Ch. 1076..1080

Chapter 1076 Probably because she had only just woken up, Madam Carter was tired after listening to what they said had happened in the past two years, and she went straight to sleep.

Sylvia quickly held on to Flint, who was trying to crawl onto Madam Carter, and said to Isabel and Liam, “Great grandma is tired. You guys go back to your room and do your homework first.”

Isabel hummed in reply and obediently went out with Liam. Besides the maids who usually took care of Madam Carter, Sebastian and Aunt Tonya also turned around and left the room. Sylvia looked at the old lady who was sleeping again on the bed and frowned uneasily.

At this time, Odell stroked her head and said softly,” Don’t worry, take Flint out to rest for a while. The doctor will be here soon. I'll stay and watch over Grandma.”

Madam Carter had just fallen asleep, so it was not appropriate for too many people to be left in the room. Little Flint was making a lot of noise as well.

“Okay.” Sylvia carried Flint out.

The doctor arrived half an hour later.

He took a long time to examine the old woman before coming out.

Sylvia quickly asked, “Doctor, how is Grandma‘s condition?”

The doctor smiled and said, “It's a miracle that she was still able to wake up after being in a coma for more than two years.”

She asked, “So is she okay now?” “Her body is fine, but she just woke up, so it'll take her some time to go back to normal again.” Sylvia sighed in relief. “That's good.”

The doctor left them with a few more instructions and left. Beside Madam Carter's bed, Odell's straight figure sat on a chair.

Sylvia walked up to him, unable to help herself from saying happily, “Odell, the doctor said that Grandma is fine, and she'll be back to normal after a short period of adjustment.” “Mmm.” He had heard it all.

Listening to his somewhat low voice, she asked in confusion, “What's wrong?”

At the same time, she reached out to touch him on his shoulder. At the next second, her hand was grabbed by him.

His palm was very hot as he gripped her tightly.

Sylvia was stunned.

Soon, he relaxed his strength again, and his fingertips gently rubbed her hand. “I'm fine. Go ahead and eat with the children first. | want to stay here alone and watch over Grandma.”

His voice sounded much more gentle and relaxed.

It was true that Grandma had been in a coma for more than two years before waking up. Since she had single — handedly raised him, Sylvia felt his emotions now were probably not something that she could understand.

It seemed as if he wanted to talk to Grandma alone.

Sylvia let out a sigh and hummed in reply before going out. She then called upon the maid who usually took care of Madam Carter to leave as well.

After dinner, Isabel and Liam looked in the direction of Madam Carter's room at the same time.

It was clear that they wanted to go to her.

Sylvia said with a smile, “Great-grandma is still resting.

Your daddy is keeping her company now. Let's go upstairs first so we don't disturb her.”

Liam hummed in reply

Isabel agreed as well. Sylvia picked Flint up, and they went back to the children’s room.

After playing with them until it was almost 10 pm, the kids obediently went to bed, and Sylvia carried Flint out. The lights in her bedroom with Odell were not turned on, and the whole house was quiet.

She carried Flint, who was sleeping on her shoulder, and went downstairs.

Aplate of dinner had been left on the table. Sebastian and the maid who was in charge of looking after Madam Carter were standing outside her room.

It was obvious that Odell was still inside. Sylvia carried Flint and walked over to the closed door.

There were some noises inside that sounded like Odell‘s murmuring voice. His voice was calm and low, so she could not hear clearly from outside the door.

However, he definitely would not want to be disturbed at this time.

Chapter 1077 Soon, Sylvia turned around and told Sebastian and the maid to go rest. Then, she carried Flint upstairs. Flint's crib had been set up next to the large bed she shared with Odell.

After placing him in the crib, she went to the bathroom to wash up.

When she came out, Flint was still the only one in the bedroom, and there was no movement outside.

Sylvia lay on her side of the bed near Flint and picked up her phone.

