The little boy flashed Sophia a bright smile and spread his two small arms out. As soon as his mom crouched down, he was lifted from the ground. Eh? The little boy was stunned for a moment and turned around, only to see his father’s expressionless handsome face. “Daddy?” “You’re not a three-year-old kid anymore, you can walk yourself.” Charles yanked his shirt collar from behind and settled him on the ground once again.Christopher, “...”Sophia’s successful operation was indeed som
“Silly boy,” Charles smirked and carried his son before plopping him down on his shoulders.Still angry at him, the little boy ignored him and ruffled up his hair, making it look as messy as possible. Then, he stretched out his free hand to hold his mother’s hand. “Don’t pull your dad’s hair like that, it’ll hurt,” Sophia said. Although Charles’ face seemed cold as usual, there was a glimmer of a smile in his eyes. “It’s fine.”The restaurant manager led them to the room that they had
“It’s Christopher’s birthday soon, I’ll be back then. Can you tell Christopher that I’ll give him a call tonight at seven?”The two continued chatting for a while before they ended the call. Charles stood outside the room for a moment to recollect himself before entering the room again.Sophia immediately noticed that something did not look right and sat next to him and asked, “Was that Mom?” “Yeah. She told me that Dad and Aunt Lewis contracted AIDS and asked us to stay as far away as po
“Charles… I didn’t do it on purpose. Charles, you have to believe me.”Inside the mansion, Sophia White knelt on the ground. Her face was even paler than the white porcelain bottle on the table.The lights were not on. She could not see the expression of the man on the sofa. She could only see the faint light of the cigarette between his fingers diminishing.She felt like she was waiting for him to announce her death sentence. It was making her extremely uneasy.She lowered her head and stared blankly at her fingers. They were still covered with Leah Jones’ blood. Some time had passed, and it was completely dry now. However, her bloodied fingers were evidence of her crime.He finally stood up after a very long time. His tall and lean figure fast approached her.“Sophia, you have to pay the price for what you did. They’re able to save Leah’s legs, but she will never be able to dance again. You… How can you still be healthy and active?”His tone was grim. Her heart raced when she
Bang!Her forehead slammed against the glass window. It was slightly painful. Sophia rubbed her forehead lightly and was about to lift her head to see what was happening.The driver was grumbling to himself, but in the end, he still got out of the car.When he saw that he had run into a Bentley, his face turned green.“Such horrible luck. I kept saying that I won’t have good luck transporting disreputable people out of jail, and indeed, there’s nothing good about this…”Sophia was getting out of the car when she was pushed by the bad-tempered driver. She fell heavily into the snow.There was a crowd gathering around them to see what was going on. Most of them were looking down on her. Her face went pale, and she lowered her head. She felt ashamed and hurt.Then, a pair of meticulously polished leather shoes appeared in her vision.She hesitated. She looked up, her gaze following the person’s suit pants. Eventually, she saw the face that had appeared multiple times in her dreams
She curled her frozen fingers and lifted her head after bracing herself. “It was my fault back then, but I’ve gotten the punishment I deserve. Can you just pretend that you never saw me today, Mr. Harris? Can you be magnanimous and give me a break?”He lifted his eyebrows and curled his frigid lips. It was as if he had heard a joke. “Why? Do you think the grudge between us will go away just because you went to prison for two years? Leah’s legs will never get better. Sophia, do you think this punishment is enough?”She was frozen. Her leg under her skirt was in immense pain. At the end of the day, he was still doing this for Leah.If they were to sit down and talk about this, she had repaid her debts a long time ago.However, she did not dare to tell him this. She did not dare to provoke a man like Charles.“Then, what do you want, Mr. Harris? I got what I deserved.”The snow was falling even heavier now. He did not say anything. He lifted the umbrella in his hand, and Mr. Lewis w
“Why?”Megan was confused. She joined Dream Club around the same time as Sophia. After half a month of getting along, she found out that Sophia was not only good looking, but she had a nice temper as well. These kinds of people would be favored everywhere.However, the front desk manager was always targeting her. Apart from disallowing her to change shifts, she would also ask Sophia to clean up the drunk guests’ vomit. She never treated Sophia well in this half a month.Just like that, Sophia was allowing herself to be taken advantage of. She accepted everything without questions.“I have no money. They provide meals and accommodation here.” Sophia let go of her hand that was rubbing her leg. She forced out a smile on her face after lifting her head. “Plus, I can’t find another job either.” When words got sour, adding more words was useless. Megan did not understand what Sophia was thinking, so she stopped talking entirely.Sophia knew everyone despised her for being so boneless
Back then, Sophia mocked and ridiculed Audrey relentlessly because of her huge family business. However, every dog had its day. Audrey did not want to let her go so easily. She lifted her eyebrows and grabbed William’s arm. She smiled flirtatiously and coquettishly. “Will, no matter what, Sophia is still our old friend. We haven’t seen each other in so long. Shall we reminisce about our past together?”William did not say anything. He just looked at her lifelessly.Sophia knew that she was unable to escape today. This kind of thing would come sooner or later. Charles wanted this kind of effect to happen to her when he sent her here. The people she offended back then could form a line from the south of the city to the north of the city. Everyone wanted to watch her crash and burn. Even if Audrey did not appear today, there would still be people like her coming up to mock and humiliate Sophia.She accepted her misfortunes as decreed by fate.She licked the corners of her dried lips