Chapter 39

She might freeze to death if he kept her waiting outside.

Two dial tones later, the call ended abruptly.

Sylvia stared at the number on her screen with gnashing teeth.

‘Is he coming out or not? Is he trying to leave me to freeze to death?’

Sylvia had the urge to leave, but whenever she closed her eyes, she saw Isabel and Liam’s adorable faces smiling at her. She could not afford to lose them.

She continued squatting while staring at the ground.

There was already a puddle of water beneath her feet, and every drop of rain that fell caused it to ripple.

She started to shiver uncontrollably due to the cold.

Just when her consciousness started to fade, she heard footsteps coming closer. It was the noise of a pair of leather shoes stepping on the concrete ground.

in a well-manicured

her consciousness grew weak, and she thought she was hallucinating, so

again, Odell was already beside her, peering down on

stand up but her legs had grown numb. The sudden movement left her off

Thud.

fell into

her cold body assaulted his

away, Sylvia rapidly retracted herself from him. She explained, “I’m sorry.

grew surly.

she explained, “I’m telling the truth.

her.

sounded like she had done it on purpose and then apologized.

texts I sent you earlier were

had the arrogant look on his face, but she could feel that he was less angry at her.

shouldn’t vent my emotions on you. I’m sorry. Just scold me if you’re unhappy. I promise I won’t talk back.”

smiled at him, and despite being pale from the cold, she

“Delete all the

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