The chat interface that she had used to send messages to Sherry had been left on the phone screen. She sent a quick message. “Sherry, are you asleep? | have good news for you.”

Surprisingly, Sherry replied instantly. “What good news?” Sylvia said, “Grandma woke up. The doctor examined her earlier and said that she will be back to normal after a period of adjustment.” Sherry replied, “Holy crap. Madam Carter is already in her eighties, right? It's a medical miracle that she woke up.”

Sylvia laughed. “The doctor said the same thing.”

Sherry said, “That's great. You and Master Carter should have no regrets now.”

Sylvia asked, “What about you? What are you going to do?

Sherry replied, “Didn't | tell you? When John marries his wife, I'll be free. At that time, | can do whatever | want.” Sylvia pursed her lips.

She understood Sherry. Even if there was something bothering her, if she would not be willing to say. No one would be able to pry it out of her.

Sylvia did not force her. Instead, she said, “Okay. Tell me if you need anything.” Sherry replied, “Yeah, don't worry.”

After chatting with her, Sylvia put the phone back on the nightstand before closing her eyes while facing Flint.

Maybe it was because she had felt too excited after Madam Carter had woken up, or maybe she did not feel comfortable sleeping alone because Odell was not around, but she was not the least bit sleepy. In fact, she seemed to feel more and more excited.

She did not fall asleep even after tossing and turning for a long time.

In the end, she simply opened her eyes and looked at Flint, who was sleeping in the crib. Her eyes softened, and she simply lay there until midnight

Finally, she heard the sound of the door being pushed open.

Sylvia immediately sat up and looked over. When she saw the man come in, she smiled at him.” Odell, you're back.” Her smile was bright and gentle under the light.

The man’s tall figure stopped in place, and his deep gaze looked at her. “Mm.”

She asked, “Have you eaten dinner?”

He did not say anything.

Sylvia looked at his deep face and asked in confusion,” What's wrong? Did something happen to Grandma again? She also got out of bed and walked toward him. However, when she was about to reach him, he suddenly reached out a long arm to wrap around her waist, and pulled her into his embrace.

Sylvia was stunned, but before she could regain her senses, his handsome face came close to her, and his lips instantly pressed onto hers.

“Mmh...”

He kissed her fiercely.

He pried open her lips without giving her any warning.

Sylvia almost could not catch her breath.

She pushed him away, wanting to ask him what was wrong.

However, for some reason, the man kissed her and refused to let go.

Not only that, he picked her up and placed her on the bed.

Sylvia punched him and took the opportunity to ask,” What's wrong with you?” “I’m fine. Grandma is fine too,” he replied in a low voice, then sealed her lips with his again.

Chapter 1078 It was like a fire that started out of nowhere, making the quiet bedroom hot. Sylvia‘s pajamas were thrown to the floor.

She was caught completely unprepared and blushed profusely.

She did not know if it was because the man was stimulated, but he only let her go at 3 am.

Sylvia felt as if she had just been through a great journey full of obstacles. She collapsed on the bed and was about to fall asleep.

The next second, his hot chest pressed against her back.

Sylvia jolted and quickly pushed him away. “Odell... | can't anymore...”

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‘Have mercy on me.‘ The man let out a low laugh.

He wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly in his embrace.

With his chin resting against the top of her head, he uttered in a low, hoarse voice, “Sylvia, I'm so happy today.”

He was happy that his grandmother had woken up, and he was happy to see the way she had looked when she immediately ran to the car to tell him that Grandma had woken up.

He was even happier that she had waited for him in the room and asked if he had eaten dinner. This duplicitous woman still loved him after all.

The answer he received was a long silence in the room.

He raised his hand and pinched her cheek.

There was no response.

She had clearly fallen asleep. He smiled before closing his eyes as well. In the Stockton villa in Glanchester.

In the courtyard Sherry was living in.

She was embroidering in her bedroom.

A few days ago, on a Sunday, John and Shannon went on a date and only came back at midnight. Sherry did not wait for him and fell asleep early.

