JASMINE
The car finally dropped me off at the grand gates of the mansion just past midnight. The moment I stepped inside, the cold hit me like a slap.
The entire place felt frozen lights off, silence thick enough to choke on. Everyone had already gone to bed. Stephan was definitely mad. I could sense it in the icy air, the way the emptiness seemed to echo with unspoken anger.
(System, you are the most useless system ever… Don't be shocked when I don't listen to you anymore. This is the greatest betrayal you can cause me.)
(Alert. Alert… The male lead is angry.)
(Shut your mouth! Are you not the cause of his being angry? If I never did what you told me, then he wouldn't be angry right now.)
(Appease him and get…)
(Shut off… You don't tell me what to do anymore.)
I climbed the staircase slowly, my heart pounding. My fingers tugged at the hem of the oversized polo shirt I was wearing.
