Ch. 336..340

Chapter 336 Sylvia frowned.

He did not have the habit of not replying to her messages. Even when he hated her so much during their first marriage, he would reply to her messages every time unless he was angry with her or had something urgent to deal with at work.

Maybe there was an emergency at his company.

Sylvia stopped standing around and called a car.

There were not many cars on the road at this time, so she reached home in around twenty minutes.

When Sylvia entered the living room, a maid said to her anxiously, “Madam, Master Carter has gone to Lake Victoria Villa. He asked me to tell you that you should go there too when you come home.”

Sylvia frowned.

‘Tara lives at Lake Victoria Villa. Did he go there to see her?

‘But why did he tell me to go?’

Sylvia felt that something was wrong, so she asked, “Why didn’t he call me directly and tell. me to go?”

The maid replied, “I’m not sure. He was in a hurry when he went over, so I guess he didn’t have time to call you.”

‘He was in a hurry?

‘Did Tara commit suicide again?’

Sylvia held back her displeasure. “All right.”

However, she still went upstairs to look at Isabel and Liam.

When she saw that they were sleeping soundly in Odell and her bed, she turned and hurried to Lake Victoria Villa.

After she left, the maid took out her phone and sent a message. “She went over, Ms. Avery.”

In Tara’s house in Lake Victoria Villa.

Everything was the same as before. However, the maid and bodyguard who were responsible for looking after her were all locked outside her bedroom.

She also locked herself in her bedroom for a day.

She did not eat anything for the entire day.

No matter how the maid and guard persuaded her, she ignored them. She simply called for Odell from time to time.

To the maid and bodyguard, it looked like she was going crazy. They did not dare to be negligent and immediately called Odell to report this.

Thus, Odell took a detour on his way to pick Sylvia up and came here instead.

He arrived outside Tara’s room and knocked on the door, saying coldly, “Tara, open the door.”

Tara was standing right behind the door.

She held her phone in her hand.

The message the maid sent to her was fifteen minutes ago, so Sylvia should be arriving soon.

Her eyes flickered as she put the phone aside, and she said in a weak voice, “I’m fine, Odell. Just go. Don’t worry about me.”

Odell frowned. His expression could not hide his annoyance. “Stop fooling around and open the door.”

Tara instantly heard the impatience in his tone.

Her eyes shrank, and she said in a low voice, “Tell them to leave. I don’t want to be seen by them. I don’t want to see them either. I only want to see you.”

Odell turned to the bodyguard and maid. “Go out.”

The two agreed and went downstairs.

Then, Odell said to Tara, “They’re gone. Open the door.”

“Odell, can you stay with me for a little longer tonight? I had nightmares when I closed my eyes every night. I’m so scared that I can’t sleep. I miss you so much.”

The more she spoke, the softer her voice became.

Odell said to her gently, “Open the door first.”

“No, promise me first.”

He pursed his lips in annoyance. “Fine.”

Creak.

The door handle twisted, and the door opened from the inside.

Odell’s tall figure stood in front of the door.

Tara quickly walked out from behind the door and appeared in front of his eyes.

The light was switched on in the bedroom.

It was a purple wall lamp. The light was not bright, but it gave off a very seductive atmosphere.

Tara was also wearing a light purple dress.

Chapter 337The dress was transparent tulle and could be seen through at a glance. Her hair was draped over her shoulder, and the makeup on her face was bewitching.

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There was no sign of weakness on her face at all. She only looked charming and seductive.

Odell was not prepared at all and saw her body at a glance.

She did not wear anything under the dress.

His gaze was stunned as his body froze.

At the same time, Sylvia drove the car up to the main gate. She stopped the car and walked in.

The door was not closed, and the lights were on in the living room.

However, she was stopped by a guard as soon as she entered. The guard knew who she was and said to her politely, “Ms. Ross, Master Carter and Ms. Avery are talking upstairs. Why don’t you go back first?'”

Sylvia said, “Odell told me to come here. Move.”

