Ch. 386..390

Chapter 386

His face was cold and his eyes were frigid and stern as he stared at Sylvia who was trying to escape. Sylvia’s legs trembled, causing her to almost lose her balance and fall. The bodyguard who had received a kick to the crotch finally came over. Sylvia remained hanging at top of the door, feeling undecided as to whether she should jump out or jump back in. An awkward feeling began to set in on the atmosphere. Moments later, Odell got out of the car and approached her. His towering figure placed him almost at the same eye level as Sylvia despite her being on the door. He shot a gloomy gaze at her and said, “Are you coming down, or are you waiting for me to give you a hand?” He stood in front of Sylvia as he gave her the warning but the moment he finished speaking, he moved his slender leg forward as if to kick the door open and bring her down. Sylvia bit the bullet and jumped forward. The moment her feet landed on the ground, she ran. Unfortunately, before she could gain an effective distance from the house, she was pulled by a tug at the back of her collar. “Ugh!”

The sudden tug choked her for a moment.

The bodyguard finally opened the door.

Odell simply grabbed her by the collar and dragged her inside without even looking at her. Sylvia was dragged across the yard and the living room wretchedly, and taken upstairs by the man,

It was not until they were in the room and Odell had kicked the door to a close that he finally let her go.

The room was dark and the dim environment reminded her of how he had ravaged her the night before,

Sylvía wanted to run but she felt a constricting force around her waist.

The man wrapped his long arms around her, instantly binding her close to his chest.

His unfeeling yet hot breath tickled the back of her neck.

Sylvia had goosebumps all over her neck. “Let go of me!”

Hechuckled. “Trying to escape?”

Sylvia took a deep breath and solemnly said, “Odell, I’m not your pet, nor am I an object that belongs to you. I’m a person! You have no right to imprison me here!”

“Yes, I’m imprisoning you. What can you do about it?”

Sylvia was speechless. She lifted her leg to give him a back kick but Odell predicted her move.

The moment she lifted her leg, Odell caught it with his other arm. She was lifted up in an embarrassing position and tossed onto the bed. His towering figure then climbed on top of her. Sylvia grunted and struggled as hard as she could, but no matter how much she fought back, he subdued her with almost no effort at all.

In the end, the same thing happened again. She was stripped naked, her clothes thrown to the floor, and ravaged all over again.

The night was dark.

After several rounds of passionate sex, the room finally returned to peace and quiet. Under the warm bedding of the large bed, Sylvia was held tightly in his arms.

The bed reeked of sweat and it was extremely stuffy, which made it difficult to breathe.

Sylvia did not want to look at him, so she turned her back to him but his strong hand gripped her face and turned her back to his handsome face.

His eyes were half narrowed, a sense of frostiness in his wickedly charming eyes. “This is the punishment for betraying me.”

Sylvia clenched her teeth and averted her gaze.

Her eyes were red and teary.

Odell was somehow irritated by her stubborn look so he pressed his lips to hers and bit her strongly. He said, “I’ll make you pay for what you did to Grandmother.”

Sylvia clenched her teeth tightly and refused to make a sound until he finally released her and got out of bed.

He got dressed and walked out of the room. The door was not locked, so Sylvia overheard the conversation he had with the bodyguards in the corridor

“From now on, whenever she leaves this room, follow her; if she dares to escape again, there’s no need to report to me. Just break her legs.” His voice was so cold and stern that it was terrifying The bodyguards nodded, “Yes, sir.”

Sylvia clenched the sheets tightly and closed her teary eyes.

Her warm tears rolled down her cheeks and wet the pillow.

She felt so much hatred. She hated his cold attitude and his distrust of her, and she hated how

helpless she was yet again.

 

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However, she could not just allow him to ravage her whenever he wanted. She was a person, a living person, not a pet or a mistress that he kept in a house.

The next morning, Sylvia woke up as usual. She went to the kitchen to make herself some food, and then she ate a few cloves of raw garlic and a few pieces of onions.

The stench of garlic and onion lingered in her mouth which lasted until evening. However, even after midnight, Odell was nowhere to be found.

Sylvia glanced outside the door. The bodyguards were still there watching the gate yet there were no signs of any car arriving. She dared not lower her guard though. She refused to brush her teeth and went to bed in the most conservative pajamas that she owned.

