Ch. 1016..1020
Chapter 1016 Her lips were crushed and she found herself trapped in front of him with one of his arms as well. Sylvia had no chance of breaking away and could only reciprocate the kiss with her head held high.
After some time, Odell finally released her. However, his cold face remained right in front of her eyes as his dark eyes were focused on her. “Even if you never intend on forgiving me, the only man you can ever be with will only be me. If you even dare think of leaving me, I'll trap you by my side and not let you go anywhere.”
Sylvia was taken aback. Then, she pushed him. “You're impossible, Odell. Let me go!” Was he not supposed to think of a way to get her to forgive him? Why was he threatening her?
Odell ignored Sylvia’s struggle to break free and pressed her further into his embrace. He rested his chin on her shoulder and said in a low voice, “Sylvia, I'll never allow you to leave me.”
“Odell, this isn’t the way to admit to your mistakes!” Sylvia shouted. All at once, Odell’s eyes lit up.
What did Sylvia mean? Did that mean that she was not breaking up with him but was merely waiting for him to admit his mistakes?
“Odell, I'll bite you if you don’t release me now!” Sylvia yelled. Odell pressed his lips together and did not say a word.
Soon, he felt a sharp pain originating from his chest:
It was painful but satisfying.
Not long after, the pain vanished.
The woman in his arms raised her head and glared at him. Her eyes were as red as a rabbit's as they stared at him. “Odell, is there something wrong with you?”
“Yes. | can only be cured if you’re by my side.” He looked at her gently.
Sylvia choked and blushed.
She had not expected this bad man to utter such sweet words like that.
“Where can | possibly go if you're already going to trap me by your side?” Sylvia turned her head and spoke irritably. Odell pressed his lips together. “You said that we wouldn’t have a future together, so | thought...”
He did not finish the sentence.
Sylvia asked curiously, “What did you think?”
He lowered his eyes. “I thought you were really leaving me.”
There was a faraway look in his eyes as he seemed to have
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3/4 recalled some memories.
Sylvia remembered about the six years of memories that she had not recovered yet. Aunt Tonya had told her that many things had happened between Odell and her in those six years. They had broken up many times, and she had even almost died several times.
Had those things traumatized Odell?
Sylvia turned her gaze and said, “I still have the three kids so | won't leave you for now.” Odell smirked. “That’s good.”
In another corner of the manor, there was a clear creek filled with carp.
After getting off the shuttle bus, John took Flint over to the creek.
Sherry followed after them the whole way.
As expected, the baby was interested in the carp. He flapped his hands in excitement, wanting to enter the creek to catch the fish the moment he arrived.
John crouched down with Flint in his arms and allowed the little baby to lean forward to look at the fish. “Keke...” Flinty laughed while pointing at the fish with his tiny finger. He was utterly adorable.
John smiled. Sherry, who had followed them, was also amused by little Flint’s appearance. She crouched down beside John and asked Flint,” Flint, would you like to catch a fish to play with? Aunty will catch a fish for you, okay?”
As if he understood her words, the little baby babbled with his little mouth, “Aunty, Aunty...
Sherry immediately took her shoes off. “Just wait and see, Aunty will catch a big fish for you now!” After speaking, she stepped into the clear waters of the creek.
Flinty laughed, “Kekeke...” He waved his small hand happily. John, who was carrying Flint, frowned.
The creek was not deep and only reached Sherry’s calves. However, the water was very cold during that season, especially when the creek water flowed from the mountains.
Chapter 1017
“Oh...” Sherry had not expected the water to be that cold. Luckily, it was not to the extent that she could not handle it. After sucking in a few breaths, she became more used to the cold. She then bent over and started to try and catch a fish. Surprisingly, the carp were quite agile despite being so fat.
Aschool of carp swam away the moment she stepped into the water.
Sherry did not manage to catch one carp even after bending over for a long time.
Nevertheless, Flint became more and more excited. He kept laughing.
Sherry felt embarrassed and crossed her arms across her front. She asked, “Flint, are you laughing at me?”
Flint grinned. “Aunty...”
He called her so sweetly.
It was so sweet that Sherry could ignore the annoying John, who was staring at her strangely.
