Nine months too late: After divorce by Baby Charlene

Chapter 113

Flipping through the pages, she wrinkled her nose.

"How're we certain she did this

herself?"

Sylvie's lips parted in disbelief. Her grandmother could never see any good in her, could she?

"For all we know, she could be as deceptive as her mother." She added, her words piercing Sylvie's chest like an arrow. Holding out his hand, Natalie returned the book to Galen who handed it back to Sylvie..

"Keep practicing." He dismissed her.

With a subtle nod, Sylvie left the

room.

t she stood outside the door, the sound of Natalie's voice reaching her ears.

"That girl shouldn't be here. I don't like her. Do you see the way she behaves? She doesn't act like she has the blood of Cheng in her! "How could Miller have done a thing like this? No! I blame it all on that whore, Floria. She must've forcefully gotten pregnant for him.

girl can never amount to anything good in this family!"

alie wouldn't stop ranting.

Natal

Sylvie's hands shook beside her.

She walked away, holding the sketchbook to herself.

By

six p.m. the family were on their way

to the party.

Sylvie stood and watched from her window as they all got into the cars, every one of them looking exquisitely dressed.

only one left behind, like the

looked more melancholic when the gates closed behind them. She returned

Minutes ticked by.

going to be pure luxury and smell of wealth as only the richest were invited. But it wasn't the guests she thought about. It was the host. of wealth as only

her with us as Kage might get upset and see the entire Cheng family as his enemy! Astrid's words sent a chill all the way to her bones. It's been four years. Was his hatred

clock licked, Sylvie became restless. How bad could it get It's been four years, yet there's been

questions that's been lurking in ber

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bed, pacing the room. An hour later, her restless

wore a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. She didn't have a car yet and had to make use of a taxi

Seated

the one in charge of it, and he'd already gone with the necessary

part of her had known she might never make it inside. She wasn't going to the venue because she wanted to attend the party, but because

can go." The cabby said, stopping at the entrance to the street. The rest of it was heavily guarded, and

the hoodie of her sweatshirt over her head and continued the

sweat pockets, her heart beating

was still far away, but security personnel littered the streets. Sylvie wasn't the only one walking on foot, and she guessed the securities didn't mind checking them because they considered them to be one of the residents in

they

why did need to to

She wasn't a wanted criminal. Or had Kage given them orders to shoot her

thought. How much did

guests were getting that close and the securities were checking their

past,

looked up at the tall building,

always in his expensive suit, tie, cufflinks. He was surely going to look as grumpy as always, saying a few words to people and ignoring the ones he didn't like. Tears came rolling down her

I wish you never came to Easton High, because then, we'd never have crossed paths and Marilyn would've

in his voice, the detachment in his eyes. He hated

there for a long time, imagining what it'd be like to finally see him

it was nothing more than a mere wish, she

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whole

them up when she heard a