Sylvia’s smile remained as she stood up with Sherry. It was time for her to leave now that she was full, but she had something to say to Edmund alone. She said to Sherry, “Sherry, can you wait for me outside? It will just take a few minutes.” “Okay.” Sherry grabbed the drunk Lloyd and Harry out of the room. The room became quiet with only the two of them. Edmund continued to slouch on his seat. He raised a brow at Sylvia and asked, “What do you want to talk about?” Sylvia looked at him seriously. “Edmund, I heard from Harry that your business has been declining while you were away. I have some savings here. You can use it as funds to turn your business around.” She then pulled a bank card from her purse. The card contained half of her entire savings. It might not be able to make up for his losses but it should be enough to let him turn his business around. “It’s okay.” Edmund chuckled. “Odell Carter gave me a sum of money today and it’s twice as much as what I lost.
Odell’s expression turned cold. “Move!” “Don’t be angry. I’m just joking with you.” Edmund chuckled and continued, “I just want a few words with you, can I?” Odell narrowed his eyes. “What is it?” “I want to talk about Tara with you. I believe you haven’t heard of her past before you met her, right?” Odell frowned. Sherry’s car already disappeared beyond the traffic. Odell went silent for two seconds before he wound down the window. Edmund went to the driver’s side and leaned on the car. “I’ll be frank with you. I was able to get to know Syl because Tara introduced her to me.” He then pulled his phone out and showed Odell the chat history he had with Tara. The entire chat history was revealed to Odell before his eyes. “Mr. Price, Happy New Year! I heard you’ve been single for a while now. Haven’t you met someone nice? I know someone and I believe she’s your type. Do you want to meet her?” Edmund asked her for some pictures. Tara then sent several pictures of Syl
Other than Edmund’s lackey, Tara was seeing three other men? Which made it four men at the same time? Odell asked, “When is this?” Edmund pondered for a minute and said, “Around five years ago.” Five years ago? Odell’s expression fell. Edmund narrowed his eyes and continued, “I can’t just sit back and watch my lackey being cheated on by some woman, so I told him, but he didn’t believe me. I convinced him to catch her in the act and I guess he got so angry when he caught Tara sleeping with another man, so he beat the man to death. “He’s still behind bars now and Tara left with all his money. Not even a penny was left for him, or his mother at home. My other lackeys and I wanted to teach her a lesson but she got lucky and found you, so the entire thing was forced to a halt.” The night breeze blew and whirred. The man in the car showed the grimmest expression to veil his true emotions. Edmund saw the look on his face. “Master Carter, this might be a long time ago but if
He started to believe Tara was the victim and Sylvia was the vicious woman. He imprisoned Sylvia so that she would not go out and hurt Tara anymore, and his anger drove him to divorce her in the end. He had just regained control of his company back then and he was busy handling work matters. He got so busy that he only had a few hours of sleep in the office for many nights. Tara sustained permanent damage from the fall and could never be pregnant again and she got a little mentally unstable. Therefore, whenever he got the time, he would go visit her. When he finally settled his company matters, it had already been one month since Sylvia’s labor. It was on the same day when he returned home, that he saw Sylvia slapping Tara. He was furious. It was Sylvia’s fault that Tara could never be pregnant again, and Tara did not even complain once. She even visited Sylvia frequently. However, Sylvia did not appreciate Tara’s effort and slapped her six times. Not only that but Sy
“Thank you, Edmund.” “You’re welcome.” Sylvia put her phone away. Now that Odell learned about Tara’s past, he would not be that stupid to continue believing Tara was a pure and innocent girl. Sherry then said, “Syl, it’s Odell’s car. He’s coming out. Should we follow him?” Sylvia looked ahead and saw Odell’s car driving down the main road. It seemed like he was heading to Lake Victoria Villa. ‘He’s going to Tara’s place?’ Even though Sylvia no longer cared about his relationship with Tara, she was still curious and yearned for more gossip. She grinned and said, “Sherry, follow him. We’re in for a good show.” Sherry wore the same wide grin. “Alright!” …The black sports car sprinted in the night. Half an hour later, the car arrived at Lake Victoria Villa, Tara’s house. Odell got out of the car and the bodyguards immediately opened the door for him. The man strode inside the house. It was dark. The bodyguards did not notice the grim look on his face, so on
He asked, “Do you know the man in the picture?” Tara’s face turned white as paper. The picture showed her clinging to another man. She uncontrollably faltered as she looked at Odell’s frosty look. She said in a trembling voice, “O-Odell, who sent you the picture?” “Answer my question.” Tara’s gaze became evasive. She hurriedly said, “I-I don’t know him. I’ve never taken a picture like that! Someone is trying to frame me!” Odell then scrolled to the next picture. He showed her the phone again and said, “So, this picture is also someone trying to frame you?” The second picture showed her kissing Joshua intimately. Tara started to shake. “Odell, I…” Odell looked at her as he scrolled through his phone and showed her every intimate picture she had with Joshua. She took the pictures with Joshua five years ago when they were still together. Those pictures should have been erased from existence after Joshua was arrested. How did Odell get his hands on them? Sweat cov
Sherry asked in a small voice, “What did he show her?” Sylvia answered, “It should be a picture of some sort.” Back in the living room, Odell indeed showed Tara another picture and it was a picture of her being intimate with another man other than Joshua. Tara only had a glance at the picture before Odell scrolled to the next picture. The picture was also from five years ago and it showed her being intimate with yet another unrecognized man. Tara was petrified. Odell continued to scroll through the screen until the last picture in the album. It was a picture of her with another man on the bed and it was taken by Joshua himself. Tara collapsed on the floor. Odell retracted his phone. The filthy pictures would only stain his phone. He deleted all of them before he pocketed it. Then, he stared at Tara with the coldest gaze and asked, “Do you have anything else to say?” “I…I…” Tara stuttered and failed to produce a full sentence. Odell then turned to the bodyguard.
He grabbed her wrist and showed amusement in his gaze. “Why are you here?” Sylvia’s gaze shifted a bit and said, “I was wandering around and accidentally ended up here.” Odell grinned. “It was you who told Edmund to reveal everything to me, is it?” “What are you talking about? I don’t know.” Sylvia decided to play dumb. Odell did not linger on the question. He said, “It’s getting late. Let’s go back.” He then held her hand and walked out. Sylvia tried to retract her hand but his grip was too strong. She was dragged outside by force but before she left, she had a glance at Tara inside the house. Tara was still on the floor. She wore a horrified expression as if she saw a ghost, but the resentment behind showed that she wanted to eat Sylva alive. It was a horrible scene to look at. Sylvia grinned and looked away. Odell dragged Sylvia all the way to the main gate. Right before he shoved her into the car, Sylvia cried, “Odell, stop!” Sherry came over. “Odell, let