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.”
I asked tentatively, “Is
rest then.” His voice was low and almost devoid of
some time preparing before getting
four o’clock
coming and
to a high-end private dress
called John, yet I could
her face, she looked at me and asked, “Are you
Surprised, I nodded.
Stovall. Don’t worry. Mr. Stovall has
After giving some orders to a
tell what they were going to do since I wasn’t a fool. That being said, I had no idea
dress smiled at me and said, “Ms. Stovall, don’t be nervous. Since Mr. Stovall has already prepared everything, all
whole process was done. Looking at my almost unrecognizable self in the mirror, I frowned
up but instead arranged for a black, sleek Bentley to wait for me outside the store. As I glanced at the car, I noticed that the chauffeur looked really
I stared at the man with my arms crossed and questioned, “What’s the address? Since I have a car,
this means that Ms. Stovall doesn’t trust me?”
and replied
taken aback. It didn’t take long for him to recomposed himself though as he tried to convince me with a smile
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