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Sylvia grimaced. “I don’t think I’m going back.” “Yeah, | suppose there really is no point for you to go back since he was already willing to dump you despite knowing that you’re pregnant.”
His words were filled with unconcealed sarcasm.
Sylvia made no further comments.
Odell gave her another look and asked, “Is there nothing else you want to ask me?”
She looked at him and smiled in an almost pandering way. “Are you in a better mood now?” Something gleamed in Odell’s eyes. He was not expecting her to care about his feelings. He gave a dry cough and answered curly, “Well enough.”
Sylvia immediately followed up. “Then could you let me meet Isabel and Liam? | just need a quick look at them even if it's from a distance.”
Acold and harsh look immediately arrested his handsome expression.
Sylvia grimaced.
As the atmosphere in the room gradually thickened, the
sudden blare of a cell phone interrupted the moment.
Sylvia looked at Odell’s pocket.
He promptly took out his phone and took a quick look at the caller before he muted his phone.
It was clear that he was not in a rush to answer the call. Instead, he got up and observed Sylvia with a gloomy haze in his eyes. “Don’t you do anything stupid. If | catch you trying to contact Isabel and Liam, | won't let you off the hook.”
She simply grunted in response.
He answered the call and promptly stepped outside. His figure slowly vanished into the blur of snow outside. Meanwhile, Sylvia went upstairs.
She was completely drained from the day’s journey. She tossed a set of clean clothes on the pillow, then she immediately collapsed into the bed and dozed off into a deep and heavy sleep.
Meanwhile , Odell had just walked out of the house and stopped right by the entrance.
He put the phone to his ear.
“What is it?” he asked in an indifferent voice.
It was Lily calling. She said with a smile, “Not much. | was just calling to let you know that I’ve explained everything clearly to Grandma and Grandpa. The dinner went very well tonight. Nobody had any complaints or anything of that sort.”
“Alright.”
“By the way, how’s the woman doing? Have you helped her settle in?” Odell frowned and expressed irritatedly, “She’s fine.” Lily sensed the note of irritation in his voice and quickly apologized, “Sorry, | shouldn’t have asked.” “Is there anything else you need?” She answered briskly, “Nothing else, goodnight.” With that, Odell hung up. He turned around for another look at Sylvia’s house.
The lights in the living room were switched off and he could notice dim lights coming from her bedroom. Shortly after that, the lights in the bedroom were switched off as well. He locked his brows into a displeased frown.
Sleeping already? She could not even be bothered to sweep the place up.
Immediately upon registering this thought, it occurred to
him that he was worried about her. The cold, stoic look immediately returned to his expression as he waltzed back to his place.
Half a year ago, not only did she abandon the children, but she even stabbed him and then vanished with Thomas only to come back now with a baby. He would be clinically insane to even care about her!
Midnight, Sylvia had only slept for several hours.
In the middle of her sleep, she faintly felt someone pinching her cheeks, then moving on to rubbing her nose like her face was a ball of dough that needed kneading. She grunted groggily and rolled to the other side.
Shortly after that, she felt the same touch on her cheeks again. Just when it seemed like she was about to pry herself out of her sleep and come to her senses, the hand quickly retreated.
She faintly felt the hand draw away, then she fell back into a liminal state and slowly drifted back to sleep.
Meanwhile , there was a tall figure standing next to her bed.
Amid the darkness was a pair of obsidian eyes studying her sleeping face.
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What was all that about wanting to see Isabel and Liam? How was she still sleeping after he pinched her for so long? She never cared for them! He scoffed contemptuously, then turned and left.
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Early morning “Wow! There’s so much snow! Liam, come out and play!” Isabel bolted out of the living room and hopped like a bunny in the snow-covered yard.
In the neighboring house, Sylvia’s room. She was awakened by the familiar noise of Isabel’s cries and promptly got out of bed. The bedroom was engulfed in darkness. It was as if it was still in the middle of the night.
She could distinctly hear Isabel's voice coming from outside. She was telling Liam to come out and play with her.
She walked barefoot to the window and pulled the curtains back.
What came into view was a giant sheet of metal.
The sheet of metal covered the entire window and blocked off what view there was.
She could not pry it away from the window no matter how hard she tried.
She frowned.
She noticed no such installation when she closed the curtains before heading to sleep last night. How did this thing appear out of nowhere overnight? She decided to not give it too much thought and quickly left the room.
All she wanted now was to see Isabel and Liam!
