Shortly after that, inside a private room on the second floor of the Elysian House, Odell was seated next to Tara while Sylvia and her two colleagues sat with them at the table.

Perhaps due to Odell’s intimidating aura, both of Sylvia’s colleagues kept their heads low and did not dare to utter a word or make any sort of movement.

From the moment he sat down, he had been staring fixedly at Sylvia without any attempts to conceal his gaze.

Sylvia shifted uncomfortably as he watched her like his prey in this manner.

She felt she had to say something. “Master Carter, it’s quite inappropriate for you to keep staring at me like this with your wife sitting right by your side.”

Odell chuckled softly. “After three years, it doesn’t seem like you’ve changed all that much apart from the attitude you’ve developed.”

Sylvia returned his snark response, “Well, I’ll have to thank the sixty slaps you gave me for that.”

Odell’s lips twitched as his face darkened.

It was as if he could not