Ch. 416..420

Chapter 416At that moment, she opened her mouth and spat on his face.

Sylvia’s body trembled, and she screamed at Odell in a hoarse voice, “Odell, you will regret it! I will pay you back for what you did to me! ”

Odell was silent for a few seconds before his lips curled. “It’s up to you. Anyway, don’t ever think of escaping again.”

As he spoke, his warm thumb rubbed her face.

Sylvia felt so much pain that all she wanted to do was kill this man!

“B*stard!”

Odell merely smiled lightly.

Sylvia gnashed her teeth in hatred. She suddenly felt a surge of strength, so she raised her head until her face reached his chest. She opened her mouth and bit him fiercely through the shirt without letting go.

The force of how hard Sylvia bit him was equivalent to the pain that she felt in her leg. She did not let go even though her mouth was full of the metallic taste of blood.

Having used up the last of her strength, she suddenly fainted and her world went black.

“Master Carter, are you alright?” A bodyguard immediately stepped forward to ask.

Odell looked at Sylvia who was lying on the ground and said in a deep voice, “Leave and bring Dr. Forger here. Ask him to bring medicine for a broken leg.”

“Yes.” The few bodyguards left the living room.

Odell gathered Sylvia in his arms and walked to the bedroom upstairs.

Sylvia’s sleep was unpleasant as the pain in her calf occupied her consciousness.

Moreover, she had a nightmare in which she dreamt that Odell’s murderous face was in front of her, causing her to be bathed in a cold sweat.

Suddenly, she heard someone calling her name. Sylvia shuddered and opened her eyes.

The man’s face appeared in front of her, frowning.

In an instant, Sylvia reached her hand out to push him away as she shrank back in bed as if she had seen a ghost.

“Go away, get out!” She looked terrified.

Odell looked at her with his brows furrowed.

After a while, once she had calmed down slightly, he finally spoke, “Now that you’ve woken up, you should eat.”

There were several small plates containing light meals on the small table beside the bed.

Sylvia looked at her broken leg which was already encased in plaster. She felt as if the pain was shooting up to her brain.

She realized that the scene where Odell had tried to kill her earlier was only a dream. However, her resentment toward Odell only increased after she woke up.

She gritted her teeth and glared at him.

Odell’s sturdy figure stood by the bed.

Standing with his back to the light, Sylvia could not see his expression. However, she could feel the cold air around him. The natural coldness and indifference that was in his bones.

This was the man that she had married twice and been rewarded with sixty slaps. Now, he had even broken her leg!

Sylvia wanted to bite him to death, but she hated herself even more.

She had decided not to love him anymore after he had slapped her sixty times and snatched her child away!

Yet, she had agreed to marry him again!

If she had not married him again, Madam Carter would still have been fine, and she would not have been imprisoned by him here, let alone have her leg broken!

She had brought this on herself! Tears flowed out of her eyes uncontrollably.

Sylvia sniffed and forced back her tears. Then, she sucked in a breath and told him calmly, “Odell, let’s get a divorce.”

The man’s body froze. Then, he leaned down, and his cold face approached her. Sylvia met his gaze without evading it in the slightest.

He grabbed her face and said gloomily, “What did you say?”

Sylvia said without changing her expression, “Let’s get a divorce.”

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His lips curled up. “Are you planning on going to Edmund after divorcing me?”

Sylvia did not want to argue with him about Edmund. Instead, she said, “I want to kill you when I look at you now. Do you think we can still go on together?”

Odell’s gaze darkened, and he smirked again. “ We’ll talk again when you actually have the ability to kill me.”

Sylvia’s grip tightened. She wanted to slap him, but there was no strength left in her body.

She was thirsty, hungry and weak, and her leg throbbed with pain. It would be hard for her to lift her hand, let alone slap Odell.

She panted and said, “Why not just send me to jail?”

The man grabbed her chin and snarled, “So, you want to join Edmund in jail?”