She quickly headed to the yard after leaving the room. This time, she was greeted by the same spectacle of a giant metal sheet attached to the gate in her yard. It was previously a fence gate but now it acted like a wall that separated her yard from the outside world. Furthermore, there was a large chain attached to the gate. There was no way to open it without a key.
She stomped her feet angrily. Who else but Odell could come up with something like this?
She immediately reached for her phone and that was when she noticed the message she received an hour ago:* Don’t try to meet the kids or I'll have you banished back to Galston.”
She quickly typed a reply, “Odell, I’m not going to try to meet them. I’m just trying to go out on a walk. Can’t you have someone open the gate for me?” It was true, she wanted to meet them. But if that was not
possible, she could just spy on them from a distance!
Ding ding.
Odell replied almost instantly. Sylvia read the single-word reply, “No.” She gnashed her teeth.
Suddenly , her phone rang again with another message from Odell that read, “Don’t you dare make any noise either or I'll have you banished back to Galston.”
Sylvia was speechless. She wore a tight grimace.
Meanwhile, she could hear the noise coming from the adjacent yard as well as Isabel’s hearty chuckles. She seemed to be having a good time.
She drew out a deep breath. Then she approached the wall that connected the two yards and pressed her ear against it to listen to their voice.
“Liam, let’s make a head for the snowman!”
“Liam, hurry up!”
Isabel was prattling on and on.
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Although she could not see their faces, listening to their tender and high-pitched voices was enough to put a smile on her lips. The voices that she had dreamt of constantly over the last half year.
She closed her eyes and listened quietly and attentively. Suddenly , her eyes began to water against her will and soon, drops of tears poured out of the corners of her eyes.
She continued listening to them playing. Her bare feet had been buried inside a dense thicket of snow the entire time but she barely noticed the freezing cold.
Soon, she heard the voice of Sebastian telling them that it was time to go to school.
She listened to their stomping footsteps and judged that they were heading outside. She quickly shuffled her feet to the gate as well. Through the dense layer of metal sheet, she could distinctly hear the sweet voice of Isabel bidding farewell, “Bye-bye Baddie, bye-bye Uncle Sebastian.” Odell made no reply. Sebastian answered lovingly, “Goodbye, young miss and young master.”
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She came back to her senses.
She raised a hand and wiped the tears away from her eyes. Just as she was about to head back to the house, she heard a sudden clatter.
The chain wrapped around the door dropped to the floor. The door was slowly pushed open. Then she noticed a long, slender leg stepping in through the threshold.
Before she had time to recollect her emotions, Odell stepped in and confronted her head-on. She stared at him all wide-eyed. Odell sized her up and down and locked his brows into a frown.
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The silence lasted for several seconds.
Sylvia was the one who spoke first, “I... | just came out to get some fresh air.”
She was insinuating that she was not trying to meet the kids or spy on them either. Odell ordered with a sharp scowl, “Get back in there.”
Sylvia grimaced.
She did not need him to order her around. She was going to go home anyway.
She had come out in a hurry and forgot to put on a pair of slippers or even a coat at the very least. All she had on were two thin layers of clothing to protect her from the cold.
She did not utter a word, then turned and headed toward the living room. “Hurry up!” Odell suddenly barked behind her.
His sudden exclamation ended up spooking Sylvia. The soles of her bare feet slipped against the slippery snow. She lost her foothold and felt her body plunging toward the bed of snow.
Everything happened in an instant. Then, she felt a
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muscular arm firmly holding on to her.
With such strength, she was pulled back to her feet in an instant.
The inertia drew her backward and plunged her into his muscular chest.
In an instant, she sensed the warm body temperature of Odell enveloping her. She could smell his familiar scent. She had an impulse to hug him.
However, her rational mind took over and made her draw two steps backward. She apologized, “I’m sorry, | didn’t mean to fall into your arms.”
Odell’s face darkened. She kept quiet after that.
She thought that he would inevitably get upset no matter what she said, so it was better for her to never appear in front of him ever again.
She frantically walked into the living room.
Upon entering , she quickened her pace and climbed up the stairs.
Just like that, her clumsy and frantic figure vanished out of sight.
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Did she think that he was some sort of beast? That he would eat her alive?
What happened to her strength half a year ago when she stabbed him? Where did that all go?
How did she turn so cowardly? Was it because she got dumped by Thomas?
Sylvia quickly returned to her bedroom.
Her hands and feet were freezing. She took a hot shower and put on thick layers of cotton-made clothes before stepping out.
