RedNovelChapter 474
Sylvia was teetering on her heels atop the uneven cobblestones when she lost
her balance and all but fell right into Lester's arms.
"Sorry!" she blurted out, scrambling to straighten herself.
Before she could pull away, Lester gently brushed her hair with his hand.
"You had a leaf stuck there," he said, holding up the culprit.
She quickly smoothed her hair, feeling her cheeks flush. "Thanks."
"Do you always have to be so formal?" Lester arched an eyebrow, a hint of a smirk playing on his lips.
Sylvia was about to explain herself when Reese's voice rang out from behind them.
"I wondered where you'd disappeared to-turns out you had other plans."
Sylvia spun around, only to be met with Reese's cold, dark stare. There was an intensity there that sent a chill up
her spine, as if his eyes were ink that never quite dried. She instinctively took a step back.
Lester stepped smoothly between them, his tone light. "Aren't you two supposed to have salone time?
Con, everyone's already in the main hall. Let's not keep the guests waiting."
"Of course." Reese looped his arm through Rupert's. "Mr. Rupert, shall we? My brother can look after Sylvia."
Rupert merely nodded, but before he left, he shot Sylvia a look so icy and sharp she felt like she might shatter
under it.
Sylvia, desperate for Lester not to notice anything, forced a calm voice. "We should go too."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtLester nodded.
They walked in silence until they reached the doors to the main hall. There, Lester paused and turned to her.
"Sylvia."
"Yeah?" she answered, distracted.
"Reese was right, you know."
His eyes sparkled with a warmth that made her heart skip a beat.
Sylvia froze, replaying Reese's words in her head. Other plans. Was he talking about... her?
For a second, she was completely at a loss, nervously twisting the fabric of her dress.
"Ms. Lloyd!" A housemaid churrying from the hall.
Sylvia seized the chance to break eye contact. "Yes?"
"Mrs. Naomi's back is acting up again. She needs you in the garden house," the maid said, pointing towards the
backyard.
At the mention of Naomi's condition, Sylvia forgot everything else. She apologized quickly to Lester and rushed
off.
The Garcia family's staff were all busy in the main hall, so the garden house was oddly quiet.
Sylvia hurried inside.
"Mom?" she called, but got no answer. Worried, she picked up her pace.
She had barely taken two steps when she heard the flick of a lighter by the living room window.
Her heart sank. Rupert, who should have been greeting guests, stood there by
the window, cigarette in hand.
Of course. She'd been tricked.
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was cracked open,
breeze swirl the smoke
around Rupert's face, blurring his
sharp features and making his glare even more intimidating.
"So eager to be with him, huh?" he said coldly.
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But Rupert caught her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. "Hmm? Not a word?"
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