However, even though he had come back so late, he had not forgotten to check her homework. Since she had slacked off on Sunday when he went out on a date, he had held her in bed for the whole night.

In addition , he doubled her work and told her to finish thirty embroideries this week!

It was already Thursday, three days before Sunday, but she had only finished twelve embroideries . There were still eighteen to go!

Her eyes had already gone blurry for some time.

She was like a mindless embroidery machine. Her eyes were unfocused as her hands stuck the needle into the cloth.

Creak.

Suddenly, the door to the room was pushed open.

Sherry turned her head mechanically and saw John walking in

He seemed to have just returned from a social gathering. His collar button was undone, his suit jacket was draped over one arm, and his body smelled of alcohol. Sherry glanced at him silently before turning back to continue her embroidery work.

John walked up to her and saw how ghastly the embroidery was. When he looked at the dark circles under her eyes, his eyes stiffened for a moment, and he said, ” Stop embroidering.” However, Sherry continued as if she had not heard him.

John's eyes narrowed and he said with a smile, “If you don't stop, I'll add ten more pieces this week.” Sherry instantly raised her hand to glare at him, and her eyes immediately cleared up. “If you want me to die, just say so.”

She could not even finish embroidering thirty pieces. She would die if he added another ten! John kept smiling. “If you stop now, I'll reduce this week's quota by ten.”

Sherry’‘s face lit up. “Really?”

He smiled. “If you don't think it's true, you can continue.

Smack.

Sherry instantly threw everything in her hand into the storage basket.

Then, she got up and headed to bed. However, a hand reached out behind her, wrapped around her waist, and dragged her back.

Chapter 1079 Thud. She crashed into his arms at once. The strong smell of alcohol mixed with his breath rushed into her nostrils.

Sherry subconsciously pushed him away. John pinned her hands behind her back, cupped her chin, and said, “I'll be leaving town at dawn and will be back in about three days.”

‘He's leaving for three days?

‘Does that mean | won't have to see him for these three days?’

Sherry was unable to control the excitement that appeared on her face. John's eyes darkened.

“Are you that happy?” he asked.

She quickly restrained her joy and replied, “It's none of my business whether or not you go on a business trip. What do I have to be happy about?”

“Heh, that's right. You're only my bed warmer anyway.” “...Hah.” Sherry swallowed her anger and mimicked his

smile. “That's right. You're so bad in bed that if | wasn't your bed warmer, you would've been kicked out a long time ago.” Under the light, the smile lurking at the corner of his mouth instantly disappeared.

However, in just two seconds, he smiled again and took off his glasses, tossing them to the side.

His pale and handsome face lowered to her eyes, and his lips pressed against hers, rubbing them together as he said, “It seems | haven't been feeding you enough these days for you to have that illusion.” Then, he suddenly tightened his grip.

There was a sharp pain in Sherry‘s waist, and her body was instantly pressed against his. What followed was a wild and hellish storm.

It was not until dawn that calm returned to the room.

John got out of bed.

Sherry lay with her back to him and closed her eyes groggily.

In her blurry consciousness, she heard him say, “Be a good girl and stay home for the next few days. I'll check your homework when | return in three days. If you fail to finish it, go to the garden and pull out all the weeds.

You'll only be able to stop after you're done.” Sherry thought she was dreaming and said, “F*ck you.”

John froze while in the middle of buckling his belt.

He looked over and saw her limp appearance as if she had been hollowed out. He snorted , picked up his coat, and walked out. It was already afternoon when Sherry woke up.

There was a cold lunch on the table: toast and two small dishes.

She ate the food with two cups of hot water, then picked up the storage basket with the embroidery tools and went out to the courtyard. Sitting in the shade of a tree, she picked up the needle and thread and began to embroider.

At the same time, an MPV stopped outside the gate of the Stockton residence.

