrari

back to reality. She glanced

thought of him and hoped it was him, but it

was Diana. Stephanie greeted her.

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