Lahat ng Kabanata ng Master Odell’s Secret Ex-wife: Kabanata 1421 - Kabanata 1430

Sherry felt a lump growing in her throat. She was in no mood to get into a screaming match with John. Still, she voiced her frustration with him. "John, just say whatever is on your mind and stop being so weird about it.” John smiled coyly. "I did go back there to find you, but that's mostly because you’re the mother of my daughter. You can humiliate yourself all you want but it’s when it starts affecting my daughter’s reputation when it concerns me.” Sherry felt something tightening in her chest, suffocating her. Upon noticing her reaction, the smile John wore grew wider. “You asked me why I was asking about the nature of your relationship with those two men you speak of. Well, I was just wondering what the current state of your private life is like. If you’ve done something inappropriate with them, I believe you’d not be fit to become a mother and I’ll immediately have you kicked out of this city.” He made a point of emphasizing the sentence ‘kicked out of this city’.

The next day, the sky was clear. By the time John woke up, his room was already basked in sunlight. It must be partially because it took him a while to fall asleep last night. Caprice even woke up before him. Although she was not rummaging around wildly, she did manage to wake John up with the movements she made, shuffling around on the bed. She was dressed in white like an angel and was busy playing nurse, giving her dolls injections one after another. John found himself surrounded by her stuffed dolls laid out across the bed. Upon noticing John waking up, her eyes shone with brightness. She remarked in an adorably serious voice, “Wait a moment, Daddy, it will be your turn soon.” With that, she took her toy syringe and jabbed it into one of the monkey dolls on the bed. John smiled and nodded. “Sure.” He slowly sat up. He waited until Caprice studiously poked him with the toy syringe before finally getting out of bed. He reached for the phone on the nig

Caprice grimaced, then she walked away. Sherry felt as if a weight was dropped on her heart. Why did Caprice not want to talk to her? Did she not believe her? While she was still puzzled over this, Caprice who was already several steps away from her turned around and looked at her bizarrely. "Why aren’t you coming?” Sherry was relieved to hear this. She quickly rose on her feet and followed Caprice, hunched over so nobody would see them. They trailed along the wall and went to a remote corner behind the bar. While this was happening, Julie was somewhere nearby chatting with the attending guests. She spotted a bright glimpse of red from the corner of her eye and turned to get a better look. She noticed the tiny figure of Caprice as well as that of a suspicious woman who was hunched over and following her. The longer she looked at the woman, the more she felt a strange degree of familiarity. … Shortly after that, Sherry found herself hiding behind a bar w

His smile seemed more menacing than usual underneath the shade of the light. Sherry sensed that she was no longer welcome here and excused herself courteously. “Excuse me, I’ll be leaving now.” With that, she walked away. As she passed by John, she could not resist the urge to cast one last look at Caprice. Caprice was staring at her too with tears pooling in her eyes, on the verge of trickling down her cheeks. Sherry felt a wrench in her heart and promised her. “Caprice, mommy will come back for you again." Caprice nodded at her. What followed afterward was a sinister gaze cast at Sherry. She turned to John and saw him staring at her, as hostile as ever. She decided she had nothing else to say and quickly slipped out before it was too late. John scowled. Very well then. She would not even exchange a single sentence with him. She expected to see Caprice again with such an attitude? In her dreams! … The giant ballroom was brightly illuminated

”Young Master Carl? Which Carl?” “I don’t think I know anyone who goes by that name in Glanchester.” “…” Someone who would receive a direct invitation from the Stocktons and seemed to be so heavily favored by Madam Stockton herself must certainly be an important individual. This immediately spurred another wave of discussion. That was when John stepped through the crowd and declared his presence. Everyone immediately zipped their lips and refrained from further gossiping. Julie and Madam Stockton turned pale as if they had seen a ghost when they saw John appearing. Sherry followed their line of sight and quickly identified John as well. The moment she saw him, a strange smile took shape on her lips. She greeted him with an unnatural amount of warmth as if she had been expecting him for a while. Julie went up to John and explained, "John, it looks like she took the invitation card we sent to Young Master Carl.” John eyed Sherry with glaring indifference. “C