Master Odell’s Secret Ex-wife novel Chapter 11

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.”

Liam tugged at his lips and followed behind them with Isabel.

At Sylvia’s home, she 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 few rings, the call was connected. She immediately asked, “Isabel, where are you now?”

On the other end of the line, Isabel was seated with Liam.

They were placed in the children’s seat which restricted their range of movement. Meanwhile, there was a feast of nutritious kids’ meals laid out in front of them.

Her cheeks were stuffed with food.

When her phone rang and she saw that it was her mother calling, she was delighted. She babbled, “Mommy, I’m eating with Liam, the suspicious uncle, and the ugly aunty at a restaurant.”

Odell and Tara who were seated right 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 to hit on the suspicious uncle. I’m losing my appetite.”

Liam patted the back of her head and tried to console her, “It’s my fault. I won’t let you eat out with her next time.”

Tara clenched her fists, boiling with fury.

Odell clicked his tongue. Then, he got up and went to Isabel and proceeded to yank the phone out of her hand.

Sylvia was 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 as soon as I can.”

She felt her hands trembling.

Instead of answering, she promptly hung up.

After not hearing a response for several seconds, Odell glanced suspiciously at the phone screen.

He saw a girl with chubby cheeks and a wide grin on her face; it was Isabel. Meanwhile, the caller had already hung up.