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

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

cold! Do you have a fever? Do you have any medicine at

swift reaction. Her few months working as a nanny for the Roberts family

Stephanie stared at the reading of 100.76 degrees.

drink plenty of water, and rest. If it goes over 102.2 degrees, get to

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

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

while Stephanie quietly listened, feeling that Molly had changed and

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

checked on

the other end of the line increased.

I’m hungry.” It was Andy’s voice,

eat three slices of pizza with my own eyes! How can

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

belly, clearly irritated. That’s

saying?” Molly asked, returning to

Andy pestering Molly,

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

as a

so cold and empty with just

coffee table. The TV in front of

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

friends, and she hadn’t meant to rush him off that day. “I wonder if

Lucy. What if Lucy decided to target him? And if Vincent knew, then Dominick would surely find out soon after.

back in the bowl, repeating his name over and

Reed, do you believe I have your kids?”

bother asking who I am. Just cooperate and don’t

a

sudden ring from her phone snapped her back to reality. She glanced at the caller ID, feeling a twinge of disappointment.

and hoped it was him, but

was Diana. Stephanie greeted her.

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