Chapter 278

The butler looked at Tristan, puzzled.

"Didn't we just pull back the people who were keeping an eye on her? She hasn't been scheming to get pregnant, nor is she pestering Mr. Rupert."

"Rupert is my son, and I know him. He's lying."

The butler nodded immediately, hesitating before saying, "At the Carmen Group's celebration party today, some rumors were flying around. People saw Warren and Sylvia having a bit of a tussle."

Tristan let out a derisive snort. "I disliked her the moment she first set foot in the Garcia family. I just knew she'd be trouble."

The butler bent down and whispered, "If Sylvia..."

Tristan narrowed his eyes, his voice icy. "Do as I instructed before."

"Yes, sir."

The next day, Sylvia woke up in a haze.

How did she end up in bed?

There was no time to ponder it, as she realized she was almost late. She hurriedly got up to take a shower.

While in the shower, she felt the faint sting of a bite mark on her neck, the indentations still painfully evident.

was approaching, so wearing a turtleneck wouldn't seem

opened her wardrobe,

Rupert!

had taken all her turtlenecks

hung his own scarf prominently in

seething, got dressed and wrapped his scarf around her neck

stormed into the studio,

cardboard box, presumably clearing out

her cheeks were bruised a sign she'd been on

parents had only agreed

an expensive college because she'd convinced them it was full of

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They hoped she'd marry well and support

only truth

of engaging, so she

crash behind her, and

are you happy now? My parents caught me out, and

Hearing this, Sylvia paused.

turned to face Freya. "I thought of many ways to deal with you, but using your parents against you was never one of them, because in

trembling with resentment.

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