The yard was now empty. There was nobody to be seen.
Odell must have left. She breathed a sigh of relief. Then she called a house cleaning agency and requested help for cleaning the place
up. After settling these affairs, she went to a nearby shopping district where she found a decent place for breakfast. The inside of the restaurant was warm and cozy.
She chose a seat right next to a window.
Shortly after that, the waiter brought her a plate of hot and steaming breakfast.
She smiled politely and thanked the waiter, then she got started on her breakfast. Ashort distance from the restaurant was a black car parked by the roadside. Aman sat by the car window and was spying on Sylvia through the car window. His eyes were two balls of lightless void.
He was close enough to be able to see the most minute movement she made while eating. Even though it was just a common meal, she seemed to be eating with great delight. As if she was eating the greatest delicacy known to man. As if she had been starving for ages.
By the time she finished, she even picked up the bowl and drank every last sip of soup in it. After she set down the bowl, she accidentally let out a burp.
Heh. The man chuckled.
The driver who was in the front row seat with him was looking at Sylvia as well. When he heard Odell’s chuckle, he followed suit and chuckled as well.
Odell’s expression immediately transformed as he asked sternly, “What are you laughing at?” The driver quickly explained, “I thought that Miss Sylvia looks pretty cute when she’s eating.”
Chapter 739 315) “You want to repeat that?” His voice was sharp with ice this time.
Awavering look appeared in the driver’s eyes as he repeated reluctantly, “I thought that Miss Sylvia looks pretty cute when she’s eating.”
“Say it again.”
“|...1...” the driver stammered. Did he say something he was not supposed to say? He was at a loss of what to do when he spied from the corner of his eyes the sight of Sylvia stepping out of the restaurant. He quickly pointed out in desperation. “Master Carter, she just left the restaurant. Should we follow her?”
“Go.” He quickly started the car engine.
He thought he was out of the woods and was about to heave a sigh of relief when suddenly, a cold and accusing voice came from the back again. “Do you have a thing for
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Chapter 740 What? As in he fancied her?
Awave of panic coursed through his body and he quickly explained, “Master Carter, | have nothing but respect for Miss Sylvia. | don’t have any other ideas about her.”
“Don’t you think she’s cute?” Odell suggested. He said this in a surprisingly friendly tone. The driver clarified again, “I just thought that Miss Sylvia has a very interesting way of eating. | didn’t mean anything else.”
Odell pursed his lips and looked at Sylvia, who was walking along the sidewalk. He reminded the driver,” Slow down. Can’t have her noticing us.”
The driver calmed down and answered, “Alright.”
The people from the house cleaning agency arrived shortly after and they were very efficient with their work. Sylvia’s house was spick and span after a day’s work. She had contributed just as much and thoroughly cleaned out everything in her dresser.
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The day was very hectic and passed in the blink of an eye.
In the evening before the sky even darkened, she arrived at the gate again. She leaned against the gate and listened for any movements on the other side.
After waiting for some time, she heard Isabel's loud voice booming through the fence. “Uncle Sebastian, I’m back!” she called out for Sebastian. Sebastian greeted her with a gentle smile, “Hello, young miss. Did you have a good time at school today?”
Isabel sighed and expressed somberly like an adult. “It was alright. There’s this boy that I’ve been having beef with but | took care of him.”
Sebastian immediately burst out laughing.
Hidden behind the gate, Sylvia grinned from ear to ear.
Shortly after that, she heard them walking into the house and the sound of them conversing gradually faded. She was struck by a sudden wave of dejection. Meanwhile, at the gate of Odell’s house.
The car that picked the two kids up from school was still parked by the gate.
Odell’s figure stood tall and upright by the gate.
After ensuring that Isabel and Liam had entered the house with Sebastian , he directed his sharp gaze to the gate leading to the neighboring property. Even though the fence gate had been blocked off entirely with large sheets of metal, there was still a tiny gap in the bottom section.
He noticed a pair of pink slippers behind the tiny crevice. The pair of feet stood unmoving the entire time.
Odell did not even have his men lock the door after he opened it this morning, but Sylvia was still hiding behind it obediently. She did not even attempt to open it and steal a peek at his yard.
When did she become so obedient? He frowned and made a faint cough. The moment he coughed, the pair of feet wearing the pink slippers scuttled away instantly. Like a mouse who spied an approaching cat.
Odell's face darkened. Then he walked back into his house.