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Chapter 10: As a Stepping Stone
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2022-03-15 14:18:02The next morning, Ellena was woken up by the ringing of her cellphone. She slowly opened her watery eyes and glanced at the phone who was kept vibrating at the side.
To keep up her appearance of being a simple girl, she still used the old machine which could only make phone calls and send messages. Buying a smartphone would make her like her other family members and she couldn’t stand to be like them.
She took her phone and looked at the caller ID, and immediately came to her senses.
She hesitated for a moment before she picked up the phone, “Dad.”
Why would he be calling her at this hour?
Ralph Smith’s voice was as serious as always, “You went home yesterday? Who sent you back?”
Ellena just felt bitterly disappointed. She had just gotten married. Why couldn’t her father ask a more relevant question than who took her home?
For most of the part, Ralph rarely called her, let alone asked he
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