Chapter 50

Odell went back into the room after the phone call.

Tara was eavesdropping behind the curtain, and when she noticed that the call had ended, she quickly jumped back into bed. Odell returned to his seat beside the beat. She maintained her feeble look and asked, “Odell, are you busy with something else?” “Nothing in particular.”

Tara recalled him mentioning the kids on the phone. She had another glance at the paint on his face and then whispered her question, “Odell, were you with Isabel and Liam the whole day today?”

Odell simply hummed a reply. Indeed, he had been with the kids but just not at home. In order to avoid any misunderstanding, he did not tell her that he was with Sylvia together with the kids.

Tara looked anxious. She believed he must have spent time with Sylvia together with the kids, or else he would not have asked if Sylvia was still at the Carters’. She clutched her fists and said with a smile, “Odell, why don’t you bring the kids out next week and we can have some fun together? I kinda like them.”

Odell went silent.

obviously disliked her, but since he would marry her in the future, she would eventually be their stepmom, so the ill relationship

thoughts later, he answered, “Okay.”

use the kids to approach Odell anymore. She had

week

kids from kindergarten in the evening. A normal week went by, and it was already Friday. While Sylvia was finishing her work for the day, Tristan came up to her. He sat on the edge of her table gracefully and asked with a smile, “Sylvia, are you free tomorrow night?”

Your wood carvings are highly reviewed, and they were impressed, so they wanted me to invite you.” He then added, “The ball starts tomorrow at 6 o’clock in the evening. You can spend time with your kids in the morning and should be able to make it by that

opportunity to meet more people in the industry, but her kids were

say for sure. If I can go, I’ll let you know ASAP.” Tritan smiled. “Okay. Just tell me before

her kids on time. She brought them to her place for a while before she brought them back to the Carters’ before dark.

into the living

and also tell her that she wanted to bring

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