Chapter 418
He carried Sylvia to the bedside table, where several snacks and a fragrant bowl of porridge had been
laid out.
Sylvia glanced at the food without any expression on her face and said, “I have no appetite.”
Her throat was hoarse.
Odell grabbed her shoulder and coldly enunciated each word, “Eat the porridge immediately.”
The look in Sylvia’s eyes was bland and spiritless. She did not seem to have any intention of eating.
Odell cupped her face. “Sylvia, I’m talking to you. Do you hear me?”
Sylvia pursed her lips and ignored him.
In a low voice, Odell growled, “Do you think that by going on a hunger strike, I will divorce you and
send you to be reunited with Edmund in jail? If you don’t eat today, you can give up on walking through
this door!”
As the words fell from his mouth, he let go of her.
Like a broken puppet, Sylvia lost her support and she fell to the bed.She lay on the bed without moving,
staring at the ceiling in a trance.Seeing her act like that, Odell felt an anger that he had never felt
before surging to his head.This woman had harmed his grandmother and played him like a fool. He had
only broken one of her legs, yet she was now refusing to eat and was acting as if she wanted to
die!She was just asking for it!Odell immediately walked to her, picked her up, and held her head in
place. He picked up the bowl of porridge. Then, he took a sip and kissed her mouth.He tried to pry her
mouth open and force the porridge down her throat, but Sylvia gritted her teeth.The first mouthful of
porridge trickled down the corners of her mouth.Odell frowned coldly.Next, he bit her mouth, forcing her
to open it. However, the porridge still flowed down the sides of her mouth.
It was apparent that Sylvia had not swallowed. The porridge flowed from the corners of her mouth to
her chin and even her neck.However, her eyes were still blank, and she looked as if she had lost her
soul.Odell instantly burned with rage. With a bang, he threw the bowl to the ground. The bowl shattered
into pieces, and the porridge splashed all over the floor.He cupped her face and fixed her with a sinister
glare. “Don’t you want to meet Liam and Isabel?”Sylvia’s emotionless eyes suddenly rolled.Odell
looked at her eyes and continued, “If you don’t, you can die of starvation here. You will never meet
them again in this lifetime!”
After that, he withdrew his hand.Sylvia’s body shook, but she steadied herself quickly and did not fall
back on the bed.Odell glanced at her, a little disdainful of her current disgraceful appearance, and
walked out of the room.Sylvia remained in a daze for a few seconds, then she grabbed the snacks that
had been left on the table and devoured them.Using her hand, she ate them in large mouthfuls. Shortly
after, the plates were cleaned.Her throat felt dry, but the moisture from the porridge that had spilled on
the floor had already been absorbed by the carpet.She hesitated for a moment and dragged herself to
the bathroom with her broken leg. She turned on the tap, scooped up some water, and drank it.Just as
Sylvia was gulping down the water, Violet’s shriek sounded outside the door. “Mrs. Carter, what are you
doing? Please stop! This water is not clean. You can’t drink it!”The only thoughts that occupied Sylvia’s
brain now were of Liam and Isabel, so she did not hear Violet.When she was done drinking, she
stopped and looked at Violet who was standing just outside.Violet’s eyes were red as if Sylvia had
frightened her. “Mrs. Carter, you are still so young! Please don’t torture yourself, okay?”
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