Sylvia said weakly, “It’s because I don’t want to see you again. I feel disgusted whenever I look at you.”

She emphasized the word “disgusted.”

Odell’s face darkened, and he lowered his head to her. He placed his face right in front of Sylvia, almost touching her. “Say it again?”

Sylvia shut her eyes, making it obvious that she did not want to look at him.

Odell’s chest felt stuffy and he wanted to pry her eyes open.

However, seeing how weak she was now, he swallowed his anger.

After a while, he let go of Sylvia’s face and said coldly, “Remember to eat.” He left quickly after that.

The door shut with a bang.

Sylvia opened her eyes. Glancing at the closed door and the dishes on the small table, and then finally outside the window.

It was dark now.

She should have been guarding Madam Carter’s room. Now that her leg was broken, Odell must have assigned someone else to do it.

Sylvia sat still and stared out of the window in a daze.

In the morning, someone suddenly knocked on her door.

Sylvia opened her eyes.

From outside the door, Violet asked, “Mrs. Carter, are you awake?”

Sylvia replied feebly, “What do you want?”

Violet then pushed the door open and walked in. When she saw Sylvia on the bed, she gasped. “Mrs. Carter, how... How did you end up like this?”

At this time, Sylvia’s eyes were red, and she had heavy bags under her eyes. She looked pale, with her hair falling messily around her shoulders, and even her pajama collar had fallen to one side.

She also looked very skinny, more like a ghost than a human.

Violet immediately put the porridge and snacks on her tray at the bedside and said, “Mrs. Carter, Master Carter ordered the kitchen to prepare these. You haven’t eaten for a whole day. Please have some.”

Sylvia moved her dry lips. “How’s Grandmother?”

Violet replied, “Still the same, but don’t worry. Master Carter hired another caretaker to guard Madam Carter during the night. You don’t have to go there anymore.”

Sylvia hummed in reply and said, “You can leave now. I’d like to be alone.”

“Okay. Please remember to eat the food.”

“Okay.”

Violet then left.

Sylvia did not have an appetite, so she sat without moving and without touching the food. Soon, her brain became foggy and she wondered if it was due to her exhaustion or weakness.

She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

After some time, while she was still in a daze, she heard someone calling her and patting her on the head.

With difficulty, Sylvia opened her eyes and saw Odell’s frosty face before her. His dark eyes stared at her fiercely as if he wanted to tear her apart.

Sylvia did not want to see him so she closed her eyes again.

Odell pulled her up and snapped, “Eat first before you go back to sleep! ”

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He carried Sylvia to the bedside table, where several snacks and a fragrant bowl of porridge had been laid out.

Sylvia glanced at the food without any expression on her face and said, “I have no appetite.”

Her throat was hoarse.

Odell grabbed her shoulder and coldly enunciated each word, “Eat the porridge immediately.”

The look in Sylvia’s eyes was bland and spiritless. She did not seem to have any intention of eating.

Odell cupped her face. “Sylvia, I’m talking to you. Do you hear me?”

Sylvia pursed her lips and ignored him.

In a low voice, Odell growled, “Do you think that by going on a hunger strike, I will divorce you and send you to be reunited with Edmund in jail? If you don’t eat today, you can give up on walking through this door!”

As the words fell from his mouth, he let go of her.

Like a broken puppet, Sylvia lost her support and she fell to the bed.

She lay on the bed without moving, staring at the ceiling in a trance.

Seeing her act like that, Odell felt an anger that he had never felt before surging to his head.

This woman had harmed his grandmother and played him like a fool. He had only broken one of her legs, yet she was now refusing to eat and was acting as if she wanted to die!

She was just asking for it!

Odell immediately walked to her, picked her up, and held her head in place. He picked up the bowl of porridge. Then, he took a sip and kissed her mouth.

He tried to pry her mouth open and force the porridge down her throat, but Sylvia gritted her teeth.

The first mouthful of porridge trickled down the corners of her mouth.

