There was a restaurant with a hundred years of history in the Old District and it had almost all the specialties of Westchester City. To dine at the restaurant, one would need to book one month in advance. Tonight, the place was bought out by someone. That someone was none other than Odell. He would come to this restaurant every New Year to have dinner with his peers and seniors from the extended Carter family. It was a social gathering for the family members and also a chance for each of them to maintain their relationship. He attended the dinner like every other year and when he arrived, most of the Carter extended family members were already there. The seniors were sitting up front while the juniors, or his peers, were at the back. Odell greeted each of the seniors before he followed them up into the room on the second floor. The dishes tasted as good as always and the family members talked to him about more or less the same thing. After a few drinks, one of the se
The driver practiced martial arts, so he was able to fend off the gangsters by aiming a kick at each of them. Realizing that they were no match for the driver even if they teamed up, the gangsters shot a resentful gaze at Tara before they fled. Then, the driver helped Tara up. When Tara realized it was Odell’s driver who had saved her, an expression of surprise showed on her face as she looked at the car with tear-filled eyes. “Odell…” she said as she choked back a sob.Odell continued to sit inside the car with his signature frosty look on his face.The driver had not received any further orders from his boss, so he could not do anything else even if he wanted. He said to Tara, “Ms. Avery, it’s getting late. Please go home.” He then let go of her hand, intending on returning to the car. However, as soon as he let her go, Tara fell onto her side with a thud. With the front light of the car shining upon her pale face and her closed eyes, she looked so weak that it looked
Sylvia fell on the calf that Odell had broken previously and immediately gasped in pain. Aunt Tonya rushed out from her room upon hearing the loud thud and found Sylvia on the ground just outside the door. She ran over to help Sylvia up and asked, “Syl, what happened to you? Did you hurt yourself?” Sylvia gasped and said to her, “Aunt Tonya, please look for Sebastian and ask him to contact Odell’s driver.” Aunt Tonya suspiciously asked, “Why do you need him to contact Odell’s driver?” “I just saw a piece of news about a car crash and one of the cars involved looked a lot like Odell’s.” Aunt Tonya’s expression changed. “Okay. You go inside and sit down, I’ll go look for Sebastian.” She then ran next door. Sylvia was not in the mood to go back into the house. Besides, the pain on her calf prevented her from moving properly as well. She sat back down at the top of the stairs and waited anxiously. A few minutes later, Aunt Tonya came running back from next door. Aunt To
Tears began to roll down Tara’s cheeks. “I am not asking for forgiveness. I just hope that my actions have not affected you too badly. I really, really hope that you can live a happy life with Sylvia, every single day. Then, even if I die, I will be able to rest in peace.” There was an annoyed look on Odell’s face. “You are just weak, you won’t die.” Tara bitterly smiled. “Dying is better than living in extreme guilt and pain.” “What happened is all in the past now and I will consider that we’re now even. I won’t hold you responsible for what you did, so don’t be so harsh on yourself.” “Okay, I’ll do whatever you want.” Glancing at her phone, Tara looked at him with anticipation and said, “Odell, I still have to work later tonight and I’m running late. Could you give me a ride? It’s just outside the Old District. I promise that after this, I won’t appear before you anymore. Let’s just think of this as the conclusion to our relationship. Please?” Odell glanced at his watch a
It was obvious that the man had been accompanying Tara at the hospital. Yet, Sylvia had thought that he had been involved in a car accident and had even hurt her leg because of it. She had really brought this upon herself. She had pretty much just worried for nothing. …Sylvia was immediately wheeled into the doctor’s consultation room after exiting the elevator. After discussing her condition with the doctor, she was sent to be X-rayed. Fortunately, none of the bones in her leg had been hurt. However, her calf was red and swollen. After some medication had been applied, Sylvia was wheeled out of the doctor’s consultation room. Just as Aunt Tonya took her back to the elevator, the elevator doors opened up and Odell came out again. He was frowning and had an anxious look on his face.The moment the doors opened, he strode out and went to Sylvia’s side. “What did the doctor say? How’s your leg?” Sylvia had already calmed down after seeing the doctor, so she simply st
The car journeyed back to Sylvia’s place in silence. As soon as the car stopped, Aunt Tonya immediately got out to help Sylvia out of the car. However, Odell beat her to it. Opening the other door, he wrapped his arm around Sylvia’s waist and carried her out of the car. Sylvia glared at him. Odell pursed his lips as he carried her inside. He carried her all the way to her room, only letting her go when he put her down on her bed. Sylvia huffed and turned away from him. However, even after a long time, the room remained quiet and the man did not make any move to leave. Annoyed, she turned to him and asked, “Why are you still here?” With his arms crossed in front of him, he stood by the bed and gazed at her intensely. “How did you hurt your leg?” She knew if she continued to keep quiet, he would never leave.She gulped and begrudgingly said, “I slipped and fell.” “Where?” “At the front door.” Odell pursed his lips and said gruffly, “Be careful next time.” Syl
Sylvia slept until she woke up naturally.When she woke up, Isabel and Liam were sitting beside her as they looked at her with their wide, round eyes.They looked like two little buns and were extremely adorable.Sylvia sat up with a smile and asked them, "What are you two doing here?"Isabel pouted. "Mommy, Aunt Tonya said you hurt your leg again."Liam said nothing and simply stared at her quietly.Sylvia smiled. "Mom is fine. It's just a light injury. I'll recover after a few days."Isabel's eyes lit up. "Really?"Sylvia quickly said, "Really."The little girl's expression finally improved.Sylvia also rolled over and got out of bed.Her calf was still a little swollen and painful, but it was obviously much better than last night.She could not walk too quickly, but she could still walk normally.Under the supervision of her two little wardens, Isabel and Liam, Sylvia quickly washed up, put on her coat, and went out of the room with them.Then, she noticed an extra lon
Odell continued, "Last night, I was in the Old District to attend a family dinner. I happened to bump into Tara when I came out at the entrance into the alleyway. She was being harassed by a few ruffians and fainted in front of my car, so I had no choice but to help her. Due to our past relationship, I accompanied her to the hospital, which was where I met you."He spoke in a calm, magnetic voice that was very pleasant to the ears.Sylvia turned her face away to avoid looking into his eyes. "You don't have to explain that to me. I don't care what relationship you have with her now."Odell used the warm palm of his hand to cup her face and lifted her squirming face as he said with a smile, "If you don't care, then why are you so angry?"Sylvia blinked. "I'm not angry."He lowered his handsome face to her and asked in a low and magnetic voice, "Really?"She blushed. "Yes—"Before she could finish, his lips landed upon hers again.Unlike the forceful kiss from before, this one was