“Just wait and see. Aunty will definitely catch a fish for you today!” As she spoke, she turned and walked forward.
Sherry slowed her movements to prevent alarming the fish. She slowly bent down and inserted her hands into the creek. After that, she maintained her position.
Soon, a few carp swam over.
When she saw a carp swimming between her hands, her gaze focused on it and she put her palms together. Splash!
Although the carp was slippery, Sherry still caught it.
She quickly stood up and raised the carp in her hand. She called out to Flint, who was watching her with wide eyes. “Flint, Aunty caught one!”
Flinty beamed from ear to ear as he waved his hands happily.” Aunty, Aunty...” Sherry went to him.
However, just as she was about to reach Flint's side, the sole of her foot stepped on a smooth stone. She slipped and exclaimed as she fell sideways.
Just as she was about to fall into the water, a strong arm suddenly moved toward her and wrapped around her waist.
In the blink of an eye, she was picked up.
Flustered, Sherry raised her head and her eyes met a cold, disdainful gaze.
The person who was carrying her was John.
She was startled but before she could snap back to her senses, she found herself already being carried to shore. Immediately after, John dropped his hands.
Bang!
Sherry fell on the grass like a sack of potatoes.
Luckily, the ground was not hard and she was not in pain from the fall.
However, she rolled on the ground twice before she finally came to a halt.
The grateful emotions that she had felt from being saved by John vanished in an instant. She got up and said furiously, “Are you still a man? Don't you know how to treat a woman gently?”
John returned to sit by the creek with his back to Sherry. Flint was attempting to crawl into the creek to catch a fish, so John used one hand to pull him back while he used his other hand to take his wet shoes and socks off. It seemed like he did not have any intention of replying to her.
Sherry was frustrated for a moment before she suddenly thought of something. Her hands crept up behind him, and she quickly snatched Flint over from his arms.
John turned his head and stared at her coldly.
Sherry immediately took two steps back while carrying Flint.
She had just raised her chin at John and was acting smug when the baby in her arms suddenly broke out in tears. Sherry hastily looked toward the baby.
Flint pouted. His face was flushed red, and he was crying pitifully.
He had clearly been smiling a second ago. Why was he crying now?
Sherry was flustered. “Flint, what's wrong?”
“Wahhhhh...”
Flinty cried even harder.
At that moment, her arms became empty. Flint was taken away by John, who had walked over.
He carried Flinty carefully and examined him from head to toe. After that, he gave Sherry a cold-eyed stare. “Did you touch him anywhere when you grabbed him just now?”
Sherry replied hastily, “I only held him by his armpits. | didn‘t touch anywhere else.”
Chapter 1018
John flipped Flint's collar and sleeves up.
Flint had a fleshy body. The skin under his shoulders, armpits and the other crevices was fair and soft with no abnormalities. What could be wrong with him?
John was about to admit to himself that he could not figure it out, a pungent smell entered his nose.
Maintaining his expression, he looked at the woman who was staring at Flint anxiously.
“Flint, what happened to you? Can you tell Aunty?” Sherry held Flint's hand, her face full of worry.
John pressed his lips together. Then, he said with a straight face, “His buttocks might not be feeling comfortable.” “Huh?” Sherry looked toward John in puzzlement. “How do you know his buttocks aren't feeling comfortable?” “I'm just making a guess. I'm not sure of it yet.” John held Flint up and turned his little buttocks toward Sherry. She used her hand to touch Flinty‘s buttocks. They were soft and did not seem to have anything wrong with them. John observed her expression and added, “You can't tell just by touching. You have to smell with your nose.” Since Sherry was worried about Flint, the strangeness of John‘s words did not even occur to her and immediately placed her nose to Flint's buttocks.
The stinky smell of poop filled her nose in an instant and she almost died from the stench.
Sherry quickly took a big step back.
“Ha!” The man‘s pleased laughter rang.
Sherry finally realized it.
It was not that Flint‘s buttocks were feeling uncomfortable. He had pooped!
That man had most likely already smelt it before her and had deliberately made her smell Flint's buttocks!
What a b*stard!
Sherry looked toward John coldly. “Stupid John, believe it or not, I'll slap Flint’s poop all over your face.”