Odell frowned coldly.

Next, he bit her mouth, forcing her to open it. However, the porridge still flowed down the sides of her mouth.

It was apparent that Sylvia had not swallowed.

The porridge flowed from the corners of her mouth to her chin and even her neck.

However, her eyes were still blank, and she looked as if she had lost her soul.

Odell instantly burned with rage. With a bang, he threw the bowl to the ground. The bowl shattered into pieces, and the porridge splashed all over the floor.

He cupped her face and fixed her with a sinister glare. “Don’t you want to meet Liam and Isabel?”

Sylvia’s emotionless eyes suddenly rolled.

Odell looked at her eyes and continued, “If you don’t, you can die of starvation here. You will never meet them again in this lifetime!”

After that, he withdrew his hand.

Sylvia’s body shook, but she steadied herself quickly and did not fall back on the bed.

Odell glanced at her, a little disdainful of her current disgraceful appearance, and walked out of the room.

Sylvia remained in a daze for a few seconds, then she grabbed the snacks that had been left on the table and devoured them.

Using her hand, she ate them in large mouthfuls. Shortly after, the plates were cleaned.

Her throat felt dry, but the moisture from the porridge that had spilled on the floor had already been absorbed by the carpet.

She hesitated for a moment and dragged herself to the bathroom with her broken leg. She turned on the tap, scooped up some water, and drank it.

Just as Sylvia was gulping down the water, Violet’s shriek sounded outside the door. “Mrs. Carter, what are you doing? Please stop! This water is not clean. You can’t drink it!”

The only thoughts that occupied Sylvia’s brain now were of Liam and Isabel, so she did not hear Violet.

When she was done drinking, she stopped and looked at Violet who was standing just outside.

Violet’s eyes were red as if Sylvia had frightened her. “Mrs. Carter, you are still so young! Please don’t torture yourself, okay?”

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Sylvia’s lips quivered. “Thanks for the reminder. I won’t do it again.”

Liam and Isabel were waiting for her. She could not go on like this. No matter how much she hated Odell, she had to endure it.

Violet heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this.

She helped Sylvia to come out and let her sit her down on the couch. Then, she changed the bedsheets swiftly and replaced the carpet with a new one.

She also opened the door and windows to let in the fresh breeze in.

Sylvia wanted to close her eyes and rest for a while, but her stomach suddenly churned.

She immediately got up and limped to the bathroom, ignoring the stinging pain in her leg. She held the toilet and puked out all the food that she had eaten.

When Violet saw this, she hurriedly said, “Mrs. Carter, hold on! I’ll get the doctor right now!” After that, she ran out of the room.

As she ran out, she saw the man leaning against the wall outside the door.

Violet did not know how long he had stood there. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his face was frighteningly cold.

Violet stopped in her tracks and tried to greet him.

Odell glanced at her and said, “Go do your work.”

Violet instantly swallowed her words and ran down the stairs. The family doctor was downstairs at the moment.

Within two minutes, Violet had brought the doctor to Sylvia’s room.

By that time, Sylvia had already come out of the bathroom. She sat on the couch weakly, letting the doctor check her pulse.

Soon, the doctor said, “Mrs. Carter didn’t consume any food for a long time, so when she suddenly ate a huge amount of food all at one go and drank cold water, her stomach became over- stimulated and upset. Let the kitchen prepare some light food that is easy to digest, and she should be fine after recuperating for two days.”

Violet replied, “Okay, doctor.”

The doctor looked at Sylvia’s leg and could not help but advise her, “Mrs. Carter, you desperately need to rest now. If you don’t take good care of your body, your leg might not recover completely.”

Sylvia replied, “Got it.”

The doctor then got up and headed out.

Violet left as well to go to the kitchen.

For a while, Sylvia leaned against the couch weakly.

When Violet came in with another tray of freshly- made food, she started to eat slowly. After filling her stomach, she put down her cutlery, changed into clean clothes, and rested on her bed.

