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?"

the other end of the phone did not care that Lucy was asleep. She immediately bombarded her with

and say that on TV?

interrupted Melanie, "What do you mean?

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

said?

could you say that? You don't air your dirty

rebellious."

she yelled at her mother, "Why

you mean 'stranger? That

that she did not respond for a long time. All Lucy heard was her heavy breathing on the other

came through.

a man from God knows where. Why are you so rebellious? Why can't you be more like

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

sounded hysterical. "You little brat, don't forget that you're

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