The next morning, the garlicky stench in her mouth assaulted her nose and forced her to wake up.

She immediately brushed her teeth twice to remove the stench.

As a precaution against Odell, she ate some garlic and onion again that afternoon, the smell lasting all the way till evening.

Sylvia cautiously went to bed but on the next day, the garlicky stench woke her up once again. She quickly headed to the bathroom to brush her teeth again.

Looking at herself in the mirror, she frowned in annoyance.

‘Is he not coming, anymore?’

Alter removing the stench, she headed to the kitchen to make breakfast for herself.

One of the bodyguards followed her as soon as she stepped out of the bedroom.

While cooking herself some instant ramen, she asked the bodyguard, “Do you know what Odell’s been uplo lately?”

In he was on business Up or too busy to come over, she would stop eating the garlic because

she was torturiny herself as well

The bodyguard answered, “I don’t know”

“Fine.”

Sylvia finished cooking the noodles and ate them.

This time around, she did not eat any garlic but kept several cloves in her pocket.

She planned to shove them into her mouth as soon as Odell arrived. Similar to the past two days, Odell did not show up even by midnight. “I think he’s not coming.” Sylvia put on her conservative pajamas and went to bed, holding the cloves of garlic. She stared out of the window as her eyes slowly shut. The night was quiet as she fell fast asleep. Some time later, the door slowly opened and the arrival of a person broke the peace in the room.

A towering figure came in. He locked the door and moved his slender legs to stand closer to the woman on the bed. He grinned at the sleeping woman before starting to undress himself. He lifted the sheets and pressed his hard body over hers.

His thin lips then locked onto hers.

The pressure on her lips woke Sylvia. She opened her eyes to see the man’s lustful gaze. She tried to push him away but in the process, she accidentally dropped the garlic cloves that she had been

clutching. Odell momentarily paused when he saw the cloves of garlic falling from her hand. He picked one up and squinted his eyes at it. “What is this? Garlic?” Feeling embarrassed and annoyed, Sylvia argued, “No, this is the brain that you forgot.” Odell was speechless. He narrowed his eyes at her blushing face and curved his lips into a mischievous grin. “So this is what you like, huh?” He then peeled the garlic skin and put them into his mouth. Then, he pressed his lips onto hers again. “Ugh!”

“This b*stard! He’s stuffing all the chewed garlic into my mouth!’

After a while, when the room finally returned to peace and quiet, Sylvia felt more embarrassed than ever. Her face was as red as apple as she widened her eyes to glare at him in disbelief. Intrigued, Odell pinched her face and said, “It’s a little smelly but it’s quite amusing.”

“You are a psychopath!”

He grinned. “Well, I think you should prepare something else next time, something tastier. The smell of this garlic is too strong,”

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‘Prepare, my *ss! Sylvia tried to push him away but he wrapped his hand around her neck and kissed her. She was once again silenced by his forceful kiss, all the while wishing she could bite him to death!

Moments later, Odell freed her and similar to before, he got up and got dressed.

While he was still getting dressed, Sylvia seized the moment to ask, “Odell, I want to see Isabel and Liam.”

“You are not worthy of them,” he said coldly, the disgust showing on his face. Sylvia clenched her fists. “They’ll be worried if they don’t see me.” “You don’t have to worry about that. I’ve talked to them. They won’t be seeing you for a while.” “Why? What did you tell them?”

Odell looked at her with a blank gaze. “You don’t need to know.”

Sylvia was speechless.

Odell soon buttoned up his shirt. Seeing her looking angry and gnashing her teeth silently somehow put a delighted grin on his face. He then left the room without saying anything else. Sylvia was left alone, feeling speechless and helpless.

For the next few days, Odell would drop by but it would never be at a fixed time.

Sometimes he would arrive before midnight and sometimes he would come in the wee hours of the morning.

Sylvia would either be carried off to bed in the man’s strong arms or woken up in the middle of the night to satisfy him.

The man was like a beast with an insatiable lust. Each time he took her, he would torment her physically and mentally, until she almost cried her tears dry.

On this particular night, after Sylvia came out from the bathroom, she wore a thin night camisole and laid down on the couch next to the bed. Even though it was late, she did not want to go to bed just yet.

