Yvonne joined in opposition to the same adversary. “Exactly! Sophia is pushing it. No matter what, she has to share part of the money instead of keeping everything for herself!”Due to her new relationship with Benedict, it would probably benefit her too if he was given part of the money.“But too bad as I’m just a nobody. I can’t fight her.” He let out a sigh.She smirked. “If we can’t reason with her openly, then we can plot against her secretly in the dark. We might have a chance at winning this.”Yvonne learned recently that the infamous Mayoress Sophia was Nightingale from Hoover Alley. She grew up in the same place, hence the name was not unfamiliar to her.When she was younger, every man in Hoover Alley liked the woman named Nightingale. Crudely put, all of them wanted to sleep with her.Yvonne was envious of Nightingale back then. It did not matter what you did as long as you had the men’s attention. This was how one could live an easy life in those kinds of dodgy places.
The letter was directed to Sophia. John figured something was not right when only her name and nothing else was written on the envelope. He opened the letter.He almost coughed up blood after reading its content.At the same time, another letter was delivered. This time, the recipient’s name was not even written.He opened the envelope with a sullen face. Finally, he coughed up a significant amount of blood after reading the second letter and passed out.John came to in the end after being rushed to the hospital.He lay on the bed, stiff like a corpse. The man could not believe his eyes. Sophia was actually involved in Molly’s death. She was the one who took her life.John clenched his teeth in rage. He could not wait to rush home and rip Sophia apart to emancipate the hatred in his heart!However, he could not afford to act recklessly. His position as the mayor meant that every move he made would be scrutinized by many people. If an outsider learned that his first wife’s death
“Of course, I do,” Serena replied matter-of-factly. “She has only left for America for a few months. How did you get to know her?”Rachel made up a lie instead of revealing Suzy’s memory loss. “I accidentally bumped into her in the library last time. After a brief chat, I came to know that her name’s Suzy and she’s also from Perth.”Serena did not suspect anything. It was not impossible for Rachel to bump into Suzy. It was a small world after all.“So why did you send me a photo of her?” Serena questioned.“This… Um…” At a loss of what to say, Rachel cracked her head for an excuse. “It suddenly occurred to me that she looks a lot like Christina, so I sent the photo over to you.”“Ah, I see.” Serena believed her words. “Suzy does resemble Christina a lot. If I didn’t know them both to begin with, I would’ve suspected that they’re sisters.”Rachel played along. “That was my first thought too. I didn’t expect two non-related people would look so much like each other.”“It’s exactly
“What if Suzy decides to pursue Michael relentlessly? That’ll certainly affect my relationship with him. Besides, he has already fallen out with Christina, so there’s no need to create more issues.”Rachel tried hard to stop herself from shouting at the treacherous Serena. She spent all day trying to convince the latter but it was to no avail. Feeling impatient, she spoke more rudely.“Miss Garcia, I want to use Suzy to destroy Christina and Michael, not steal him away from you. What are you worried about? His love for Christina is unusually deep, hence it’s highly likely for the ashes of their passion to burn once more. Besides, what if Heather comes out of the coma? You’re too naive.”Serena was shocked upon hearing that. Indeed, she was also worried that Heather might regain consciousness. When that happened, Michael would learn that the devil was not Christina but Winona and Sophia.When that happened, he would not blame Christina anymore and instead be incensed at Serena. This
Back then, Winona told Sophia the reason she sent Suzy abroad was to prevent the latter from exposing their evil plan of setting up Michael and Serena.Sophia would not have figured out that Winona thought Serena was her birth daughter and Suzy Sophia’s. Winona only had the motive to murder Suzy for fear of the fact that she exchanged the babies at birth all those years ago would be discovered. Serena replied, “I didn’t expect that too but it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Rachel’s also planning to bring down Christina. It would save us some troubles with her over there influencing Suzy to continue helping us.”A frown formed between Sophia’s brows. “Can we trust Rachel? I can’t help but be worried as she’s Sean’s sister after all. What if she tells him about this and he passes it on to Christina?”“Mom, don’t worry about that. Rachel’s Matthew fiancée, you wouldn’t know how much she hates Christina.”Sophia agreed after a brief consideration. “You’ve got a point. Indeed, we need
The driver led Sophia into the villa, and only upon seeing Miss Laura standing in the living room was she relieved.The latter greeted her. “Madam, Mayor is in the study room.”Sophia nodded before heading upstairs to the study. John was sitting by the desk, staring right in the direction of the door with a stern expression.She tried to calm down before stepping forward. “Johnny, you should have a lie down if you’re not feeling well. Let me help you to the bedroom.”“No, I can’t rest well either way.”“Is something troubling you? Has something gone wrong at work?” She came over to rub his shoulders.He suddenly turned around to look at her face. “Sophia, how long have we known each other?”She did not know what he was getting at. “Probably over twenty years.”He nodded, looking as if he was deep in thoughts. “Yes, it’s been over twenty years since I impulsively got into your bed. I’ve always been a disciplined man but why would I lose control on that particular night?”The wo
John was terrorized at that time because he was afraid that he could not hold his position as the mayor, and thus, he chose to keep it to himself.John had kept the murderer of his wife beside him for decades, and he even mistook Sophia as a good wife and mother. How ridiculous.He then took out a letter from the drawer and read it thoroughly. After that, he lifted his head and asked, “Molly has passed away for so many years. Have you ever felt sorry for her?”“Of course, I do.” Sophia’s heart trembled, but she quickly concealed her emotions. “I know the things that happened between us had let Molly down. I’ve felt guilty all these years, but we cannot save what has already happened. John, we need to look forward and live our life.”“Your only guilt is that you had sex with me back then?” His gaze was sharp. “Don’t tell me there are no other things that you feel guilty of?”Sophia realized something had gone wrong. “John, you… I don’t get your point?”“You don’t get me? See for y
“John, I didn’t covet anything from you? If you insist on saying that I have bad intentions, then it must be that I love you too much. I want to be by your side forever because I love you.”“Shut up!” John’s words were like a slap on Sophia’s face. “Do you think I’m a fool? Love? How does bi*ch like you deserve to talk about love?”“John! I know you’re too mad right now to believe in what I said. It’s okay. I’ll make you believe me, and I’ll move out with Serena immediately. I’m leaving!”Sophia backed away to the door while she spoke. The way John looked made Sophia so afraid that she uncontrollably felt a chill in her heart. She needed to get out of there as fast as possible!John did not react when he saw her back away, and Sophia could not care less as she opened the door and was ready to run out of the room in a panic. Yet once she got out of the room, she saw the chauffeur and Miss Laura standing at the stairwell, looking at her with a smirk on their faces.“You heartless b*