The guard continued to block her. “Ms. Avery is in a very bad mood and wants to be alone with Master Carter. Please don’t make things hard for me.” ‘She wants to be alone with Odell? To do what? ‘It was Odell who told me to come here! How dare this guard chase me away?

‘Doesn’t he know that I’m Odell’s wife now?’ Sylvia was very displeased. “I said, move!” Sylvia pushed him away and quickly walked up the stairs.

Soon, she arrived at the corridor outside Tara’s bedroom.

She saw the purple light spilling out of the bedroom as well as Tara’s abnormal panting. Sylvia’s body went cold as her heart seized. ‘So, that’s why the guard stopped me.

‘Well, I guess it makes sense. I haven’t let him touch me since we got married. He’s a normal man, and Tara has a very important place in his heart, so it’s normal that he couldn’t hold back and go to her instead.’

Sylvia exhaled and turned around to leave. At that moment, the guard chased after her as if afraid that she would do something impulsive. He shouted anxiously, “Ms. Ross, please calm down. Ms. Avery needs Master Carter now.”

Sylvia coldly curled the corners of her mouth, ignored him, and went to the stairs.

Just as she was about to go downstairs, a familiar male voice suddenly came from behind her.” Sylvia? What are you doing here?”

His voice was as low and magnetic as always. It did not have the huskiness that should be present if he were doing that kind of thing, and he did not sound guilty at being caught either.

Sylvia could not help but turn around.

Then, she saw him dressed in a suit. The buttons on his coat were still buttoned.

His short black hair hung neatly at his temples without the slightest trace of messiness. Sylvia was confused. “Why do you look so tidy? Didn’t Tara and you…?” His expression darkened before she could finish speaking. She pursed her lips. He glanced at the bodyguard. “Go down.”

“Yes, Master Carter,” the bodyguard answered and left.

Odell then asked her, “What did you say Tara and I were doing?”

His voice was gloomy. Sylvia looked away and said, “I heard Tara crying out.” “So you thought I was doing something with her?” She glanced toward Tara’s bedroom. “Her cries were rather suggestive, and so was the lighting.” Odell looked at her and could not help but scoff. Then why didn’t you come and see what was going on?” “I didn’t want to disturb you,” she said honestly. His expression was dark. Sylvia sensibly shut her mouth. Then, he grabbed her wrist and dragged her to Tara’s door.

The first thing Sylvia saw in the bedroom was Tara. Her hair was disheveled, her body was wrapped in a sheet, and she was crudely tied to the bed with a few scarves.

When Sylvia looked over, Tara jerked her body, trying to break free. Her mouth made anxious and muffled grunts because of her struggles.

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Sylvia’s eyes widened in shock.

What was going on?

Soon, Tara also saw her

Her expression changed and she immediately stopped struggling. Instead, she cried softly at Odell, “Odell, please let me go. I was wrong…”

Odell frowned, his eyes narrowing in annoyance.

However, ‘Tara was the woman he promised to take care of for life. He could not ignore her.

He was just about to step forward.

At that moment, his wrist was held by a small hand.

He looked at Sylvia.

She smiled at him and said, “It’s inappropriate for a man and a woman to touch each other. I’ll go untie her instead.”

Although Tara was wrapped in a bed sheet, it was pulled down by her, revealing the amorous scene on her shoulders.

Sylvia saw the transparent tulle dress she was wearing, and her face also clearly wore heavy makeup, making her look impure.

However, Sylvia did not expect that Odell did not take the bait even though Tara was dressed like this.

Odell withdrew at her words. “Okay. I’ll wait for you downstairs.”

He turned and went out.

Tara’s expression instantly changed as she looked resentfully at Sylvia.

Sylvia walked up to her and asked with a smile, “Why are you looking at me like that, Tara? I wasn’t the one who tied you up.”

Tara paled and glowered at her. “Don’t be so smug, Sylvia. Odell is just being with you for the novelty. The person he loves is me!” “Oh, then why did he tie you up like this?”

