Chapter 780

Marilla had her gaze locked onto Glynnis‘ hideous face; she was not blinking, as if staring down the devil itself.

Her eyes, once dulled by torment, suddenly gleamed with a fierce clarity that seemed to ignite Glynnis‘ rage even further.

“You stupid cow! Don’t you dare look at me with those eyes!”

Glynnis‘ eyes bulged with fury as she was about to deliver another kick, but Edith grabbed her arm.

“Enough already, Glynnis. You want to blow off steam, I’ll give you a

minute.”

At that moment, Frank yawned lazily, “Edith, why on earth did you drag us out to this godforsaken place? For a reunion, you could’ve at least picked somewhere classy.”

Alston gave him a cold side–eye. “A classy place for this kind of show? After all these years, your brain’s still in diapers, Frank.”

“Son of a-”

Frank was about to throw a punch when the lady in the red dress stopped him with a shake of her head.

The Bartley family was riding high in Elmsworth’s corridors of power, and these spoiled brats had no virtue; all they have was a knack for kissing up to the right people.

“Ms. Edith, stop keeping us in suspense. Why did you call us here?” the guy in the blue suit asked with a cheeky grin.

Edith, playing them like a fiddle, jauntily walked over to a dusty old piano in the corner. She lifted the cover to reveal keys that were as

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day

left to right, an

curled into a ball, and her tear–streaked face was etched with

her pale lips until they bled, but it couldn’t stop the dark memories from corroding her

the day, every time she was bullied in the abandoned music room, Edith was always the one playing the soundtrack to her torture. The physical and mental abuse had left her with deep psychological

today was that, first, I’ll admit I’ve missed you,” Edith said, while flipping her well–coiffed brunette curls with a seductive sneer. “Second, I want to know which one of you back–stabbed me.

into a

red dress snickered, “Edith, where’s this coming

her phone, which revealed a video clip of herself bullying Marilla from ten years ago; in the video she was slapping Marilla mercilessly while their

Silence.

admit it, fine,” said Edith, with a venomous grin. “Girls, you’ll slap

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all. Then we’ll have dirt on each other. Square. And I’ll

plummeting into an abyss; it was like

site exploded in panic, including Alston.

Marilla will be all to himself. How did

a

have you lost your mind?! This

wanted no part in it. “I’m out. I don’t need this kind of risk. Settle

nowhere,” Edith’s eyes darkened. “I’ve locked down the villa. If anyone leaves, I’ll bury them here. And who’d find a corpse in

middle of nowhere?”

panic, sweating bullets, and when someone tried to

as one of the four big families, had ties in both the

terrified, cause they knew the

worry, Marilla won’t be leaving

as wicked as it was insane.

in the same boat. What happens

were convincing, they

own turf, but now, you’re all spineless,” Edith

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his father had filled him with a seething rage. And now,

added fuel to the fire.

his desire to

uncontrollable.

Alston approached the motionless girl, and untied the rope

tracksuits were entranced, and their minds were filled with censored

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