Chapter 182


    Chapter 182


    Joyce was slightly taken aback by Ste’s presence. Her face was flushed, and her eyes darted


    everywhere. It was unclear as to what she was just


    doing


    Ste looked at her strangely. “You don’t have any sses scheduled today, have you?”


    She nced at the ss schedule, clearly recalling that Joyce didn’t have sses arranged for today.


    When it came to the teachers, Joyce wasn’t the most professional one of the bunch. She taught


    traditional folk dance, but constantly cut corners during her sses. Sometimes, she would end sses


    when it wasn’t time, and her students learned at a very slow pace. As such, ss coordinators seldom


    prioritized her sses and frequently made her do more of the nning work.


    Joyce’s face changed as she defended, “Can’t Ie over to take a look even without any sses


    scheduled? With so many outstanding colleagues at work, can’t Ie over and learn from you guys?”


    Ste knew it’d be impossible to talk reason with someone like Joyce. Instead of saying anything


    further, she turned around and went on with her warm-up exercises.


    Seeing the way Ste had ignored her, all of Joyce’s guilt from earlier evaporated. She sneered and


    turned around to leave the ssroom.


    As the door mmed shut, Ste shook her head in silence.


    When the time to start work rolled around, the other teachers began getting into position.


    Yvonne had arrived slightlyte today and didn’t even have the time to do her makeup. The silk scarf


    wrapped around her neck looked like she was trying to hide something, and she looked lethargic in


    general. When she saw Ste, she greeted her with a huge yawn. “Morning!” Ste nced at her


    watch and smiled. She had already finished one ss by now. “It’s almost midday.”


    Yvonne sighed loudly, “Men nowadays just don’t give women a break…” “What’s the matter?” Ste


    turned solemn, thinking that something bad had happened to Yvonne.


    The next moment, Yvonne hooked her arms around Ste’s neck andined into her ear, “He


    tortured me tillte into the night before finally allowing me to sleep, which was why I almost overslept


    this morning! I still have one more ss. If it weren’t for my housekeeper, I’d probably be still in bed…”


    Ste finally understood why Yvonne looked the way she did when she entered the center, and her


    face flushed with embarrassment.


    Yvonne saw her response which piqued her interest. “Why are you being shy about it? Haven’t you


    ever…”


    Ste immediately shook her head, refusing to give a clear answer. Yvonne, on the other hand, was


    astonished. She blurted, without giving it further thought,” When you were with Weston, didn’t you


    two…” She thought that given their rtionship, they would’ve had already… She had long epted


    that they once shared an intimate rtionship. Otherwise, why would Weston go to such lengths to


    force Ste to stay by his side? Just because she looked good? They were all adults, and she at least


    had that level of awareness.


    However, the sight of Ste’s face darkening made her realize that she had said something wrong


    Whatever it was, one thing was clear: Ste was being forced into the situation.


    A young and beautiful woman like her was naturally the recipient of a barrage of sugar-coated bullets. N?velDrama.Org owns ? this.


    Yvonne believed that given Ste’s character, she could well resist many of such temptations.


    However, she also knew that if someone were to threaten her with her family, Ste would have no


    choice but to submit.


    With that thought in mind, Yvonne immediately added, “I didn’t mean what I said, E. Please don’t


    take it to heart.” Ste shook her head and smiled cryptically. “It’s a matter of time.”


    Those five words alone were enough for Yvonne to get a realization. She said nothing else, and the


    atmosphere became heavy with unspoken words. A whileter, Ste broke the silence and said


    casually, “How long have you and Dr. Quirk been married? You both seem to share a very happy


    rtionship.” The mention of Lucas made Yvonne smile with happiness, inplete juxtaposition to


    theints that had juste from her mouth, “It’s been many years, and we’re considered an old


    couple. I have pursued him since young and it took me a great deal of effort to finally win him over.”