Encore of the Avenging Muse (Sylvia and Rupert)

Chapter 104

Over the phone, Bridget laughed with a carefree malice.

"What do I want? No surprise you can't see it, considering your mom's lowly background. How could someone like her raise anything but a daughter who does nothing but seduce men? Shouldn't I, the future Mrs. Garcia, be the one to set things right? So fond of stealing, huh? I'll show you how to spit it all out! Feeling sorry now? Bitch! You got what you deserved!"

Bridget wished her words could morph into the sharpest blades, slicing Sylvia into pieces. The her right now bore no resemblance to the calm and elegant beauty admired by the public.

Sylvia's voice was cold as she spoke, "All this talk, and you still haven't said what you actually want."

"It's simple. Quit working at Eloise's studio, and I promise to treat you and... your mom well."

As Bridget spoke, her freshly manicured nails clicked intentionally against the phone screen. Her tone was dismissive yet threatening.

"Bridget, I won't agree to that."

"You won't understand until it's too late, will you? Just watch how your mom gets humiliated!"

Then came a series of pings.

photos from Bridget - her mother forced to kneel on the ground, being fed rotten sandwiches, and Edwin dumped in a trash heap. But Bridget was cautious, retracting

twisted Sylvia's heart in agony. She bit her lip, her eyes lowering to hide her turmoil, even her voice

You shouldn't drag my mom and Edwin into it. Edwin is Tristan Garcia's son, and while my mom's background may

been cautious and respectful in the Garcia family for years, never stepping out of line. You're not just making things difficult for

laughter boomed through the phone, mixed with Mrs. Simpson's scoffing. "You really think that highly

dripped

options, huh? Resorting to those losers for a lecture! Remember, the Garcia family will belong to Rupert, and through him, to me, the future Mrs. Garcia. What are those people to

will have to play by

want your mom and Edwin's photos to become the talk

my mom

face anyone after that?

spread those photos. How

about the Garcia family?"

I'm Rupert's fiancée.

thought of Rupert's intimate moments with Sylvia while she was left in

"Sylvia, stop resisting. You stand

Beep... beep... beep...

The call ended.