Chapter 11 Odell shot her a look. “Weren’t you going to the gallery today?” Tara answered, “The exhibition has ended. Besides, I haven’t seen Liam for some time, so I figured I might as well come to see him on such a rare occasion where you’re taking him out.” She turned to Liam and then noticed Isabel who was next to him. She was slightly startled. Why does this fat kid look so much like Liam? “Odell, who’s the little girl?” she turned to ask Odell while smiling.

“She’s Liam’s friend.”

This surprised Tara again.

How was it that this loner brat managed to make friends?

She studied Isabel again.

Isabel frowned and responded to her gaze with indifference.

This must be the awful lady that Aunt Tonya mentioned!

Tara quickly detected Isabel’s hostility towards her, and she felt a wave of discontent rising inside her. Still, she formed a smile and addressed Isabel, “What a cute little girl. What’s your name?”

She approached Isabel and appeared to want to hug her.

Liam immediately stepped in between Isabel and Tara, glaring icily at Tara. “Go away. Don’t come near her.”

Although his voice was still childish, there was a trace of superiority in his tone.

Tara’s face darkened for a moment, and she cursed the boy in her heart, ‘This damned brat, just you wait! Let’s see how I’ll take care of you after I marry Odell!’

She proceeded to sigh and explained her actions, “Liam, please don’t misunderstand. I don’t have any ill will towards her.”

She spoke to him as if her feelings had been wounded. Nevertheless, Liam ignored her and continued shielding Isabel from her. Tara twitched her lips and looked at Odell almost pleadingly.

Clearly, the children had a bad impression of Tara. He had been spending the day trying to bond with them and figured that there was nothing he could say to make them change their mind about her. He decided she would have to prove herself with her actions.

He shifted the topic instead. “It’s getting late. Let’s go get something to eat.” Tara could not say anything and merely had to swallow her rage. She promptly clung to Odell’s arms and announced with satisfaction, “Odell, I already got us a reservation at the Elysian House. Let’s go eat there.”

Odell nodded and glanced at Liam and Isabel to say in an imposing tone, “Come on, let’s go.”

his lips and followed

had returned from the woodcarving studio for some time. It was already getting dark, yet there was no sign of Isabel. She rang Isabel worriedly. After a

other end of the line, Isabel was seated with

were placed in the children’s seat which restricted their range of movement. Meanwhile, there

were stuffed

her phone rang and she saw that it was her mother calling, she was delighted. She babbled, “Mommy, I’m eating

next to her were rendered speechless. Odell frowned whereas Tara seemed horrified. Isabel pouted again and voiced her grief, “Mommy, I want to go home. The food here tastes horrible. Then, there’s the ugly aunty who is too hideous to flirt but still keeps trying

tried to console her, “It’s my fault. I won’t let you eat out with

fists,

 

he got up and went to Isabel and

just about to answer Isabel when she heard the raspy, low voice of a man coming from the receiver, “Sorry, I have been a poor host and have troubled her. I will bring her back

felt her

of answering, she promptly hung

hearing a response for several seconds, Odell glanced suspiciously at the

grin on her face; it was Isabel. Meanwhile, the caller had

was

phone back to the upset Isabel who immediately stuffed the phone into

lifted her and Liam out of

hand in hand, and moments before they stepped

turned beet red

front of Odell, thus she only cast

“Head back first. Don’t wait up for

had no intention of comforting

was only three years old. Even if she was rude, it was more due to poor parenting than anything

priority was to get

With that, he left.

was so infuriated that she slammed her chopsticks on the ground

minutes later, Odell brought Liam and

first to step out of the car, followed by Liam and

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