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Chapter 822
The dark shadow strode toward Sylvia in an instant.
It moved like a bolt of lightning.
Sylvia had just sat up when the figure stopped in front of her. His slender hand cupped her chin as his face lowered close to hers
with a pair of sharp eyes that seemed to bore holes into her with its penetrating gaze. His rough voice said, "What? It's only been
a few days that we haven’t seen each other and you can’t recognize me already?"
This gloomy voice... Who else could it be except for Odell?
Even when he had been standing at the doorway, Sylvia had already gotten the feeling that it was him. It was just that she could
not be sure because his face had been hidden within the shadows, especially considering he was around the same height as
Thomas.
She felt a strange sense of calmness and asked, "Odell, aren't you suppose to be recovering in the hospital? Why are you here?"
She suddenly felt a twinge of pain in her jaw as soon as she finished her sentence.
She sucked in a breath of cold air and promptly grabbed at his hand that was still holding her chin tightly, “Let go.”
However, he only squeezed even tighter.
She began to press her nails into his arm.
"I'll break your jaw if you keep doing that.” He threatened icily.
She quickly withdrew her hand.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe seemed to reciprocate and loosened his grip as well, but he still made sure to hold on to her.
There was a sudden silence.
Locking his dark eyes on her face, Odell refused to avert his gaze from her and asked, "What were you smiling so happily about
just now?”
“Nothing in particular.”
"Who were you messaging? Him?" He pressed.
Sylvia made a look and answered, “Not him, just a friend.”
“Which friend? What’s his name?"
“You don’t know this friend.”
“I’ll know him after you tell me.”
Sylvia frowned and muttered, “There’s nothing between the two of us anymore, I shouldn’t have to report everything to you."
He clenched her jaw again, "If you don't tell me, don't think about ever seeing Isabel and Liam again."
Sylvia quickly said, “...I was texting Simon.”
“Simon? I do know him. Didn't you say that it was someone I didn’t know?”
Sylvia refused to back down, "I assumed you didn’t know him.”
Odell became quiet.
After a few seconds of silence, he ordered, "Give me the phone."
Sylvia immediately hid her phone behind her.
He narrowed his eyes coldly and insisted, "Give it to me."
"You have no right to intrude on my privacy."
"Don't want to see the children anymore?" He hissed sharply.
Sylvia gnashed her teeth, "It's not Simon.”
“Who is it then?”
"It's him."
"Who is this him?”
"Thomas."
Immediately after that, she felt the grip around her jaw loosening.
“Good, very good,” Odell commented with a slight chuckle.
The way he said it evoked an uncomfortable, stuffy feeling inside Sylvia’s chest.
Again, silence.
His tall figure stood in front of her as straight as a totem pole.
The cold wind continued to blow their way.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmSylvia shivered from the cold. She then lowered her head and asked in a low voice, "Odell, is there anything else you need?”
"I have something to ask you."
"What is it?”
"You knew that I was in a car accident, right?"
Sylvia simply hummed in reply.
"Why didn't you come to visit me?” Odell asked, this time lowering his head to face her as he caressed her cheeks. His dark eyes
seemed like two bottomless pools.
Sylvia clasped her hands in front of her and stated, “ I didn’t think it was appropriate for me to go."
“Why is it inappropriate?"
"You have a fiancee now and I'm your ex-wife. Me visiting you will only cause a controversy.”
“Do you truly think that it’s inappropriate, or is it simply because you didn’t want to come to visit me?” There was a pang of
brittleness in his voice.
Sylvia pursed her lips.
Seemingly due to the tension, she pressed her hands together in front of her.
Nothing but silence reigned in the air around them.
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