Chapter 708: Jack Was the One Who Framed Me

The silence that ensued felt very long.

Time seemed to pass in a blur before Winona finally came back to her senses. Still, she put on an unperturbed expression as though nothing had happened while she calmly sent Elise back home.

The two women who knew each other well didn’t say a word throughout the journey.

However, Elise couldn’t hold herself back any longer after she got out of the car. Walking to the car window, she said softly to Winona, “Be careful on your way back. You can call me anytime if there is something.”

It was probably because of what Mica had to go through that Elise didn’t dare intervene directly.

“I’m alright,” Winona said with a bitter smile. She swiftly changed the topic by adding, “I might have to take a leave for tomorrow, though.”

“It’s fine. I’ll be heading to Salt Stone City anyway. You can take a rest for as long as you need to, and you will still be paid your salary,” Elise stated with a chuckle.

“Thank you, Elise.”

Winona knew that this was Elise’s way of consoling her after what she had also seen.

Still, she felt too weak to continue forcing a smile.

After an unnatural smile appeared on her pursed lips, she made a U-turn and drove off.

Elise only stood there by the roadside, an uneasy feeling in her chest as she watched the headlights of the car slowly being engulfed by the dark of the night.

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Winona had only been driving for a while before she decided to give Craig a call.

other end

tell from his unstable breathing that

coldly. “Tonight, in fact. I will be waiting for

my bros I would stay up with them the whole night. I can’t just leav—” he started to give

at home no matter

immediately hung up after

her emotions in

dried up by the

Winona went inside, she didn’t even turn on the lights before she blankly sat on the sofa

when the sound of the house door being unlocked

the door open and came in while yawning, and as he turned on the lights of the living room,

“What are you doing here? Why aren’t you sleeping in the bedroom? It is all my fault. I couldn’t leave because they kept

to reach

shamelessly continued to try to inch closer to her. “Okay, okay. I am

not to touch me?!” She suddenly roared as she

Winona?

dizziness when she abruptly

soaked himself in alcohol and smoke. “Oh, my bad! I

need!” Winona stopped him. “There are things that won’t be clean no matter how many times you wash them. Tell me—how long have you

long’?” Craig continued to play the part of a loving boyfriend. “Don’t do this, Winona.

 

nauseous with every word he spouted. “Just stop. Let’s break up. I have packed up all your stuff and left them at the front door. You can leave my home after you take them with you. Let’s

my work, but I only wanted to get my excess energy out of my system so I don’t burden you with my emotions. Regardless,

words. Winona had heard these no less than

whenever Craig spewed his nonsense in the past. Their quarrels would come to a resolution with her wiping away

I was the

he had been struck by thunder. “H-How did you

you these? How could you believe his words, Winona? It is not like you don’t know how he

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