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, barely saying “hello” before Molly’s fierce voice came through.
cold! Do you have a fever? Do you have
mind, Stephanie listened 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
at the reading of 100.76
physical coolings, drink plenty of water, and rest.
taken aback but stubbornly refused
replied, “Stephanie, you might not realize this, but your voice always sounds guilty when you lie. I don’t know how
feeling that Molly had changed and
nag, Stephanie signed, her voice heavy with
which seemed to start when she began working at the Roberts, Stephanie checked on
the other end of the
hungry.” It was Andy’s
pizza with my own eyes! How can you still. be
voice. “But my tummy
belly, clearly irritated. That’s because you
you saying?” Molly
realizing that with Andy pestering Molly,
a great mom. For
couldn’t picture herself as a
felt so cold and empty with
in front of her was playing some entertainment news, and suddenly, she
for a while.” She missed seeing his
one of her few friends, and she hadn’t meant to rush him off that day. “I wonder if he’s mad?” Probably not. He was pretty easygoing.
Lucy decided to target him? And
spoon back in the bowl, repeating his name over and
Reed, do you believe I have
who I am. Just cooperate and don’t ask questions. I’m just informing
drove a black Ferrari
from her phone snapped her back to reality. She glanced at
hoped it was him, but it
was Diana. Stephanie greeted
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