Find Me In Your Labyrinth

Chapter 1168

Estelle got home to find a bunch of workers in matching uniforms next door, hauling stuff. It looked like they were giving the place a makeover replacing all the old stuff with new.

As soon as Estelle showed up, the dude in charge was all, “You live next door, right?”

“Yep!” Estelle responded. “Need a hand?”

“Nah, but if we’re making too much noise or something, just let me know and we’ll fix it right up. The guy was totally chill.

Estelle wasn’t one to nitpick, so she was cool with it. “No worries; as long as you guys aren’t making a racket during my downtime, we’re good”

“Gotcha. We’ll work around your schedule, keep quiet on weekends, or do the light stuff that doesn’t make a lot of noise so we don’t bug you,” the guy assured her.

Estelle thought to herself, “What a considerate renovation company!”

She nodded. “Thanks!”

The guy thanked her with a smile, then turned around and told his crew to clock off and not disturb the lady next door

the workers were all

would show up when Estelle was at work and leave when she got off. Aside from the occasional greeting, they were

kept their tools and materials neat and clean; they even went as far as sweeping the hallway when they left. Talk about

Thursday after work, Estelle got a call

Yulia’s voice came through the phone, sounding as bland as ever. “I’ve got this thing coming up where I need a dress. I don’t want to wear someone else’s. I want you to design it for me. Come over now so we can talk about what I

she didn’t have a

pondered, “What about Carmella? Isn’t she

“Is it

crime to ask for your help?” Yulia shot

on my way. But there’s a bit of traffic,

at most.”

“Suit yourself!”

Estelle hung up.

at one intersection for half an hour. By the time she got to the Midnight Bar, it was

was already dark