Chapter: Chapter 151Sophia's POV"Sorry to interrupt the lovebirds, but I seem to recall we need to go to the pharmacy," Emma's voice came from the back seat, slightly muffled and in a playful tone to break the heavy mood.I let out a laugh that sounded more like a relieved sigh. Michael laughed too, a low, relaxed sound, and let me go with a final squeeze of my hand."You're right.Operation Lizzie comes first."Hours later, that night, when Michael held me to sleep, the tension of the day seemed to have dissolved in the warmth of his body.But in the dark,with his steady breathing beside me, that voice of warning still whispered. People like that woman wouldn't give up so easily.*****The next day, in the security of my office at Morgan Holdings, the doubts came back with full force.I tapped the tip of my pen on the notepad, tic, tic, tic, in a rhythm that translated the confusion in my mind.The problems seemed like a snowball rolling downhill.First, the company name: Morgan Holdings. I looked at th
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Chapter: Chapter 150Sophia's POV Two seconds.The embrace lasted perhaps two seconds, which stretched out like hours.Every millisecond etched in sharp detail in my retina: the way Vanessa’s hand tightened on Michael’s shoulder, the way her body molded to his with an intimacy that cannot be faked, the kiss on the cheek that was more than a greeting — it was a territorial mark.Michael pulled away from her as if burned. His movement was abrupt, almost violent."Vanessa," his voice came out rough, but she was already turning to me, her smile still lighting up her face, now tinged with sugary concern."Sophia! What a coincidence to find you here at the clinic where I've been having appointments. And the little one? Is everything alright?" Her eyes landed on Lizzie, asleep in Emma's arms.Emma, beside me, let out a low sound somewhere between a growl and a sigh of disbelief.She held Lizzie tighter against her chest, her protective instinct triggered against a threat of a completely different kind."Everyth
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Chapter: Chapter 149Sophia's POV Vanessa held my gaze for a second longer than was comfortable, an enigmatic smile lingering on her lips.Then, as if a switch had been flipped, she turned to Emma, who was standing beside me holding Lizzie, her expression a mix of protectiveness and bewilderment.“Oh, what an absolutely beautiful child,” Vanessa said, her voice artificially sweetened. She stood up with a fluid motion, brushing invisible dust off the knee of her impeccable pantsuit.“Sorry to just appear like this. I saw you going into the store. I was across the street taking care of some errands and decided to come in to say hello.” Her blue eyes returned to me. “I hope I wasn't intrusive.”Emma whispered near my ear, low enough to be almost inaudible: “What a bitch.”Vanessa tilted her head, her smile unwavering. “Sorry, were you speaking to me?”Emma, without missing a beat, raised Lizzie’s free hand, which was visibly drooly. “No, sweetie. Just playing with my daughter. She makes some funny noises.”
Huling Na-update: 2025-12-08
Chapter: Chapter 148Sophia's POV I helped Emma settle into the passenger seat of my car, her breathing a little labored from the effort. Little Lizzie was already secured in the car seat behind, babbling at her toys."Phew," Emma sighed, adjusting the seatbelt over her body, which indeed had changed quite a bit since the pregnancy. "I promise I'll take a break from this baby factory. Patrick wants a football team, but my body is begging for a truce.""You shouldn't worry so much about that, Em," I said, starting the car. "You look beautiful.""Beautiful and with the mobility of a walrus," she grumbled, but with a smile on her lips. "I've decided. I'm going to have two surgeries. One to try and reduce this scar on my face, you know, from that PetroMax attack by those bastards. And another... well, to help me feel like myself again."I stopped at the traffic light and turned to look at her. "Emma, that's serious. What about Patrick? Will he allow it?"She raised an eyebrow, a gesture that still carried
Huling Na-update: 2025-12-07
Chapter: Chapter 147Alexander’s POVParis smelled of recent rain, bitter coffee, and the past.Three years.Three years since I saw Michael Carter pull the trigger.Three years since Sophia's life slipped through my fingers, not because I let go, but because she herself tore her hand from mine, choosing the 'hero' who saved her with a single move. A move that I, with all my resources, never had the chance to make.The apartment in Le Marais was vast and empty. A marble and glass mausoleum I had bought to forget. It didn't work.I ran my fingers through my hair, which now reached almost to my shoulders, another mark of my surrender. I had let it grow as if, by abandoning the impeccable haircut of CEO Alexander Reed, I could also abandon the man he was. An obsessed, defeated man, who watched, paralyzed, as the love of his life chose another because of a bullet.The bathroom mirror reflected a physical transformation that found no echo inside. Where once there was the elegant tension of a tycoon, now there
Huling Na-update: 2025-12-06
Chapter: Chapter 146Sophia's POVThe taxi took me home, but my mind remained stuck in that bank office, on the image of that photo, on the intimacy with which that woman had said 'Mickey'.Every detail of the conversation replayed in my mind, every smile of hers, every look loaded with hidden meanings.The key turned in the lock with a louder sound than normal, as if even the metal were grumbling along with me.I pushed the door to our apartment in Manhattan open. Our apartment. The word sounded hollow now.And the scene that awaited me was almost irritatingly domestic: Michael, on his knees on the living room rug, organizing a colorful pile of children's toys."Oh, Soph, you're back," he said, getting up with an easy smile that, on any other day, would have melted my bad mood.He was holding a small teddy bear that belonged to Lizzie."Emma went to rest for a bit in the guest room. Lizzie wore her out."I let my bag drop onto the sofa with a thud. "Hmm.""There, all organized," he announced, coming towa
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