Bathed within darkness, his figure stood tall and lean. Even though his face was covered in darkness, it did not affect his handsome appearance in any way. Lily was fascinated by it. She only came back to her senses after he had finished the cigarette, then she asked cautiously, “Odell, are you going to look for Sylvia?” Odell threw the cigarette butt on the ground, “I’m not going.” What kind of fool was he to allow himself to be strung along? Lily saw this as a chance and suggested, “Why don’t I go on a walk with you?” Ding! As soon as she said this, Odell’s phone rang again. In irritation, he pulled the phone out of his pocket. The caller ID showed that it was Liam calling. Why was the brat calling him this time? After hesitating for a few seconds, he reluctantly put the phone to his ear, "What's the matter?" "Dad, if you don't come to see Mommy again, you’re not only going to lose her, but you will lose me and Isabel also.” Liam’s childlike voice w
Liam, Isabel! Suddenly, her eyes snapped open. Her muddled mind suddenly regained a certain clarity and her blurred vision became clear again. She looked at the man in front of her. There was a layer of antibacterial covering over his tailored suit. He also had a head cover and a mask on that concealed his appearance. The only thing that helped her recognize him was the all-too-familiar look in his eyes. Such dark eyes with such an intense look within them, who else could it be if not Odell? Still, she had a hard time believing it. He had hung up on her. What had made him suddenly decide to come here? "Am I... Am I dead?" Was this just a hallucination? Odell told her, "...You're not dead, you're still alive." His gaze was sharp as a knife and his voice was cold and gloomy. Sylvia shuddered, as clarity began to return to her brain. She asked weakly, "You... Why are you here? Didn't you hang up on me?” Odell glared at her, "Aunt Tonya and Liam cal
Aunt Tonya, Isabel, and Liam were huddled together in the corridor, all of them staring intently at the delivery room. When Odell came out, Aunt Tonya immediately rushed towards him and asked, "How is Sylvia doing?” The children anxiously turned to him as well. He answered, “She’s doing much better, and she’s in the delivery room now.” Aunt Tonya immediately heaved a sigh of relief, "That's good, that’s good.” Isabel and Liam seemed just as comforted by the news. Odell gently patted Liam and said, "Take your sister with you and have Ben and Jacob take you two somewhere to eat dinner.” Liam insisted, "I want to wait here for Mommy to come out." Isabel chimed, "I want to wait for Mommy too.” Odell glared at them coldly, "Either you go and get dinner right now, or you go home. The choice is yours.” Liam frowned. Isabel scoffed at him. With that, they departed hand in hand with Ben and Jacob. Odell turned to Aunt Tonya, "Aunt Tonya, can you tell me wh
Now that he recalled everything that happened that day, he was beginning to notice many peculiarly odd details… Which meant that she had been lying to him ever since that time? She never meant to go with Thomas. She only went to Galston with him to save Aunt Tonya and the children! He balled his hand into a fist and fell into an ominous silence for a long time. At last, he spoke, “How did she come to be depressed?” “Sigh… After she went to Galston, she did everything she could to sneak back to Westchester City but Thomas caught her every time. He had several people's hands chopped off to intimidate her and to send a message. This isn’t even the worst of it because later, he separated me from her and had her locked in a room where she could not even see the light of the sun or tell what time of the day it was. He locked her up in there like an animal for three months before he finally let her out. I don’t even know what he did to her in those three grueling months. By the ti
The door opened from the inside. The nurse held a baby wrapped in a blanket and smiled at Odell. “Master Carter, congratulations, it’s a boy!” Odell barely spared a look at the child and turned to the nurse with a frantic look on his face. "What about her? How is she?" The nurse informed, “Both the mother and the baby are safe. She exerted a lot of strength during childbirth and is very tired. She’s asleep now and should be fine after being given some time to rest.” Odell tried to go inside but the nurse stopped him from doing so. The nurse smiled politely. “Please wait just a moment. We'll have her out in no time.” Odell halted. "You should take the boy first, he’s adorable,” the nurse said and handed the boy to him. Odell finally took a good look at the boy. His skin was smooth as silk and fair. He was a tiny boy. The look in Odell’s eyes immediately softened, and he took the boy into his arms. Perhaps the boy sensed Odell’s beating down, he pried ope
”Yes, everything there is to know,” Odell spoke with a tint of ice in his voice. Sylvia twitched her lips. Odell refused to avert his intent gaze from her. A stark silence descended upon the room. “Why didn’t you tell me?” he suddenly asked, breaking the silence. Sylvia tried to avoid his gaze and wanted to play it off. “Tell you what?” “That he forced you to go to Galston with him, that he was the reason you ended up with depression, and to tell me that the boy is my son!” He became more infuriated as he went on. He was practically shouting toward the end of his sentence. Sylvia was not as frightened as she thought she would be. Not only was she not afraid of his outburst, but she even found herself laughing uncontrollably like a mad woman. She mocked him, "You’re already engaged. What’s the point of telling you all this to begin with?” She originally intended to tell him. On the plane back to Westchester City from Galston, she had already composed everyt
Sylvia made a look and smiled silently. Odell watched her and could not suppress the urge to draw his face closer toward her and kiss her lips. After sharing a brief kiss, Sylvia drew her hand toward his neck and gently nudged him away. Odell frowned and stared at her unhappily. Sylvia suddenly brought up. "I just remembered something." "What is it?” "If the engagement wasn’t real, why did you go on a date with her two days ago?" "Who told you that I went on a date with her?" he expressed angrily. Sylvia informed, “Isabel and Liam told me that you didn't go home to see them on New Year's eve." Odell pinched her cheek and explained, slightly upset, "After you left that night, I went to Lush Heaven right away. I ended up drinking too much and fell asleep there." Something gleamed in her eyes. "Oh." That was right. On the day of New Year’s eve, he came to visit her and ask her if she still loved him. Odell narrowed the look in his eyes and looked at her
Odell seemed greatly affected by this. "When did you come?”“I went that morning immediately after Isabel called me to tell me that you got into a car accident. When I got there, I wasn’t expecting both Lily and Madam Springsteen to show up at the same time so I was afraid to head up there to see you because they were there as well. I hid somewhere and waited until they came out. That was when I heard them mention that you were fine, and I ended up leaving after that.” Sylvia relayed everything that happened during her visit to the hospital that day. Odell frowned. He remembered that Lily and Madam Springsteen had come rather early that day and had stayed with him nearly the entire noon before leaving. It was only after Lily left that afternoon that he asked Cliff to send someone to spy on Sylvia, only to learn that she had been staying at home all day, doing nothing. At the time, he thought that she could not be bothered to see him at all. Never in his wildest dreams woul