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Chapter 723

Author: Eggsoup
Was she dead?

Odell’s fingers scrolled the phone screen until he returned to his chat interface with her.

He pressed the voice recording button and said in a deep voice, “Sylvia, this is my last time informing you. If you don’t reply to me with a message by tomorrow, you’re no longer Liam and Izzy’s mother. Even if you were about to die in the future, don’t even think of meeting them even one more time again!”

With the release of his finger, the message was sent.

His dark, deep-set eyes stared at the screen.

A day later.

It was late at night when Odell put down the last document that he had gone through and took his phone.

The screen only still had the message he sent her last night.

There was still no reply from her.

Odell closed his eyes and forcefully suppressed his emotions which had almost become uncontrollable.

After a moment, he abruptly stood up and walked outside.

Half an hour later, the black MPV stopped outside Lush Heaven.

Cliff and Jacob, who were w
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