Master Odell’s Secret Ex-wife
Chapter 653

Chapter 653

Chapter 653After running past the curved walkway surrounded by flowers, Sylvia saw a pavilion that was filled with all kinds of painting tools.

There was an excellent viewpoint right next to the pavilion. She bought a few tools, sat down on the grass next to the pavilion,and started to sketch the landscape.

Thomas stood under the pavilion, leaning his back against the pillar as he looked at her. Not long after that, the phone in hispocket rang with an incoming call. He picked it up to glance at it, and the soft light under his eyes instantly vanished. His facereturned to its usual coldness. He brought the phone to his ear and asked in a faint voice,” What is it?”

On the phone, his assistant said nervously, “Second Master, the shareholders’ meeting has already started. Now, two-thirds ofthe shareholders are sure to vote to replace Master Carter. If you come over now and inject money into Carter Corporation tosolve their difficulties, they’ll definitely acknowledge you as the new head of the company!” Thomas pursed his lips in silence.Upon hearing this, his assistant continued, “Second Master, Carter Corporation is no ordinary company. If you take over CarterCorporation now, your name will definitely show up on the list of the world’s richest people. Your last name is Carter, and you’realso a master of the Carter family. Your skills aren’t inferior to Odell’s. Don’t you want to achieve something big?” Achievesomething big? Thomas narrowed his eyes, but his gaze could not help but look over toward Sylvia. The sun shone on herdelicate face. She was obviously in a good mood, and the corners of her mouth were curled up in a smile that was even brighterthan the sunlight at that moment.

Memories from long ago suddenly rushed into his mind.

It was many years ago. Due to their mother’s schemes, she had married his brother, Odell. However, they had only registeredtheir marriage and had not held a wedding. After the marriage, Odell had also been very indifferent to her. He basically nevercame back during the day and only came back late at night. At first, they did have any interaction. They lived under differentroofs, and he was never close to his brother.

He once had a serious bout of stomach flu and was in a particularly bad mood. The family doctor he called had been scared ofhim and had not dared to treat him at all, perhaps because he had scared her by making a fuss and throwing stuff around. Then,Sylvia came into the picture.

At first, he had thought she just came to laugh at him. He did not think that she would have pinned him down to the bed, urgedthe servants and the doctor to hold him down as well, and force-fed him the medicine.

The family doctor and the servants had all left because they were afraid that he would do something to them.

However, not only did she not leave, but she had even acted like a wise old woman. With flushed cheeks, she had said, “Nomatter how angry you are, you can’t play around with your health. If you do that again, I'll tell your mother.”

She was obviously the same age as him. In fact, she was even a few months younger than him, but why did she act as if shewas older?

Was it because she was the wife of his older brother? At that time, he had been so surprised by her puffed-up look that he hadfrozen and forgotten to get angry. Later, every time he met her, she would exchange pleasantries with him while still speakinglike she was older than him. However, he somehow liked being cared for by her.

Maybe it was because not even his mother, the person closest to him, cared about him like that since childhood. His mother wasonly interested in competing for Carter Corporation, and all she had ever said to him was that he had to fight his older brother forthe family business. However, she never asked if that was what he wanted in the first place.

Afterward, he started watching her on the balcony. He watched as she busied herself with preparing dinner for his brother,watched as she talked and laughed with Aunt Tonya, and watched as she sat on the law and painted, just like what she wasdoing now.

The light in his eyes softened unconsciously

On the other end of the phone, the assistant still did not hear an answer, so he asked softly,” Second Master, are you still there?”10 Thomas snapped back to his senses and said coldly, “Go ahead as planned and don’t call me again until Carter Corporationgoes bankrupt.” Then, he hung up the phone.

At the same time, in Conference Room 1 in Carter Corporation, the atmosphere was quiet and oppressive. All the shareholderswere sitting in their seats, ready to vote on whether to remove Odell’s position as the current head of the company.

Opposite the conference room, in a small and inconspicuous office, a man in a suit sat on a leather chair by the window.

Cliff stood in front of him, pouring him tea while looking at his expression. “Master Carter, they have started voting.” Odell pickedup the teacup and took a sip, asking, “Has he arrived?”