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,
another cold! Do you have a fever? Do you have any medicine
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
at the reading of 100.76 degrees. She hesitated for two seconds. “No
snapped. “If it’s a mild fever, use physical coolings, drink
refused to admit it, “I’m
not realize this, but your voice always sounds guilty when you lie. I don’t
listened, feeling that Molly had changed and matured
more like an old nag, Stephanie signed,
at the Roberts, Stephanie checked on her friend. “Molly, you said you were
end of the line increased.
It
through. “I just saw you eat three slices of pizza with my own eyes! How can you still. be hungry? Go
tummy is still hungry. It’s growling.
glanced at his round belly, clearly
saying?” Molly asked, returning to the
paused. She silently hung up, realizing that with Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job would not be
great mom. For some reason, this thought made Stephanie feel a bit
picture herself as a
cold and
in front of her was
in the tabloids for a while.” She missed seeing his name
her few friends, and she hadn’t meant to rush him off that day. “I wonder if
target him? And if Vincent knew, then Dominick would surely find out soon after.
the bowl, repeating his name over and over,
Reed, do you believe I have your
asking who I am. Just cooperate and don’t ask questions. I’m just informing
Wellington drove a black
back to reality. She glanced at
thought of him and hoped
Diana. Stephanie greeted
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