Chapter 173: Liar
Bryce’s POV
The Terrell family home was huge. Everything there just screamed money. He was being led in by a butler for crying out loud!
Not only that, Bryce had already spotted more than a few decorative pieces that would leave him set for life if he got his hands on them. Realizing that those pieces would be impossible to take without being spotted, he decided that he would definitely be walking out with a few silver utensils.
Taking in all of the wealth helped to reaffirm Bryce’s resolve. There was no way he could let Piggy have all of this. With the Terrells, Vivian was punching way above her weight. She did not deserve any of these riches, and he would take great pleasure in making sure that she never got any of them. As he was led to what he was informed was the winter room. Bryce carefully schooled his features. Gwendolyn had been very strict when she had been telling him what was expected of him.
He was to go in there and make sure that old man Terrell hung on to his every word. Normally Bryce was used to charming women. But if to destroy Vivian Rose all he needed to do was to get an old man to like him, then he was going to sell his act. Walking behind the butler, he found Gwendolyn sitting in a chair next to a frail looking old man.
Moving exactly as she had instructed him to, instead of immediately taking his seat, Bryce stood and nodded his head. "Good day Mr Terrell, my name is Bryce and I am glad to meet you,"
He gave a small bow after that and only then did he sit, his normally confident sprawl gone. Instead he sat with his shoulders hunched, and his legs close together, a defeated look in his eyes. Looking like that hurt his pride, but he forced himself to endure. He had to sell the act of a man who had nearly been destroyed by a vicious woman.
"I hear that you used to have a relationship with the woman that my grandson is currently with," Running a hand over his face, Bryce nodded, then he let out a shaky breath.
"That is true Mr Terrell, Vivian Rose is my ex," The old man nodded.
"How was your relationship with her?" Subtly pinching his thigh? Bryce was rewarded by a single tear flowing down his cheek and he wiped it away before answering the old man’s question.
"It was great at first, but then before I knew it, things were out of control and I had no idea what to do," His cane gripped tight in one hand, the old man, a captured audience leaned forward.
"In what way?" He prompted and Bryce got to work, saying all of the things that Gwendolyn had told him to.
"First, she cheated on me and somehow managed to convince me that it was my fault, that if I made a little bit more money, if I was able to afford the kind of lifestyle that she felt that she deserved, she would not have looked elsewhere," The old man’s mouth thinned and Bryce fought the urge to smile.
"But it was not only that, she kept on cheating and cheating until one time she got pregnant. She tried to pin the baby on me, but I thought it could not have been mine because during the time it was conceived, I was in the hospital. When she realized that I would not fall for that scam, she aborted that poor baby,"
"What an awful woman," Langston Terrell’s words were music to his ears, and Bryce could not help but nod... piggy really was awful. Looking over at the old man, he decided to land one final blow. This one was not something that he had discussed with Gwendolyn, but he felt that it would really be a nice finishing touch.
"But as badly as she has treated me, I am more worried about your grandson Mr Terrell," Next to the old man, Gwendolyn’s eyes narrowed, but Bryce ignored her.
"Why are you more worried about my grandson?"
"Think about it, if she was capable of doing all of these horrid things to me, what do you imagine she will do to your grandson? The way I see it, she might even kill him, just for a piece of his fortune," The silence that came after he’d spoken was heavy.
"Do you seriously think she would consider ending my grandchild’s life?"
Bryce took a moment, staring off into the distance, before looking Langston Terrell right in the eyes and lying through his teeth.
"There is no limit to the horrors that Vivian Rose is capable of, and if I were you, I would try my best to get Ryan Terrell out of the situation that he is in, before it takes a turn for the worse,"
"Bryce is right grandfather, you have to intervene as quickly as possible. The longer she stays by his side, the more under her influence Ryan will fall. The next thing you know, they will be married," Langston looked like he had been struck, but Gwendolyn was relentless.
"She’ll pin a few babies on him," The old man looked ready to faint, Bryce really wanted to laugh. Instead he pinched himself some more and wiped away more fake tears.
"She will tarnish the good name of the Terrell household. And after she has done all that, she will do her best to ensure that you lose yet another grandson," A look of pure heartbreak came over the old man, but it quickly gave way to resolve.
"Before she can even think of harming my grandson. I will gut her and scatter her pieces so far and wide that no one will ever be able to find her," Seeing the pure hate on the old man’s face, almost made Bryce give in and smile, but instead he settled for sharing a look with Gwendolyn Stuart the fourth.
Langston Terrell had bought into their little story hook, line and sinker, they had been flawless, he could not wait to see the rest of Gwendolyn Stuart the fourth had up her sleeve. She’d already dropped hints about wanting to make a video with Vivian in mind, and he was very curious about that.
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