Sherry asked in a small voice, âWhat did he show her?â Sylvia answered, âIt should be a picture of some sort.â
Back in the living room, Odell indeed showed Tara another picture and it was a picture of her being intimate with another man other than Joshua.
Tara only had a glance at the picture before Odell scrolled to the next picture.
The picture was also from five years ago and it showed her being intimate with yet another unrecognized man.
Tara was petrified. Odell continued to scroll through the screen until the last picture in the album. It was a picture of her with another man on the bed and it was taken by Joshua himself.
Tara collapsed on the floor.
Odell retracted his phone.
The filthy pictures would only stain his phone. He deleted all of them before he pocketed it. Then, he stared at Tara with the coldest gaze and asked, âDo you have anything else to say?â âIâ¦â¦â Tara stuttered and failed to produce a full sentence. Odell then turned to the bodyguard. âTell the others who worked here to leave immediately. Everyone is to return to the Carter residence and no one is allowed to stay here.â
The bodyguard was shocked but he nodded and answered, âYes, sir. Iâll inform the others right away.â
The servant was long gone. All that was left was the bodyguard and two kitchen helpers.
The bodyguard then went off to carry out the order.
Odell then looked at Tara. His voice sounded as cold as his gaze when he said, âFrom this moment onward, you and I are done. This house belongs to you and youâre on your own now. Donât even appear before my eyes.â He then turned around and walked out. Tara was stunned on the spot. As she watched his towering figure walk toward the entrance, she cried, âOdell, have you forgotten that rainy night more than a decade ago?â
She refused to cut all ties with the man.
Without him, she would have no money to spend on luxuries and branded items. She refused to live like a peasant!
Odell paused. Taraâs eyes gleamed with a sliver of hope.
Odell turned around and shot a colder gaze at her.
âIf it wasnât for that night, youâre already a dead person.â
Aside from the fact that she lied to him for five years, separated him from Sylvia, and driving him to do all those horrible things to her, her inciting her aunt to hurt his grandmother alone was enough for him to kill her a hundred times over.
Taraâs gaze shrunk. She dared not make a sound anymore.
It was then the bodyguard who left to carry out the order cried, âMadam?!â
Odell froze, so was Tara.
The two of them then looked outside the door.
Sylvia and Sherry came out from the shadows.
Sylvia smiled at the two of them and said, âHi, did I interrupt anything?â
Sylvia and Sherry got carried away by the developing story. When they noticed the bodyguard coming toward them, it was too late for them to leave. They tried to hide in the shadows but as a bodyguard, the man sharply noticed their presence and exposed them. Odellâs eyes shifted and strode to Sylvia. Sylvia stood in her spot and allowed him to approach her.