Tara gnashed her teeth and held back her anger before saying, “Because I’m in poor health. He doesn’t want to hurt me.”

Sylvia laughed. “Do you think I’ll believe that?”

“You!” Tara choked from anger and glared at her.

Sylvia laughed and untied the scarves around Tara’s body. The scarves were untied, and the bed sheet also dropped.

Sylvia instantly saw the transparent tulle dress Tara was wearing. She was stunned for a moment and could not help but click her tongue. “I didn’t expect that Odell didn’t touch you

even when you’re dressed like this.”

Tara immediately snatched the bed sheet up again. She glared at Sylvia to the point where it looked like her eyes were about to fall out. “Odell didn’t touch me because he’s afraid of hurting my body! It’s not

because of a sly b*tch like you!”

She lost herself in her rage. All her words came out in a yell. Sylvia could not be bothered with her and turned to leave. Tara screamed at her back, “Sylvia Ross! Don’t be too complacent. Don’t think that he’ll remain interested in you because you deliberately sleep with him and your children and refuse to let him touch you! There’s a limit to his patience. Sooner or later, he’ll see through your tricks and get sick of you. Then, he’ll come back to me!” Sylvia immediately stopped. She looked back at Tara and asked, “How did you know that I sleep with him and the children every night?” Tara’s gaze flashed, then she raised her chin and said, “Odell told me!” Sylvia sneered. “Tara, you’re not the only one who knows Odell. I understand him quite well too.”

Although he was bad-tempered, he never liked to talk about the shortcomings of his family. There was no way he would tell Tara about their private affairs, such as sleeping with the children at night.

Sure enough, at Sylvia’s words, Tara’s face instantly flashed with guilt at being exposed. Then, she shouted, “Anyway, Odell will recognize your dirty tricks of playing hard to get sooner or later!” Playing hard to get? Sylvia did not expect Tara to think of that. She said, “Don’t think that everyone is like you. I don’t care to play those little tricks like you do.”

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Tara’s face turned ashen, and she choked for several seconds before saying, “Don’t try to make excuses. You’re using this trick to seduce Odell!”

“If that’s what you think, then be my guest.”

Sylvia could not be bothered to argue with her and turned to leave.

However, her attitude instantly made Tara confused. ‘Impossible. Why won’t she allow Odell to touch her if not to whet his appetite?

‘Could it be that she doesn’t like Odell?

‘No, that’s impossible! She did not have time to think about anything else. She got up, wrapped a coat around herself, and ran outside.

‘I can’t let Sylvia take Odell away just like that!’

Sylvia quickly walked down the stairs and arrived in the living room.

There, Odell was sitting on the sofa, waiting for her with a sullen face.

When Sylvia arrived, she said to him, “I already untied her. If you still want to stay with her, then I’ll go back first.”

Odell’s brows knitted, and his expression soured as he looked at her.

Sylvia shrunk away and asked in confusion, “What are you looking at me like that for?”

Did she say something wrong? Odell stood up and walked to her side, instructing the bodyguard and maid, “Watch Tara. If she doesn’t eat, let her starve. If she faints from hunger, then take her to the

hospital. Just don’t let her die.”

He was very angry. His voice was gloomy and low.

The bodyguard and maid hurriedly agreed. Tara also stopped on the stairs at that moment and heard Odell’s words.

Seeing that he was about to go out with Sylvia, her eyes reddened, and she could not help but shout, “Odell, please! I was wrong. Don’t be angry, okay?” She ran down the stairs as she cried.

However, her foot slipped at that moment, and she fell to the ground with a thud.

She burst out into tears.

Sylvia knew that this was her usual trick and watched expressionlessly.

The man next to her did not move a muscle either.

Not only did he not help Tara up, but he also looked at her with cold eyes and said, “I don’t

like to repeat myself. If this happens again, I won’t care about you anymore.” 1 After saying that, he clutched Sylvia’s hand and walked out. Seeing his figure lead Sylvia out intimately, Tara instantly sat up from the ground. She also forgot her kind and gentle person in front of Odell and opened her mouth to shout at him.” Odell, Sylvia doesn’t love you at all! She only promised to marry you to get back at me!” Odell stopped. Sylvia also stopped and frowned. Then, he gave her a deep look. Their eyes locked onto each other. Sylvia did not know whether she should explain herself or not, so she pursed her lips.