It had been a week since she had seen Isabel and Liam and had not even gotten to call them.

She was worried about the kids. She wondered if they were eating well, if they were going to school on time or if they were throwing a tantrum because they could not see their mother.

She really wanted to see them.

Her arms were crossed in front of her as she stared at the door from time to time. Soon, the door was opened and the man’s towering figure came in. He was in a black shirt today and his face looked as frosty as usual. There was even an intimidating aura around him. After a week, Sylvia had already gotten used to his indifference.

This time, she took the initiative to get up and walk to him. Odell was surprised. He stared at her with narrowed and cautious eyes. For Isabel and Liam’s sakes, she bit the bullet and helped him unbutton his shirt.

By the time she reached the third button, he suddenly held her wrist, which startled her. “That’s too slow. You should do it like this.”

He moved her hands to his collar, forcing her to hold each side tightly before giving it a hard yank

Rip!

His shirt instantly fell apart. Before she could enjoy his toned, powerful abs, she was lifted into the air and tossed onto the bed.

The bed trembled and squeeked as they had enthusiastic sex.

This time, Sylvia did not try to fight back and allowed him to have his way with her body.

Several hours later when they had finally settled down, he propped up his forehead with one hand as he lay beside her and stared at her blushing face.

Seeing that he was not in a good mood, she quickly seized the chance and asked, “Odell, can I see Isabel and Liam?”

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He narrowed his eyes as he looked at her. “Are you being obedient today just because of them?”

Sylvia could not tell if he was happy or unhappy about this at the moment. After considering his question, she answered, “Not really.”

Odell continued staring at her with a profound look on his face.

Sylvia continued, “Can you let me see them?”

“No.” His answer was resolute.

Sylvia’s face fell but at the very next moment, she curved her lips into a smile

“Then can I video-call them or just simply call them?”

“No.” His tone remained resolute as before.

Sylvia was disheartened.

Then, with a strong gulp, she asked, “Then can you tell me how they have been doing lately?” If he would not allow her to see them, he could at least tell her how they were doing. Odell pinched her chin and said with a smile, “A mother of such low character like you is not worthy of knowing how her kids are doing.” Almost instinctively, Sylvia swung a slap at his face, but he was faster. Before her hand even touched him, he had caught it and pinned down to the bed. She screamed, “Let go of me!” Odell grinned and crawled on top of her.

Some time later, he finally released her after he had satisfied his lust again.

Sylvia lay weakly on the bed. He tapped her face and said, “Only when you’ve atoned for your sins, then you can think about seeing ther.”

He then got up, got dressed and went out.

Sylvia mustered the last bit of her strength and sat up to throw a pillow at him.

Unfortunately, Odell was already out of the room and the pillow simply hit the door before it fell on the floor.

Sylvia glared at the door and shouted, “You f*cking b*stard!”

Back at the Carter Residence, it was already late at night but Aunt Tonya was still up.

She was in Isabel and Liam’s room watching the two of them as they slept. Liam was fine and healthy but Isabel was having a fever. She kept crying for her mother but her wish was not granted.

Aunt Tonya and Liam had to coax and convince her for quite some time to take the medicine. The medicine stabilized her condition temporarily but Aunt Tonya was worried that it might get worse overnight, so she dared not move her eyes away from her.

The girl was obviously fast asleep. She buried her little flushed face in her brother’s arms and clung to him tightly. Liam also hugged her closely. Aunt Tonya felt bad as she observed the little girl. She knew that Isabel was a healthy girl and hardly fell ill even when she had been one or two years old.

The reason for her sudden fever must be because she had not been able to see Sylvia for almost a week now. The crying and sulking must have taken a toll on her physical and mental health, hence causing the fever.

Aunt Tonya had no idea what had happened as well. Madam Carter was in a coma and Sylvia had been locked up by Odell in some mysterious place. Odell had even confiscated the kids’ phone, forbidding them from contacting Sylvia. One morning, a few days ago, Odell had even threatened his kids that if they continued throwing a tantrum, they would never see their mother again.

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Isabel and Liam could not accept that fact, but they were helpless against it. The only option they had was to stay quiet and obedient, hence neither of them had continued to ask for Sylvia.

