Chapter 1331 The call was hung up within seconds.
A dark look wiped across Odell‘s face. He clicked “call” again and this time, it was an automated electro
nic voice that answered him, “The number you called is unavailable.”
She must have blocked Cliff‘s number as well.
Was she completely done with him?
Clack.
He threw the phone on the table, picked up his jacket, and stepped out.
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Cliff grimaced feebly and retrieved his phone.
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Outside the door, Shermaine was at her station attending to her tasks. When she saw Odell marching o
ut with a sullen look on his face, she hurriedly got up and asked with concern, “Master Carter, the dinne
r you ordered is on the way. Where are you going?” Odell ignored her and
went straight into the elevator. Shermaine frowned.
After a while, Cliff emerged from the office. She
quickly turned to Cliff and asked, “Cliff, why did Master Carter leave so suddenly? Is he in a bad mood?
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“Family problems.” Cliff glanced at the time and turned to her. “I don‘t
think there‘s much left to do for the day. Why don‘t you go home?”
With that, he walked toward the elevator.
Shermaine hurriedly grabbed her bag and chased after
him.
After slipping into the elevator with him, she asked in a hushed voice as if afraid somebody would over
hear them, “Is it related to Mrs. Carter again?”
Cliff nodded and grunted, “Yeah.”
Something glimmered in Shermaine‘s eyes as she tried to pry for more information . “What is it about? I
thought she went out of town? Did she come back already?”
“No.” Cliff did not suspect that Shermaine had any ulterior motives and figured she was only asking out
of curiosity. “I think it‘s because Mrs. Carter blocked his number on all platforms. He tried to use my ph
one to call her just now but she didn‘t pick up either and had my number blocked too.”
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Shermaine‘s eyes widened as if
she had been told a life altering tale. She expressed instinctively, “How could she behave like this?”
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Cliff frowned and eyed her. Shermaine immediately realized that she had accidentally
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blurted out something profane. She quickly changed her tone and corrected herself. “I mean, if she has
his number blocked, what happens if she gets into some kind of accident out there and Master Carter
has no way of ever finding out what happened to her?” Cliff considered this and stated, “She went with
her colleagues at the academy so I think she should be fine for the most part.” Shermaine pretended to
be relieved upon hearing this.” Oh, that‘s good to know.” Deep down, she mocked and ridiculed Sylvia.
As if running from home was not bad enough, she even went and cut off contact with Master Carter. W
hy would she intentionally cut him out from her life?
She reflected that she would never do something so immature.
Still, she could use this situation to
her advantage. Now that the woman was out of the picture, she had a chance to get closer to Master C
arter without any intrusion. Perhaps something could happen between them while the missus was gone
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Meanwhile, at a hotel located at the foot of the mountain.
After Sylvia blocked Cliff’s number, she dropped the phone on the bed.
She shared a room with another female teacher.
Noticing that Sylvia did not answer the call, she became curious and asked, “Miss Sylvia, why did you h
up the
call?”
Sylvia answered blankly as if stating a simple, indisputable fact, “Just a telemarketer.”
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The teacher had nothing to add to this and merely acknowledged it with a soft nod. After that, she
got up and said, “Take your time, I‘m going to take a quick shower.”
“Okay.”
The teacher went to the bathroom.
Sylvia continued packing her luggage.
Cliff would not
call her for no reason. It must be Odell using his phone to call her. What happened last night was still fre
in her mind as if it just happened moments ago. She could still hear Odell shouting at her, his cry echoed
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She was in no mood to talk to him right now.
Since he would be so defensive of his dear little secretary Shermaine, she saw no reason
that she should be the one to make peace with him.
She would rather not talk to him at all instead of wasting
time bickering with him.
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