The Beginning Of All Sins

“You should drink your broth before it gets cold,” Tyler suggested.

“Right, you should do that now. I was just a bit distracted,” Mrs. Jones chimed in hurriedly.

Naomi studied her mother’s face. There was something off about her today; she could sense it.

Tyler and Mrs. Jones left together.

Once in the car, Mrs. Jones finally spoke up. “Olivia hasn’t become pregnant yet, has she? Maybe we should consider IVF instead. What do you think?

He regarded her carefully. “Did Naomi mention this?”

“No, it’s just something I thought about. Olivia… is still young. I was concerned that your relationship might develop into something more than it already is.”

Tyler stared at her coldly.

“I mean…I was only suggesting it for Naomi’s sake. I wouldn’t want things to get awkward between you two in the future,” Mrs. Jones hurriedly added, realizing she had been too forward.

“I’ll think about this,” Tyler said curtly, his expression inscrutable and stern.

Why did he even care about Mrs. Jones’s opinion? Well, it was out of basic respect. If it weren’t for the fact that she was Naomi’s mother, he wouldn’t have given it a second thought.

As the car stopped at Mrs. Jones’s house, she got out. Tyler watched her disappearing silhouette icily.

Olivia returned to Sandalwood Palace feeling a bit under the weather and went straight to her room. She waited anxiously for Tyler to come back, uncertain how long he would be with her sister.

Then, around 3 o’clock, she heard a car pull up.

Stepping out onto the stairs, she spotted Tyler entering the hall. He noticed her almost immediately.

He gestured for her to follow him silently. “Not here,” he mouthed.

Olivia followed him into his study. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

“I think I want to move out, Tyler,” she began.

Tyler took a moment to absorb her words before asking, “Is this really what you

want?”

“Yes.”

“Can you tell me why?” he asked, his tone calm.

“I just don’t think I can stay here any longer because of what happened today,” Olivia answered.

A lot had happened that day. Ana’s words, Naomi’s reaction to the bracelet, Mrs. Jones’s presence…

“We’re… There’s nothing between us. I don’t want people to think otherwise,” she finally explained. Tyler wondered what “nothing” really meant.