NovelOnlineChapter 152 Lie Low
| was sitting in a daze and staring at my phone when Dominic suddenly reached out to snatch it away.
“Hey, giveback my phone! | need to call Shannon.”
Sadly, my words fell on deaf ears as Dominic proceeded to toss my phone onto the chaise lounge. “Don’t bother
calling. She must have had quite a night. Shouldn't you let her rest?” he said while wrapping his arms around
me.
Once again, Dominic's bluntness leftspeechless.
“Shannon will look for you when she wakes up, so what's the hurry? For now, can we get smore sleep? | still
have work to do later.”
As much as | wanted to get in touch with Shannon, Dominic had a point, too. It might be a better idea for her to
ctothan the other way around.
Besides, Dominic did seem busy the night before when I dragged him away to look for Shannon. The more |
thought about it, the more worried | was that | might have ruined his plans.
“Did I hold you up last night?”
“Yes, a little,” Dominic drawled. “So, to make it up to me, will you please cto bed now?”
Indeed, it was all thanks to him that everything was settled the night before. With Dominic being so busy
recently, letting him sleep in would be the least | could do.
Eventually, even | managed to drift off to sleep.
When | woke up, it was already past two in the afternoon. Dominic was long gone. To my surprise, Shannon had
not called, either.
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Argh. Until now, | still have no idea what drug Quinn had given her.
After much contemplation, | decided that if I still had not heard from Shannon by night, | would make the call
myself.
With that, | grabbed sfood and buried myself in work.
Sometafter five in the evening, Dominic called to say that he would not be hfor the night.
It did not fazeone bit; he was most probably caught up in work from the night before.
After hanging up on Dominic, | decided that it was tto call Shannon. | hadn't heard a peep from her for so
long that the anxiety was drivingcrazy.
However, when my call went through, the one who answered was a very disgruntled Benjamin instead of
Shannon.
“What do you want?”
Oh, gosh, this is awkward. | didn’t think Shannon would still be with him! "Umm... Are you and Shannon okay?”
Just like that, Benjamin erupted in anger.
“No! Nothing about this is okay! Just wait and see. I'm going to get back at you and Dominic for this!”
The line went dead immediately after, leavingstunned and perplexed.
As | gawked at the phone, | knew that it would be stbefore | dared to call again.
It wasn’t that | was a disloyal friend, but with Benjamin's anger meter through the roof, it would be far wiser for
Still, I could not help but send Shannon a text. In the text, | urged her to callas soon as possible.
Being at the receiving end of Benjamin's outburst had madelose all the motivation to work on my sketches.
Since the fridge was also empty, | decided to go grocery shopping.
Just as | was browsing the aisles of the supermarket, Nicholas’ grandmother, Monica, surprisedwith a call.
The last t| left, she had madepromise to visit her more often in the future and even askedfor my
number.
Unfortunately, | had been in a spot of bother ever since and had not had the tto make good on my word.
Now that she was calling me, a wave of guilt crashed over me.
Oh, no. Could something have happened to her?
“Hello, Mrs. Scott.”
“Oh, Lili. It's been so long. Why haven't you cto see me? It makesso upset just thinking about it.”
“I'm so sorry, Mrs. Scott,” | hurriedly explained. “I've been rather busy recently so | forgot about it. Please don’t
be mad. How about | drop by tomorrow with snice food for you?”
Monica chuckled in response. “No, no. Let's not wait till tomorrow. Why don’t you cover now and have
dinner with me?”
| laughed out loud in that instant, tickled by how impatient and insistent Monica was.
Then again, Dominic wouldn't be hand | had nothing better to do, which made dinner with Monica sound all
the more enticing.
“Sure, I'll head over now.”
“Oh, excellent! I'll be waiting for you then. Cquick!” Monica replied, her tone cheerier than before.
With my dinner plan settled, | grabbed a bag of fruits instead and promptly left after making payment.
When | finally arrived at Monica's, | was shocked to find her waiting forat the door.
“Mrs. Scott, why are you standing here? It’s freezing outside. What if you catch a cold?”
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Monica merely smiled as she pulledinto the house. “Please, I'm as healthy as a horse. | won't catch a cold
that easily. I've missed you so much that | wanted to see you as soon as possible.”
“Sorry, it’s my fault,” | replied sheepishly. “I promised to visit you often, but | haven't done so at all.”
“There, there, it’s okay. | know how busy you youngsters are. That rascal Nicky hasn't dropped by for a long time
too. Con, tfor dinner! | made ravioli today! | hope you like it, Lili.”
Upon hearing that, | nodded enthusiastically. “I love it! Back when | was still living at home, my mother used to
make ravioli often, too.”
“Good, good. I'm glad you like it. You'll have to eat more later!”
| went on to help Monica boil the ravioli as she toldhow she had made everything from scratch, from the
dough to the filling and the shaping.
Alas, the more | heard, the more my heart ached. Monica wasn't getting any younger. Judging by how much my
mother used to complain when she made ravioli for us, | knew it was no easy task.
Furthermore, Monica had made a lot of it.
“Mrs. Scott, don’t do this on your own in the future. It's too much work; | don’t want you to tire yourself out. It'd
kill Nicholas if he knew about it.”
Monica smiled as she filled my plate with ravioli. “It’s fine. Making ravioli’s no problem at all.”
After a pause, she added, “Lili, I've also packed sin a lunchbox. Can you take it to Nicky later? That boy
loves my homemade ravioli. Today's his birthday, but he’s too busy to cby.”
| stared at Monica, totally confused. Nicholas’ birthday? But that’s not the date he told the public.
“Isn't his birthday on the twentieth of December? That's still more than ten days away.”
Monica smiled and shook her head. “I always celebrate it with him early, so it has becour tradition. Is it okay
if you helpeddeliver it?”
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