Chapter 1365 She stared at the red and glittering wine, its luster was captured in her eyes. 

It was eleven years ago when she met Shermaine. She was only twelve years old then. 

She had rescued Shermaine from poverty because of her extreme similarity with Sylvia. Her son was obsessed with Sylvia to an unhealthy degree and she wanted Shermaine to grow into a doppelgänger of Sylvia to become the perfect replacement for the lover her son never had. 

Only, her son wanted nobody other than Sylvia herself, he would rather go to prison than settle for Shermaine. There was also the fact that Shermaine had only come to resemble Sylvia in appearance but did not manage to capture her essence in any other facets. 

In the end, she decided to let Shermaine go back to her home country and creep into Odell‘s life. 

Even if she could not bring an end to the Carter empire, she would avenge her son by ruining Odell and Sylvia‘s romance! 

Only... 

She frowned uneasily. 

She knew Shermaine like the back of her palm. 

During their conversation on the phone, she noticed that Shermaine sounded very agitated. There must be something more to it. 

Was she hiding something from her? 

sharpened, and she downed the glass of wine in one go and smashed it back

girl foil her plans. She had to go back to Westchester herself

… 

The next day. 

breakfast, Odell was driven to the company as

stopped at

soon as he stepped out of the car, he saw Shermaine standing by

she was

a glance before

Carter,” Shermaine suddenly stepped forward and called after him.

“What

and entire demeanor were standoff–ish.

was no longer as upset as when he shoved her

was relieved by this and proceeded to give a heartfelt apology. “I want to apologize for my behavior last night, I stepped

 

surfaced in Odell‘s eyes. After an uncomfortable silence, he spoke, “I‘m glad you realized your

he walked away.

still like a totem. She quietly gazed at Odell marching into the building and heaved a sigh of relief,

lips. 

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