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
you have a fever? Do
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 to have given her some
stared at the reading of 100.76 degrees. She
physical coolings, drink plenty of water, and rest. If it goes over 102.2
taken aback but stubbornly refused to
sounds guilty when you lie. I don’t know how you’ve managed all this time. You’re just like Andy, that little
continued while Stephanie quietly listened, feeling that Molly had changed
you’re becoming more and more like an old nag, Stephanie
start when she began working at the Roberts, Stephanie checked on her friend. “Molly, you said you were
end of
It was Andy’s voice,
exasperated voice came through. “I just saw you eat three slices of pizza with my
protested in a sweet, innocent voice. “But my tummy is
belly, clearly irritated. That’s because you
saying?” Molly asked, returning
silently hung up, realizing that with Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job
a great mom. For some reason, this thought made Stephanie feel a bit down.
picture herself as a good
felt so cold and empty with just
phone and ate absentmindedly at the coffee table. The TV in front of her was playing some
in the tabloids for a while.” She missed seeing his name in the
of her few friends, and she hadn’t meant to rush him off that day. “I wonder
tell him about Lucy. What if Lucy decided to target him? And if Vincent knew, then Dominick would surely find
in the bowl, repeating his name over and over, lost in
believe I
I am. Just cooperate and don’t ask questions. I’m just informing
drove a
from her phone snapped her back to reality. She glanced
of him and hoped it was him,
was Diana. Stephanie greeted
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