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? 

in her eyes sharpened, and she downed the glass of wine in

not let the foolish girl foil her plans. She had to go back to Westchester

… 

The next day. 

breakfast, Odell was driven to

car stopped at

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

she was waiting

her a glance before he

forward and called after

to her. “What do

entire demeanor were

Shermaine noticed that he was no longer as upset as when he shoved her away last night.

to give a heartfelt apology. “I want to apologize for my behavior last night, I stepped out of line. I‘m very sorry and I promise to never do anything like that

 

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

he

marching into the building and heaved a sigh of relief,

lips. 

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