Julie stood outside the gate. When she saw Shannon getting out of the car, she walked up and smiled. “Ms. Shannon, unfortunately, Mom and Queenie suddenly received an invitation to visit a friend this afternoon.

They already went out.”

Shannon‘s expression changed as she smiled back.” That's really unfortunate. Then, please pass these gifts to Madam Stockton for me. | had a friend abroad ship them over here. | hope that Madam Stockton will like them.” After saying that, she looked at the driver. The driver immediately came up with two exquisite gift boxes.

Julie smiled and said, “I'll pass them to her. Thank you.”

She glanced at the butler.

The butler went up and took the two gift boxes from the driver.

Shannon then said, “Then | won't impose on you any longer. Ill come back to visit next time.”

“Wait.” Julie called out with a smile. “Although Mom isn't home, she instructed me to receive you before you left. I've prepared tea. If you don't mind me being the only one to entertain you, you can come in and sit for a while.”

Shannon lit up and quickly said, “It would be my honor to be received by you. How would | dare to mind?” The two of them exchanged a few pleasantries and got in the shuttle car.

The car drove into the estate.

Chapter 1080 The shuttle car went at a gentle speed so the passengers could appreciate the scenery and buildings on both sides of the road.

After passing through the front garden , they arrived at one of the traditional courtyards in the back.

Shannon had never seen such exquisite garden villas and could not help but look around. However, she only looked out of the corner of her eyes, lest she give Julie the impression that she was ignorant.

Julie sat beside her and looked at her face. Before long, she began to introduce the courtyards to Shannon. “This one is specially provided for guests to stay.” “This one is to store miscellaneous items.” “The one inside is Queenie‘s residence.”

Following Julie‘s descriptions, Shannon looked at the courtyards and occasionally responded politely. Then, the car drove to a courtyard where around four to five bodyguards had been stationed at the door. Julie’s soft introduction stopped for a moment.

Shannon also looked at her in confusion, only to see Julie pursing her lips. Her expression was a little off, as if she could not mention this courtyard.

Shannon’s eyes flickered and she asked suspiciously,” Ms. Julie, why are there so many guards in this courtyard? Is someone living there?”

Julie’s gaze flashed, and she replied, “N—No one lives here.”

At that point, the car also passed by the bodyguards and arrived at the door to the next courtyard.

Julie immediately pointed to the door and said, “Ms. Shannon, this is the courtyard where John usually lives.” Shannon looked over.

The appearance of the courtyard looked no different from others, except for the fact that it was connected to the courtyard guarded by those five bodyguards. The more Shannon looked at it, the stranger she felt.

‘Why did Julie keep her mouth shut about that courtyard?

‘Why is that courtyard connected to John‘s residence?

‘If there was some kind of treasure, then he would've just kept it in his own courtyard instead of using a separate one. ‘Is there someone locked up inside?’

Shannon narrowed her eyes as a calculating look flashed in her gaze.

‘If that’s the case, | have to find out what's going on.’

In Sherry‘s courtyard.

The door was closed, so she had not seen anyone passing by outside.

Her head was buried in her embroidery work.

After an unknown amount of time, the embroidery piece was finally finished. She stretched her back and said to the maid standing by the side, “Go and get me a glass of juice. I'm thirsty.”

The maid said expressionlessly , “Master Stockton said you can only drink water.”

“You can just get it for me secretly without telling him.”

The maid pursed her lips. “Master Stockton is getting married to someone else. | don't understand how you're still in the mood to drink juice.”

She headed outside while muttering.

“Wait,” Sherry called her.

The maid thought she was going to talk about John‘s marriage and quickly turned back to look. Sherry grinned at her. “Help me steal a drumstick or two as well.”

The maid was speechless and could not help but stare at Sherry. Sherry made a heart shape with her fingers. “Love ‘ya, babe. When I'm free, I'll make you rich and introduce a hunk to you!” The maid snorted. “Who said I'm going with you?” Not long after, she came back with a tray in her hands. On the tray was a teapot and a teacup with a lid.