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

Do you have a fever?

admire Molly’s swift reaction. Her few months working as a nanny for the Roberts family seemed to have given her some authority.

hand, Stephanie stared at the reading of 100.76 degrees. She hesitated for two seconds. “No

it’s a mild fever, use physical coolings, drink plenty

but stubbornly refused to admit it, “I’m

not realize this, but your voice always sounds guilty when you lie. I don’t know how you’ve managed all this time. You’re just like

quietly listened, feeling that Molly

becoming more and more like an old nag, Stephanie signed, her voice

which seemed to start when she began working at the Roberts, Stephanie checked on her friend. “Molly, you

on the other end

I’m hungry.” It was Andy’s voice,

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

voice. “But my tummy is still

round belly, clearly irritated. That’s

you saying?” Molly asked, returning to

silently hung up, realizing that with Andy pestering Molly, quitting her job would not be easy.

make a great mom. For some reason, this thought made

couldn’t picture herself as a

so cold and empty

and ate absentmindedly at the coffee table. The TV in front of her was playing some entertainment news,

hasn’t been 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 he’s

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

She placed her spoon back in the bowl, repeating his name over

Reed, do you believe I

cooperate and don’t ask questions. I’m just informing

drove a

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

of him and hoped

Diana. Stephanie greeted her.

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