John smirked. The laughter in his eyes could not be hidden behind his glasses as he gave an affectionate smile. “Sure, | believe you. You can try it now.”
Sherry immediately became cowardly.
That man was at his most dangerous whenever he looked like that. She could not mess with him. She pressed her lips together and continued to look at Flint.
Flint's eyes were teary and he was still crying.
John hid his smile and glanced at Sherry. “Bring Flint's bag over.”
As he was speaking, he sat on the ground with Flint in his arms.
His fair, slender, and large hands started to take Flint's pants off.
Sherry was relieved.
When she had come down from the buggy to go after them, she had brought along Flint's bag, which contained his bottle and diapers.
The bag was nearby.
By the time Sherry brought the bag over, John had already taken off Flint's pants. He had also removed the diaper that was dirty with poop and placed it to the side.
Flint was not crying anymore. Instead, his chubby body was sprawled casually on John‘s lap.
The only thing was that his buttocks still had poop stuck to them.
Sherry was overwhelmed by the bad smell as she approached them. She pinched her nose as she took wet baby wipes and a diaper out of the bag.
John took the wet wipes and wiped Flint's buttocks clean without changing the expression on his face at all.
Upon finishing the job, he threw the wet wipes and the used diaper together and glanced at Sherry. “Throw these into the trash
can. Sherry’s lips puckered up in distaste but she took the items and threw them into a nearby trash can. When she returned, Flint was already dressed and was lying in
John’s arms. His chubby face was pressed against John's neck.
Suddenly, he called out, “Daddy...”
John's straight back stiffened.
Sherry was stunned too. She was about to correct the baby when she heard him saying, “Milky.” John raised his head and looked toward her. “Bring his bottle to me.”
Sherry snapped back to her senses.
It turned out that the baby was hungry and wanted to drink milk.
Sherry took out the bottle from the bag.
The milk bottle was insulated and was filled with prepared formula.
Chapter 1019 John handed the nipple of the milk bottle to Flint. Flint immediately sucked on the nipple of the bottle. He held the bottle with his little hands and began to drink in earnest.
As if the action of drinking his milk was not adorable enough, he also stared at John and Sherry with his big, round eyes. He was so cute and obedient that he could almost melt people's hearts.
Sherry cupped his face with both hands. “Uhhh.... My little baby boy is so cute.”
John, who was carrying Flint, pressed his lips together. His eyes that were behind his glasses were filled with affection and gentleness.
That child was indeed cute.
The holiday resort was huge. It took Sylvia a whole evening to visit a few attractions.
The sky turned dark before she had even reached the adults‘ entertainment section.
She did not know where John and Sherry had taken Flint and neither did she know what Isabel and Liam‘s situation was.
Sylvia was not in the mood to walk around anymore so Odell did not force her to continue walking and led her to a rest point at the center of the resort.
He called both John and Liam, and asked to head over to them.
It was a beautiful night.
Sitting on the long benches just outside the rest point, they could see a sky full of stars just by raising their heads. Sylvia and Odell had only sat there for a moment before they spotted John and Sherry walking over.
Flint was still in John’s arms and was sleeping soundly against the man‘s chest.
As Sherry walked beside John, she would turn her gaze to Flint from time to time. She had not carried Flint a lot the entire evening and she looked quite unhappy.
Sylvia and Odell stood up. Odell walked up to John and took Flint into his arms. “Thank you, Master Stockton.” John smiled. “You're welcome.”
“Where are Liam and Isabel? Haven't they returned?” Sherry walked over to Sylvia's side and hooked her arm through Sylvia‘s as she spoke.
Sylvia replied, “We gave them a call. They should be here soon.”
Just after she finished speaking, a shuttle bus stopped in front of them. There were street lights all around so it was quite bright.
Except for the driver, there were only four people on the shuttle
bus. Ben and Jacob were seated in the front row and back row respectively. Liam was sitting in the second row while an unidentifiable person, covered in mud from head to toe except for the eyes, sat in the third row.
Sylvia was stunned.
Odell frowned.
John and Sherry were taken aback.
The bus stopped.
Liam got off the bus, without an expression on his face.