He turned back to Tara. She continued to shout, “It’s true! I admit that I deliberately made the people in the association think that she was the third party before. I wanted them to isolate her because I was

afraid that you’d be taken away by her. I just wanted her to stay away from you, but I didn’t expect that she’d call you on the spot and ask to remarry you! You two went to get a marriage license on the same day. It’s clear that she only agreed to remarry you because she was trying to get back at me. She doesn’t love you at all!”

Her voice was hoarse when she said the last sentence.

Odell looked at Sylvia again, his eyes sharp. Sylvia subconsciously blinked and avoided his gaze. The next second, he gripped her hand and walked out the main door.

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His grip was tight, and he walked quickly.

Sylvia was practically dragged out by him.

Seeing that they were about to reach his sports car, she quickly said, “Odell, I also drove here.”

Her little car was parked not far away.

Odell ignored her and did not pause at all.

He dragged her to a stop next to his car, opened the door, pressed her head down, and shoved her inside.

Then, he quickly went around the front of the car and got into the driver’s seat with a dark expression.

He instantly started the car.

With a “vroom”, the car shot out to the road.

The atmosphere was stiff inside the car.

Sylvia held the seat belt in front of her body and looked at him cautiously.

However, what she saw made her shrink back in fear.

His dark eyes were terrifying.

Sylvia pursed her lips and said nothing.

If she made a sound now, it would probably make him angrier.

She did not know how to explain it to him either.

After all, what Tara said was the truth.

After some time, the car turned at a fork in the road.

It was not in the direction of the old Carter mansion, but to Odell’s own residence.

Sylvia could not help but say, “Odell, don’t go there. Let’s go home and talk about this, okay?”

The answer she got was the car accelerating.

She was afraid that he would simply ignore the traffic rules if she said anything more, so she pursed her lips.

The car soon stopped outside Odell’s residence.

His face was as gloomy as before.

He pushed open the door with one hand and walked toward Sylvia while unbuttoning his coat.

Sylvia immediately shivered.

The next second, she quickly got out of the car, wanting to run to the road to avoid him.

However, before she could run, the back of her collar was grabbed by his large hand.

She hurriedly tugged her collar. “Odell, calm down. Don’t-Ah!”

He threw her on his shoulder before she could finish speaking.

His firm and hard shoulder dug uncomfortably into her stomach.

Her legs were pinned by his hands, so she could not get down.

She was carried into the large bedroom where they used to live. He turned on the lights. Then, he threw her on the bed like she was an object. Fortunately, the bed was very soft, so Sylvia merely bounced on it. However, before she could turn over and get up, a black shadow enveloped her. His heavy body pressed directly on hers. She hurriedly held her hand in front of her. “What are you doing?” He propped one hand on the quilt beside her and cupped her face with the other hand, asking, “Is what Tara said true?” Sylvia’s eyes flickered. “Answer me.” His voice suddenly went cold. Sylvia bit the bullet and said, “Yes.” The corners of his lips pulled coldly. “No wonder you were so hesitant when we were getting registered. It’s because you were just trying to get back at her.”

Sylvia felt cold sweat seep from her pores. She moved her mouth and said, “It’s… not completely to get back at her.” “Then, what else?” He looked at her sharply. Sylvia bit her lip and said softly, “It’s because of the children.” Odell was silent. He choked for a moment and could not help but let out a cold snort. “So, it wasn’t because of me at all, right?” Sylvia frowned.

‘Well, duh? I already said that I don’t love him.

‘I wouldn’t have come back to Westchester City at all if not for the children.’

However, she swallowed back those words.

She looked at him and said, “We’re already remarried, Odell. Can’t you stop getting hung up about details like that?”