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 they

her fingers danced across the keys from left to right, an eerie discordant

her tear–streaked face was etched with terror and despair.

lips until they bled, but it couldn’t stop the dark memories

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 scars, and even

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

into a stunned silence.

dress snickered,

a cold laugh and pulled out her phone, which revealed a video clip of herself bullying Marilla from ten years ago; in

Silence.

won’t admit it, fine,” said Edith, with a venomous grin. “Girls, you’ll slap this idiot around. Boys, you’ll take

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other. Square. And I’ll

into an abyss; it was like a never–ending fall into a

the men at site exploded in panic, including

had promised him that Marilla will be all to himself. How

a free–for–all?

lost your mind?! This is

part in it. “I’m out. I don’t need this kind of risk.

locked down the villa. If anyone leaves, I’ll bury them here. And who’d find a corpse

of

sweating bullets, and when someone tried to call for

had ties

cause they knew

be leaving this villa alive

was as wicked as

same boat. What happens

the words were convincing,

but now, you’re all spineless,” Edith mocked, with her gaze

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and Abernathy families and his father had filled him with

added fuel to

his desire to possess her grew

uncontrollable.

a twisted excitement, Alston approached the motionless girl, and untied the rope that had chafed

guys in blue suits and white tracksuits were entranced, and

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