Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 80

Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Let Me See the Will

Then, Sylvia Lancaster said anxiously to Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster, "Dad, Mom, Ethan and I are doing great right now. I don’t want to break up with him."

The truth was, Ethan Sutton had been treating Sylvia Lancaster very poorly lately.

Before Sylvia and Ethan got engaged, he had been incredibly gentle and protective of her. Even the tone of his voice when he spoke to her was filled with deep affection and tenderness, as if Sylvia were a precious, fragile glass doll.

But lately, Ethan Sutton had grown cold toward Sylvia. He’d become impatient if she tried to talk to him for more than a few sentences. Whenever things weren’t going his way, he would take his anger out on her, saying she was useless to him and only dragged him down with her family.

Mr. and Mrs. Sutton were even more distant and formally polite toward Sylvia. Mrs. Sutton, who had once claimed to see Sylvia as her own daughter, had recently hinted multiple times that she should move back in with the Lancaster family before the wedding.

Although Sylvia had long known people were fickle, she still felt deeply wronged. ’The man who swore eternal love and treated me with such tenderness now looks at me with nothing but impatience.’ The drastic change was driving her mad.

But Sylvia wasn’t willing to leave Ethan now. She knew he was her best option at the moment.

She wouldn’t be able to find someone better if she left Ethan. She had recently tried contacting the men who used to dote on her and follow her around like puppies, but they’d all abandoned their fawning admiration and were now giving her the cold shoulder.

Fearing that the marriage to the Lawson family’s dull-witted younger son would fall to her, Sylvia forced out a few tears. She looked up pitifully at Elaine Hughes and Robert Lancaster and said,

"I was never your real daughter to begin with. Marrying into the Sutton family is already my best option. Dad, Mom, I’ll go beg Mr. and Mrs. Sutton again to invest. Please, I’m begging you, don’t make me leave Ethan."

Silas Lancaster, who had been quiet the whole time, suddenly spoke up. "The Suttons are being awfully arrogant right now, if you ask me. You two have been engaged for almost half a year, and they haven’t said a word about the wedding. A few days ago, someone told me they saw Ethan Sutton at a party, fawning all over the Walsh family’s daughter. Sis, you should really reconsider."

Silas felt a pang of pity for Sylvia. In his eyes, Ethan was being unfaithful and was no longer worthy of her.

Sylvia’s face fell at his words, which stabbed into her heart like a vicious thorn. It was true—the Suttons and Ethan had completely avoided the topic of marriage. Sylvia was panicked, but there was nothing she could do.

Robert Lancaster suddenly said in a deep voice, "Enough! Our priority right now is to finalize the marriage between Melody and the Lawsons. We can discuss Sylvia and the Suttons’ situation later."

It wasn’t that Robert hadn’t considered switching the marriage alliance to Sylvia, but the Lawsons had refused. They had even told him to his face that they didn’t want ’the fake’.

Robert had also sounded out several other wealthy families with available capital, but ever since the news about the real and fake heiresses got out, the young masters who had once praised Sylvia’s personality and talents had all flatly rejected his marriage proposals.

After all this, Robert understood that the Suttons were indeed Sylvia’s best option. With her in their family, the Lancasters could at least save some face. He didn’t want to see her "returned" by the Suttons at such a critical moment.

Elaine Hughes glanced at Robert Lancaster’s expression, then gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "Actually, Mrs. Lawson asked me before if I minded them... forcing the issue with Melody and her son. I agreed."

"After I agreed, Mrs. Lawson had her nephew send people to wait near the Summers’ house, planning to grab Melody the moment she stepped outside. But Melody hasn’t left the house at all! What’s more, when her adoptive mother and uncle go out, they’re escorted by a group from the neighborhood patrol. They all carry knives and clubs, which makes it very inconvenient to make a move."

"Her villa has also been reinforced. She turns on an electric fence at night, so you can’t sneak in. And her next-door neighbors have a bunch of bodyguards who patrol around the villas at night. If we made a big scene, we’d definitely be discovered."

When Elaine Hughes finished, the others were surprised. ’Melody Summers made so many preparations? She even installed an electric fence? Who on earth is she guarding against?’

Sylvia listened, thought for a moment, and said softly, "Dad, Mom, we don’t necessarily have to go to the Summers’ house. We could just lure Melody out."

Robert frowned. "With that temper of hers, why would she ever agree to meet us?"

Sylvia pursed her lips and spoke softly. "What if we lie and say you’re both gravely ill... She’s your biological daughter, after all. Could she really bear not to see you one last time?"

*

What Sylvia hadn’t expected was that Melody really could.

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