Billionaire, Let's Divorce! by BELLA

Chapter 0227

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Sydney's POV

I woke up to a silent house. Not that it was always noisy in the mansion but there was always this buzzing energy in the atmosphere; the sound of Tavon's business-like voice (very distinct from the one he used in that room) making business calls or the distant sounds of the whips, the clatters of plates in the kitchen, the murmurs and quiet giggles of Tavon's staff as they chatted animatedly and cracked jokes amongst themselves.

I had grown accustomed to a quiet but not so quiet mansion, but this morning? The mansion was dead silent. If a pin dropped, I swear, it would echo throughout the mansion. It was eerily still as if the walls were also holding their breath.

After peeking my head out a couple of times to catch a whiff of any hushed conversation or any hint as to what had gone wrong, I resigned and went to take my bath. The hot water did little to soothe the sense of dread that had settled in the pit of my stomach.

I got dressed and proceeded downstairs to have breakfast alone as usual. My footsteps echoed loudly in the hallways and it was the only sound breaking the unnatural silence.

It felt as if I were the last person on earth.

Scarlet turned out to be the one who served me breakfast.

Her presence was almost jarring in the eerie quiet.

raised my brows, "You aren't

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and red eyes from crying so. much.." she shrugged, "I'm filling in for a colleague." "Who died?" I blurted out without

crept up my spine as Scarlet's expression

then she whispered, "We got the horrible

how she was dragging the whole issue. My patience was wearing thin and the oppressive

giggled quietly. "Meet me at the terrace," she

the suffocating quiet. As expected, Scarlet was in her usual spot, smoking a cigarette. The tendrils of smoke also seemed to hang in the air like ghostly

she gave me a brief glance, winked, took one more inhale of the cigarette. After letting the smoke out in a long, slow exhale,

Axel was attacked at

and I quickly clamped my palm

thousand terrible scenarios flashed in

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continued while smoking, her voice low and grave. His whole body was shot through to

I gasped, my voice muffled

the killer, we all know who the killer is. The realization hit me like a physical blow, stealing the breath from my lungs. "Yep!" She popped the