The muddy little girl, Isabel, got out next and walked half a meter behind her brother.
They stopped when they arrived in front of Sylvia and Odell.
Sylvia asked, “Isabel, what happened to you?”
Isabel's head was lowered. She picked on her hands and murmured almost inaudibly, “Brother...”
Liam glanced at her coldly. “Tell Mommy and Daddy yourself.”
He clearly did not intend on helping her explain.
Isabel let out a “hmph” and muttered, “I accidentally fell into a ditch.”
Sylvia glanced at her from top to bottom.
There was not a clean spot except for her eyes. Could she have ended up like that just from falling into a ditch? At that moment, Odell looked toward Liam. “You tell us, Liam.”
Liam looked at Isabel. There was a resigned expression on his cool face. “Isabel got into a fight with a few boys. They fought and ended up in a mud ditch.”
Isabel had fought with several boys? Sylvia quickly asked Isabel, “Are you hurt, Isabel ? Did they hurt you?”
Isabel, who had her head lowered a moment ago, immediately raised her face. “They're all stupid pigs. None of them were even capable of challenging me!”
Chapter 1020
“Pfft...” Sherry could not hold back her laughter.
John, who was standing beside her, could not resist laughing too. Only Odell‘s face was dark.
Very quickly, Isabel sensed the aura emanating from her father. She lowered her head and muttered, “They were the ones who bullied someone else first. They pushed the person‘s head into the muddy water. Not only did they bully him, they told him to kneel, beg and call them ‘Daddy’ They were so bad that | just wanted to teach them a lesson.”
Sylvia asked, “So you taught all of them a lesson by yourself ?” Isabel raised her head. “That's right!”
With an expressionless face, Liam said, “If Uncle Ben and Uncle Jacob weren't there, you would’ve been held down and forced to call them ‘Daddy’ too.”
Isabel placed her hands on her hip and shouted, “That's not true! | had already bitten that fatty until he was in tears when Uncle Ben and Uncle Jacob came to help me.”
“You were only able to bite him because the fatty slipped and fell at your feet before he could even make a move.”
“Baddie brother! That's not true!” Isabel was so angry that she went up to Liam and glared at him.
Liam's brows knitted into a tight frown. “Stay away from me.”
Isabel puffed out her cheeks.
Sylvia and Odell were speechless.
John and Sherry laughed. “Haha...”
“Boo hoo... Mommy, Brother is bullying me.” Isabel was exasperated. She then turned and flung herself into Sylvia's embrace. The smelly mud that was on her instantly got on to Sylvia's body.
Sylvia frowned.
However, that girl was her biological daughter.
Sylvia sighed resignedly and hugged the girl. She said to Odell and the rest, “You guys head over to the dinner spot first. I'll take Isabel to wash up.”
Odell nodded.
Sylvia turned and got on the shuttle bus.
When she was seated, Sherry came up to her and said with a smile, “Syl, I'll go with you.” Sylvia glanced at John, who was standing with Odell.
They had their backs to the sunlight, so she could not see their expressions. However, she could feel that John and Odell were looking in their direction. Not long after, the shuttle bus drove toward the lodgings behind the resort
With Isabel in her arms, Sylvia asked Sherry, “Sherry, were things okay between you and John this evening?”
Sherry‘s expression changed. She replied, “It was fine. It's just that he kept hogging Flint and didn't let me carry him for even a short while.”
Sylvia smiled but did not ask any further questions.
Soon, the shuttle bus brought them to the lodging area.
John must have informed the employees beforehand because a few employees came over the moment Sylvia and Sherry entered with Isabel.
The head of the employees guided them to the washroom. Another two employees came behind them, bearing clean clothes. There was a set of children’s clothes and two sets of adult women‘s clothes.
The children‘s clothes were obviously for Isabel, while the other two sets were for Sylvia and Sherry.
Sylvia looked at Sherry‘s body.
Sherry was still wearing the thin, red dress which was clearly much cleaner than Sylvia and Isabel's clothes. Had John specially prepared the clothes for Sherry because he did not want her to feel cold?
Sherry probably figured that out as well. When she reached the room to wash up, she only took one piece of outerwear and put it on. She refused to change into the full outfit.