Aunt Tonya started to feel tired and shut her eyes for a little rest.

After a while, Aunt Tonya suddenly heard the little girl groaning in pain. She opened her eyes and placed her hand over the girl’s forehead.

It was burning!

Isabel also woke up. She pouted and said in a small voice, “Aunt Tonya, I don’t feel good.” Aunt Tonya immediately said, “Isabel, you’re going to be fine. Wait here, I’ll go get a doctor for you.”

She got up and hurried outside to get help.

Isabel whimpered as she sat up.

Aunt Tonya was away, Liam was asleep, no one else was there to listen to her, so the big baddie would not know if she cried for her mother.

Tears rolled down her cheeks as she cried, “I miss my mommy…”

It was then that an assuring hand patted her head.

Liam woke up and sat beside her. Taking her into his arms, he whispered, “Isabel, just cry all you want. The big baddie won’t be able to hear you.”

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Isabel broke down into tears. She cried as loud as she could and screamed for her mother. “I want Mommy, I want Mommy…” Liam simply hugged her and stayed by her side until Aunt Tonya came in with the family doctor.

Isabel immediately stopped crying but her eyes remained teary.

It was a heart-wrenching scene to look at.

The doctor took her temperature. “39.7 celsius degrees, she’s having a high fever. We must lower her body temperature right away.”

The doctor then tried to coax the little girl, “Isabel, be a good girl and take your medicine, okay?” Isabel pouted. “I want my mommy.”

Liam patted her head and said, “Sis, please take the medicine first. I’ll think of a way to get to mommy.”

Isabel whispered, “Okay,” and obediently took the medicine. Then, Liam let her go and continued to stay by her side. Aunt Tonya and the doctor stayed back as well.

The doctor took Isabel’s temperature once every 30 minutes just to be safe.

Several hours went by but Isabel’s face remained flushed and hot. Her furrowed brows were a sign that she was in discomfort and her little mouth would call out for her mother from time to time.

The doctor frowned and said in a worried tone, “I think it would be better to let her see her mother. She’d feel better in her mother’s presence and her body would recover faster. If not, I’m worried that the fever might not go away.” Feeling helpless, Aunt Tonya said, “Their father is not letting them see their mother. Even my phone was confiscated, so there’s no way for me to contact Sylvia.”

It was then that Liam opened his eyes.

He continued to hug his sister as he asked the doctor, “Doctor, could you lend me your

phone?”

The doctor was surprised. “What do you need my phone for?” “I want to call my daddy.” “Okay. Hold on.” The doctor lent the boy his phone. Liam took the phone and skillfully keyed in Sylvia’s number.

However, when he dialed the number, the systematic voice informed him that it was unreachable.

Liam frowned. He then dialed Odell’s number.

It took a while before the call got through but he immediately said, “Sis is having a high fever. The doctor says that if she doesn’t get to see Mommy, her brain will be damaged by the fever. You know what to do.”

He then ended the call without giving Odell a chance to speak. Aunt Tonya was stunned, and even the doctor felt a little awkward. He did not remember saying that Isabel’s brain would be damaged if the fever continued from not being able to see her mother.

Half an hour later, Odell strode into the house.

He immediately headed to Isabel and Liam’s room and found Liam hugging his sister on the bed.

Isabel was sleeping in his arms. Her face remained flushed and her brows were furrowed. It was clear that she was in a lot of discomfort.

Odell went up to the kids and placed his hand over Isabel’s forehead. It was hot.

He turned to the doctor and asked, “What’s going on? It has been a whole night yet the fever is still not going away.”

The doctor said, “Sir, I’ve already given Isabel some medicine but I believe she’s still having a fever due to mental issues, not physical ones.”

Odell frowned. He tried to carry Isabel into his arms but Isabel suddenly opened her eyes. She cried upon seeing her father. “Go away, Baddie, I don’t want you! Go away! I want Mommy, I want Mommy!” Her voice grew hoarse because of the fever and the lack of strength caused her to fall back into Liam’s arms again.

Liam hugged her and stared at Odell coldly at the same time.

Odell frowned.

A moment later, he pulled his phone out and made a call. When the call got through, he immediately said, “Bring Sylvia to Carter Residence right away.”

Sylvia was woken up by the bodyguard knocking on the door.