Sophia said, “What can you tell? Your eyes don’t seem to be working.”Elliot smirked, “I’ll have to give you a present, then. Maybe I should get what we did in the toilet yesterday made into an animation and play it at your engagement party. It’ll be spectacular!”Sophia stepped closer and looked at his wheelchair. She was willing to bet he did not want anyone else to find out he could actually stand. So, she taunted him. “Don’t push yourself. Are you supposed to be standing or sitting?”Elliot was being insulted, but he smirked. “It depends on how you like it. Aren’t there a lot of positions? I’ll do every position imaginable with you if it’ll please you!”Sophia glared at him. “That’s enough.”‘Gosh… He’s so shameless.’She tried to look for her father again when her phone rang. Sadie was calling. “Where are you, Sophia?”Sophia replied, “I’m in the banquet hall.”“I’m in the lounge. Come over here.”Sophia had come out of the lounge a moment ago. Did she miss Sadie while
He did not hold anything back when he said those words. Sophia was at the door, but she stopped.She slowly turned around. An air of hostility enveloped her. “That’s fine. You can arrange for anyone you like to get engaged to your son. I couldn’t care less about anyone who acts all high and mighty like you!”William was dead silent.Lawrence felt himself lose all hope when he heard what Sophia said. For a moment, he regretted welcoming his hillbilly daughter back into his arms!“Sophia!”Sadie walked toward her. She was worried Sophia was about to ruin the engagement and yelled, “Do you have any idea what you’re saying? How could you talk to William like that? He’s your future father-in-law, and he’s older than you! Show him some respect”Sophia looked at Sadie and said, “Didn’t you hear how he degraded me? Is that what someone who’s older than me gets to say about me?”Sadie frowned, “It was your fault, anyway. Vincent looked for you all day yesterday. Don’t you know he’s wor
William understood what was going on. The two of them had slept together because Sophia had set them up.He looked at Mary and whispered, “If that’s the case, let’s match Sharon and Vincent together. Your best friend’s been dead for a long time now. It’s not like we didn’t keep our word. Her daughter refused to marry our son. We should just get this over with. If Sophia does marry our son, we’ll never know peace.”Mary looked at Vincent and cast a disappointed glance at Sophia. At last, she sighed, “Do whatever you want. I don’t care anymore!”William snorted and raised his head. “It seems that Sharon and Vincent love each other. Since the invitations have been sent out, let’s get them engaged to each other instead!”Lawrence and Sadie looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, “Sure. We’ll be fine with it if Sharon and Vincent are okay with it too.”William looked at Sophia disgustedly and said, “Men. Seize Sophia. We’ll take her to the police later.”A group of bod
Elliot saw Vincent and the others leave the lounge, but he didn’t see Sophia.‘Where is she?’ He wondered. He had been counting on messing with her. Could she have run away at the last minute?“Elliot!” someone called.Elliot looked over and found William walking over and smiling at him. It was so different from his condescending face earlier.“Thank you for coming. I hope you enjoy the party!” William extended his hand. Elliot shook his hand and said, “Congratulations.”William was beaming. The Patton, Morgan, and Decker families were the three most prestigious families in Phoenix. They owned enterprises that had stood for more than a century and had connections in both legal and unlawful businesses. People like them were usually beyond William’s circle. He didn’t think Elliot Patton would attend his party.He smiled fawningly at Elliot, “Thank you very much. Please have a seat, Elliot. This way.”He personally led Elliot to the VIP seats. Elliot searched for Sophia in th
The crowd exchanged glances and began murmuring. What was happening? Where was this surveillance footage from?Elliot leaned back and looked leisurely at the screen.The footage showed Vincent dragging Sophia to the waiting room.Elliot frowned and straightened up.The footage continued, and it showed Sophia push Vincent away with a look of disdain as she wiped her hands.Well, that was infuriating!The two of them talked, and in the end, when Vincent tried to grab Sophia’s phone, she threw him over her shoulder and onto the ground. Her moves were ruthless and showed no mercy!The crowd became uncomfortable when they heard Sophia saying, “You’re too full of yourself. You think you’re a lion when you’re just a dog.”Elliot’s expression cleared slightly, and he whispered to Samuel behind him, “Don’t let the Baxter family turn off the screen.”This engagement party was getting interesting!Samuel nodded and walked away.The crowd was shocked by Vincent’s arrogant words in the f
Sophia sat on the sofa, calmly toying with her phone. She had a faint smile on her face.“I knew it,” she said with a knowing smile. “You’ll let me go the same way you locked me up, William!”William’s face turned purple with anger. He pointed at the bodyguards and barked, “Get her!”Sophia chuckled. “I must remind you that unlawfully detaining someone or depriving them of their personal freedom is punishable by years of imprisonment, detention, control, and deprivation of political rights. And if there are elements of violence or insult involved, the punishment will become even more severe. Are you sure you want that to happen?”He could barely contain his anger. “You set up the surveillance in the lobby, didn’t you?”She replied easily, “Yep, that’s right. What do you think? Was the footage clear enough for you? Did it capture all the nasty things your son and his woman were up to?”“You’re asking for death!” He fumed in frustration. “What are you waiting for? Grab her! Grab he
Sophia left the hotel and walked around aimlessly. She felt restless. She might have vented her anger, but she did not feel like she had won anything. She had lost miserably in the face of her own family and human nature.She had not been forced to get engaged to Vincent, but she had caused a scene at the party. There was no way she could go home after this, and she was worried about her grandmother.She had always been concerned about her grandmother’s well-being. She feared that she would be left without anyone to take care of her.Suddenly, she heard a car honk twice behind her.She turned to the parked car beside her. The window rolled down to reveal Elliot’s enigmatic smile. “Where are you going?”Sophia rolled her eyes. She could not stand him, but she always seemed to run into him.“Why do you care?” She retorted. She tried to walk away.He frowned, “What? Are you in a bad mood because you didn’t get engaged?”Sophia snorted, “So what? Mind your own business and stop
Sophia had not in fact met a lecherous man in the scorching weather.She was sitting comfortably in an air-conditioned car, enjoying some watermelon.“Is it sweet enough for you, Sophia?” The driver, Benny Dale, asked.She made a face. “It’s alright.”Benny chuckled, “I bought it from a roadside vendor, so it might not taste good.”Sophia did not reply but continued eating.Benny said, “Everyone at the club misses you, Sophia. They’re setting up a game especially for you. Do you want to go?”She was still focused on her watermelon. “No, I want to go back to the hospital to see Dorothy.”“How is she?”“The same as usual.”“If she’s okay, how about we all meet up in the evening?”“Well see.” Sophia looked up. “Go faster.”She needed to reach the hospital to speak to her grandmother before Elliot did.Benny nodded and sped up the car.…In the hospital.Jeffrey had been looking for Sophia all morning. He asked Elliot to find her yesterday, but there was no sign of her. The