Chapter 7


    Sylvia promptly hung up on Bonnie''s shrill usations, having zero desire to engage with these


    people any longer.


    She decided to preemptively block all their numbers and cut off contactpletely. It wasn''t as if


    they had ever bothered learning anything substantial about her real self and background over the


    years anyway.


    To make a clean break from the past, Sylvia also switched to a new phone number that the Ward


    family could never reach her on.


    Her family whole-heartedly supported cutting ties for good. They had prepared everything


    necessary to help Sylvia move forward.


    After two days of much-needed rest, she finally felt her lingering exhaustion fade.


    "Tell me, why on earth did you give up being our family heiress all these years to suffer as that


    man''s wife instead?" Juliet ranted upon seeing more headlines involving Cyril and Karina. "It''s


    infuriating!"


    While delighted at the very public bacsh Cyril now faced, her heart ached over everything Sylvia


    had endured because of him.


    "Clearly I was too young and blind. But I see clearly now. Are you going to keep scolding me over


    my mistakes?" Sylvia replied peaceably.


    Her cid eptance surprised Juliet who had expected more stubbornness. Clearing her throat in


    embarrassment over her outburst, Juliet attempted a lighter tone instead.


    "Oh fine, since you''re actually admitting your faults for once, I''ll let it go this time. But isn''t that


    gemstone bracelet Cyril is wearing rather familiar? The same one Aunty gifted you before right,


    from your heirloom ne?"


    Peering closer at the photo, the bracelet did seem exceptionally well-crafted with vibrant saturated


    colors that bespoke its immense value.


    As Sylvia''s closestpanion, Juliet naturally recognized it as originating from her priceless family


    jewels. Sylvia herself nodded confirmation.


    While she hadn''t cared much about retrieving most of the other gifts she had bestowed when love


    still blinded her, this particr heirloom bracelet had to be an exception. Her mother had specially


    left it for Sylvia so that rat Cyril definitely did not deserve to continue unting it.


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    The very thought of that bracelet making intimate contact with Karina''s skin also filled Sylvia with


    revulsion now.


    "If you''re free this afternoon, want toe along as I reim my belongings from them? I left quite


    a few valuable things behind," Sylvia invited.


    Juliet had initially wanted to decline due to a prior engagement. But at the prospect of front-row


    entertainment, she immediately agreed, "Sure, no problem at all! We can head over right now


    even."


    With Sylvia driving the lead sports car, Juliet eagerly followed behind in her own shy ride. She


    nearly swallowed her tongue in disbelief though when they pulled up to a luxury four-storey


    townhouse.


    "Seriously? You squeezed yourself into this little hovel all these years?"


    ncing back instinctively, Sylvia had to concede that to the average citizen, this mansion would


    already be considered extravagant, likely requiring a lifetime''s savings just for the downpayment.


    But to those from the upper crust like herself, it was akin to humble peasants'' lodgings.


    Juliet truly couldn''tprehend why Sylvia had voluntarily assumed a life of hardship for that


    undeserving cretin. But then again, everything came down to the madness of love didn''t it? A


    bitterness clearly not meant for someone like herself to taste, Juliet shuddered.


    Wrinkling her nose, she urged Sylvia to hurry up and grab her stuff so they could leave posthaste.


    This dreary abode was seriously dampening her previously eager mood.


    Unsure if Cyril might be home, Sylvia simply proceeded straight in with her keys, causing the


    woman lounging on the sofa to shriek in shock at her sudden entrance.


    It was her wretched mother-inw Marsha who instantly assumed the worst.


    "So the divorcee dares show her face again! My son told me you didn''t take a single penny in the


    settlement so what now? Here to demand your share?" She leapt up in agitation. "Well you can


    dream on! Not one cent of what my boy earned fair and square will go to you!"


    Ignoring her outburst, Sylvia silently approached and reached out towards the glinting ruby ne


    around Marsha''s throat. Before the spluttering woman could react, Sylvia had already unsped


    and removed the expensive piece.


    It took a few seconds for Marsha to process what just happened. When she finally tried to snatch it


    back, Sylvia deftly evaded her grasp, sending the older woman staggering.


    "How dare you steal from me, you worthless tramp! Just you watch, I''ll make sure you never step


    foot in here again!" Marsha snarled vindictively. "Forget about ever getting back with my son too!"


    Just as expected, thatst threat was meant to cut deepest at Sylvia''s supposed innermost longing.


    Too bad for them that the woman they thought they knew never really existed at all.


    Sylvia handed the retrieved rubies off to Juliet who deposited them into a jewelry box she had


    purposely carried along.


    "This ne was my greeting gift to you when I first married into this family. Now I''m simply taking


    back what''s mine since you have made it abundantly clear I was never weed or considered as


    one of you to begin with."