Renee munched on a soft cake as she casually asked Joanne.

The smile on Joanne's face froze, and her gaze turned icy.

"Why are you asking?" "I'm just asking; I don't have any hidden agenda, I promise." Renee put two fingers together and said seriously.

"I swear I'm just concerned about you as a friend.

If I lie, let me be struck by lightning." "There you go again!" Joanne immediately frowned.

"Stop saying such unlucky things!" "What else can I do? I have to prove my innocence so you won't be so guarded around me." Renee shrugged and pouted.

"Fine, but just keep it to yourself." Joanne took a deep breath and confessed, "I've been working as a language teacher at an elementary school.

Mr. Hunt helped me get the job.

He even bought a three-bedroom house for me near the school.

my students, and go home to

It's calm and peaceful...

in years."

to think about her terrible past, and if there was a way to

"Did Stefan...

you that much?" Renee asked

and distant, but he had actually done something so kind on the

get me wrong—we're not in that kind

but he's only helping me

get him wrong." "T didn't even think of that,"

just surprised he

aloof." Stefan might have approached Joanne to defeat Quinton back then, but

It was unlike him.

Joanne shook her head.

don't know

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