Chapter 39

After saying good night to Matthew, Lucy returned to her room and sat on her bed, wiping her hair.

The fatigue from running around all day gradually came over her. She yawned, starting to feel a little sleepy.

Her movements of drying her hair became slower and slower. In the end, the towel fell from her hands. Lucy plopped onto the bed and closed her eyes.

Not long after she fell asleep, her phone rang, waking her up.

Lucy frowned. She was annoyed that she was woken up. She groped around the bed and finally found a rectangular block. She did not even look at it and just answered the call with her sense of touch alone. "Hello?"

She sounded sleepy.

"You damned woman, you haven't come home for days. Did you run away?"

Lucy woke up and jumped off of her bed.

"Mom?"

that Lucy was asleep. She immediately bombarded her with questions, "I'm

stranger and say that on TV? How shameless can

do you mean? What did I

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angrier now, and her tone got even more aggressive. "How could you have the audacity

said?

what you said on TV. How could you say that? You don't air your dirty laundry in public. You're getting more and

rebellious."

anger rose after she got scolded by Melanie, so she yelled at her mother, "Why can't

'stranger? That man is my

a long time. All Lucy heard was her heavy breathing on

came through. "I refuse to accept

a man from God knows where.

got even more sarcastic. "What do you want me to do? Manipulate and steal someone else's

voice on the other end sounded hysterical. "You little

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