Chapter 81
Like a devil, his mere presence instilled terror in others. Such was the description that fitted John Stovall.
“You!” He hung up after spitting out the word sinisterly.
Just when a myriad of emotions was rushing through me, a message soon arrived from him. It read: Lucksville Lane 221, four o’clock. Letty, be there or be square.
As I held onto my phone, looking at his message time and again, I forced myself to calm down. I tried to convince myself that it was impossible for a person to fall into the same trap over and over again.
Since I could not avoid John, I might as well brainstorm a way to make him stay away from me on his own accord.
Bzzzzzzttt! My phone vibrated suddenly, indicating an incoming call.
It was Ashton. The moment I picked up the call, a frosty voice filled with indifference came from the other end of the line, “Get ready. You’ll be accompanying me to a party later.”
Still feeling troubled because of the matter regarding John, I tried to come up with an excuse after a pause, “Is it necessary for me to attend? I’m feeling a little unwell today. I want to stay home and have a good rest.”
.
There was silence on the other end of the line before it was broken by his deep voice. “Is it very serious?”
Shaking my head, I assured him, “It’s not that serious, but I don’t want to go out.”
a pause, I asked tentatively,
then.” His voice was low and almost devoid of any
Macy. After that, I spent some time preparing before getting in
was four o’clock in
people were coming and
sent me pointed to
did not step in immediately. Taking out my phone from my pocket, I called John, yet I could not get through to him. Just then, a young lady in a
her face, she looked at me and asked, “Are
Surprised, I nodded.
Don’t worry. Mr. Stovall has given us his instructions.
second floor. After giving some orders to a few people, she brought me to pick a
they were going to do since I wasn’t a fool. That being said, I had no idea what wasJohn actually up to. It wasn’t before long before my phone was
girl in green dress smiled at me and said, “Ms. Stovall,
process was done. Looking at
me outside the store. As I
arms crossed and questioned, “What’s the address? Since I have a car, I’ll
trust me?” the chauffeur asked with a smile on his
nodded and
be so brusquely direct, he was slightly taken aback. It didn’t take long for him to recomposed himself though as he tried to convince me with a smile on his face,
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