NovelEnglishChapter 697
Just as Sylvia was fighting her thoughts, trying to come up with the best excuse for her kids, Thomas
suddenly said, “The weather is good today. Mommy and I are planning to bring you guys to play
abroad.”
The word “play” intrigued the little girl as her eyes shone in excitement and she screamed, “YAY!”
Liam asked softly, “Uncle, what about your injury?”
Thomas met the boy’s questioning gaze and said with a smile, “It’s just a minor injury. It won’t affect our
schedule.”
Liam then turned to his mother. “Mommy, where are we going today?”
Sylvia pursed her lips and reluctantly answered, “We still haven’t decided yet. We’ll plan on the way
there.”
Liam then lowered his head in silence.
Thomas then shot a glance at Sylvia. “I’ll bring them downstairs first.”
Sylvia answered, “Okay. I’ll be there in a moment.”
Thomas carried Isabel out of the ward. Aunt Tonya followed him.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSylvia then said to Liam, “Liam, follow Aunt Tonya and
your sister downstairs. Mommy has to take your uncle’s medicine first. I’ll meet you downstairs.”
Liam furrowed his brows.
His gut told him his mother and uncle were acting strange but he strongly believed his mother would
never lie to him.
He hummed a reply and followed Aunt Tonya downstairs.
Sylvia went into the ward and grabbed all the medicines into her bag.
The plan that they discussed last night was that she would pretend to bring the kids to visit him and he
would bring them down for a spin in the garden.
After they had a stroll around the garden, she would then go down and join them, making it look more
natural, especially to Odell’s men who were assigned to watch them.
The bodyguards would only assume that they were strolling in the garden and not trying to escape the
city. However, since she arrived at the hospital, she did not spot the bodyguards anywhere. Maybe they
were slacking off in some stairway, or maybe they were hiding in the dark to avoid her detection.
Sylvia put the suspicion aside and bagged Thomas’ medicine.
Right before she left the ward, she slipped and fell on the floor.
She frowned because of the pain and when she was about to get on her feet, she spotted a white
phone under the bed.
The phone was deep under the bed. Maybe it slipped off from the seam. If she had not fallen on the
floor, she would not have noticed it.
It looked familiar, seemingly belonging to Thomas.
He forgot to bring his phone? Sylva crawled under the bed and took it out. Just when she was about to
put the phone into her bag, the screen shone.
The phone received a message.
Sylvia had a glimpse of the content.
“Second Master, time’s up. If you don’t reply to me, I’ll tell Odell what you’ve done!”
The content surprised Sylvia.
‘What? Second Master? What’s this about?’
The sender’s profile picture and the way it addressed Odell looked and sounded exactly like Tara.
Sylvia instinctively tapped on the notification.
There were a dozen exchanges between the sender and Thomas, and it all happened in the last two
days.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Second Master, I’m Tara. I know you blocked me on WhatsApp, so I have to text you. I don’t mean
anything else, I just want you to save me. Odell locked me up in Lake Victoria Villa. I know you’re
resourceful. Can you please send someone to save me?”
Next, a few more exchanges followed a few hours after the first.
“Second Master, I know you’re Thomas Carter, the second son of the Carters.
“You said you can help me to get back to Odell’s side and told me to stage a play that night, making it
look like I was chased by some gangsters. You told me to pretend to fall and be hurt in front of Odell’s
car and make him bring me to the hospital. We ran into Sylva at the hospital
shortly after that.
“Then, you told me to wear the sapphire ring to Spencer Weiss and pretended that he kidnapped me
together with
Sylvia. It made Odell choose me because of the ring.
“It might seem like you’re trying to help me in those two incidents but actually, you’re trying to make
Sylvia leave Odell so that you can be with her, am I right? I’m just a tool to you.
“What do you think would happen if I tell Odell that you
set this all up? Do you think he’ll let you go so easily?” Sylvia’s face turned pale after she went through
all the messages. Her hand trembled as she continued to scroll down for more.
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