She felt much more comfortable, probably due to having a full stomach, and fell asleep quickly.

It was at this time that the man outside the door walked in.

He walked to the bedside and bent down, looking at her sleeping face. His warm palm covered her pale and frail face, his deep gaze also staring at her.

If she could think things through and stop going on a hunger strike, stop thinking about looking for Edmund, and stop thinking about leaving him, he would not mind forgiving her for the sins she had committed. He would give her another chance.

A week flew by.

Sylvia lived her days in a regular pattern, eating and sleeping according to schedule.

Her face looked healthy again, and the pain in her leg lessened.

Of course, she did not see Odell during the week. However, she missed Liam and Isabel every day.

She could not walk yet, so she did not want the two kids to be unhappy if they saw her like that. Therefore, Sylvia did not mention anything about going to meet them.

The weather was great on this day. After breakfast, Sylvia pushed her wheelchair to the courtyard. When she closed her eyes to bathe in the sunlight, a car stopped outside the gate.

She opened her eyes and looked over, watching as a bodyguard opened the door of a business vehicle respectfully.

Odell’s upright figure got out of the car.

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Sylvia’s face fell, and she immediately turned her wheelchair around to head back to her room.

“Stop.” The man’s deep voice sounded.

Sylvia acted as if she did not hear him and continued moving forward, but soon, his looming figure appeared behind her and grabbed her wheelchair.

No matter how hard she pushed, the wheelchair did not budge.

Sylvia withdrew her hand and decided to stop pushing.

Odell grunted and turned the wheelchair around so that she would face him.

Sylvia’s pale, cold face looked back at him.

He frowned as he felt a little irritated. “Didn’t you hear me?”

Sylvia looked at the ground and ignored him.

Odell took her face in his hand. “Look at me.”

Sylvia continued to look at the ground. Her face was cold and pale. Her eyes were soulless, as if she had lost the desire for everything in life.

Odell tightened his hold on her face and said coldly, “I want you to look at me.”

He seemed to be threatening to dislocate her jaw if she did not listen to him.

Sylvia did not seem to hear the threat lying in his words. Instead, she looked elsewhere and continued to refuse to look at Odell.

Even though he leaned in close to her, she still looked elsewhere.

Odell glanced at her with a dark face for some time before he suddenly loosened his grip and walked straight past her to Madam Carter’s room.

Sylvia also pushed her wheelchair back to her room. She only came out after Odell had left.

For the next two days, Odell would come over in the morning.

Sylvia would bump into him either in the courtyard or the living room. Of course, she ignored him. She either pretended not to see him, or she would turn her head and leave.

Odell merely glanced at her indifferently before going to see Madam Carter. He would then leave a short time later.

This afternoon, the weather was great. So, Sylvia came to the courtyard and set up a small table on her wheelchair. Then, she leaned on it and started carving.

She was almost always carving to pass the time these days and ease her longing for her two kids.

She carved some gifts for them.

She was so immersed in it that she only noticed the man when her light was blocked by a tall shadow looming over her.

Sylvia raised her head and looked at him indifferently.

Odell’s dark gaze focused on her as he stood still without any intention of moving.

He asked, “What are you carving?”

Sylvia ignored him and spun her wheelchair to the side. She lowered her head and continued to sculpt when there was light again.

Looking displeased, Odell took a step forward, his tall body blocking the sunlight once more.

Sylvia frowned and moved to the side again.

Dark clouds seemed to form on Odell’s face, and he strode toward Sylvia again.

Her source of light was once again blocked.

Sylvia did not get mad or make a scene. She just put her carving materials and the small table away. Then, she pushed her wheelchair, intending on returning to her room.

Odell’s face darkened. “Stop.”

Sylvia continued to push her wheelchair away.

Odell strode over and grabbed the wheelchair. He cupped her chin, and his angry gaze fixated on Sylvia. “I was talking to you. Didn’t you hear me?”