Rebecca didn’t give it a second thought. She slipped into her pajamas, opened the door, and called out, “Oh, you’re still here. I thought you’d gone to sleep already.”
As she stepped out, her hand paused halfway through smoothing her shirt. Those shoes… those legs…
She looked up in shock. Stephen was standing right there!
Rebecca’s arms shot up to cover her chest. She realized, far too late, that she hadn’t put on a bra.
“Sorry, I let myself in without asking,” Stephen said. He turned away quickly, trying to play it cool, but his cheeks are more flushed than usual.
Rebecca felt her face getting warmer. “It’s okay… thank you for bringing my pajamas.”
The embarrassment was almost too much. She kept her eyes on the floor and moved forward, but whether it was the nerves or her head still spinning from earlier, she managed to trip right over the carpet and landed flat.
“Careful.” Stephen reacted fast, catching her around the waist.
He was so tall that, holding her like that from behind, he couldn’t help but catch a glimpse of her…
Stephen’s ears turned bright red and he looked away in a hurry.
Rebecca wanted to disappear. If only a hole would open up and swallow her whole. She squeezed her eyes shut, her voice shaky. “Th-thank you.”
She darted into the next room, threw on a jacket, and came back out, trying to act casual.
Right then, Cindy burst in from the hallway.
“Whoa, you’re here, bro?” Cindy’s eyes lit up when she saw the coffee on the table. “You’re the best!”
“Rebecca, this one’s for you,” Stephen said, handing her a cup.
So he’d come by to bring them coffee to help with their hangovers.
Rebecca took her cup and kept her head down, quietly sipping.
Cindy went off on a rant with her brother sitting right there. First, she complained about the presentation earlier that day, how Sonja claimed her laptop broke. Cindy was convinced Sonja did it on purpose. Then she moved on to Austin, fuming about how he forced them to drink so much that night.
Stephen nodded every now and then, but he clearly wasn’t listening. His eyes kept drifting to Rebecca, who was practically hiding behind her coffeecup.
His mind was full of images that definitely didn’t belong there.
That was insane.
She grabbed her phone and rubbed her eyes. Five a.m.
She tried to go back to sleep, but it was no use. Finally, she got up, washed up, and pulled out an practice test.
In no time, she breezed through two sets of questions and actually got most of them right.
There were still thirty minutes before she had to get moving, so she took out a math paper.
And immediately got stuck on the very first problem.
Rebecca leaned back and groaned, raking her fingers through her hair in frustration.
“Rebecca, what are you doing?” Cindy came out of her room and peeked over her shoulder. Her eyes went wide and she repeated, “Dang, dang, dang.”
But she could tell Rebecca was completely stuck.
“You should ask my brother. He’s a total math genius,” Cindy suggested.

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The ending seems abrupt. Is it like a cliffhanger? I was expecting more. A lot of questions are unanswered....
Why is the story tagged as complete when I think the chapters are incomplete and it hasn’t ended yet?...
Can't wait for the next update! 😍...
Honestly, Rebecca's mother needs to be called out for pettiness. At the same time, Rebecca needs to explain her work situation to her mother....
Gosh, I have to stop here (Chapter 301) ^_^ Thanks for the updates! 😍 Btw, Chapter 390 is not completed...waiting for the rest of the chapters❣️...
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