Sophie Pov
I looked at the ticking clock, bored out of my mind. What is the point of living in an enormous mansion without having anything to do? I sigh, the time is currently 10 am and I am already bored. Should I visit Everett in his office? No, I can’t do that. What if he freaks out? No Sophie he won’t freak out, it is his office, he can’t do anything to you there. With that thought, I stood up and went to the kitchen. Why don’t I visit Everett and make lunch for him? I love cooking and I cook all the time to get my mind off things.
I sometimes join the maid back in my house to cook, and they teach me how to cook. Apart from cooking, I also love painting and sketching. I have a lot of sketches, and I want to be a fashion designer. I have shown my parents a lot of my sketches so they can help me get connections so I can build my own fashion world, but they said my sketches are not appealing, that nobody would buy them. Well, that was before. But now dad is trying to help me with my designing dream, he has been trying to look for designers that can help me. I still sketch all the time and I want to be a fashion designer. It is my dream and one way or the other I will get that dream.
I got to the kitchen; it is a really big and spacious kitchen that screams money. Everything is shiny. I am making ricotta cheese and a hot chicken sandwich. The maids are not here. Everett doesn’t even have much maids, it is just sometime in the week that he calls people to come clean the house. We have been married for 2 weeks now and he has been ignoring me. He always comes back home late or doesn’t come home at all.
I cook food for him but he never eats until yesterday that he ate the food I cooked, that was when I noticed he eats a lot so I will make both minimal, so food won’t waste. I don’t really know how this marriage will go. Will it end in tears or it will end in love? I am totally confused. I don’t love Everett, obviously, but I will be happy if we both work something out. I tie up my hair and bring out all the ingredients for the food and also bring out the pots I will use. Tieing my apron and I get cooking. I am cooking the ricotta cheese first, after that I made the hot chicken sandwich.
After hours in the kitchen, I was done. I packed the food in a lunch bag and went to my room to wash up. I brought out a short floral white gown that has white flowers on it, with a v neck and paired it with a black converse. I entered my bathroom and washed up and cleaned my hair. When I finished bathing, I wore the clothes and combed my long brown hair. I also put on a little makeup. I went downstairs and took the lunch bag. I went to the house entrance, where the guards and my driver were stationed. There is also a car, which is for me in case I want to go somewhere, but that hardly ever happens. I have no friends to visit. The only place is visit regularly is the art store but the car and the guards are still always here just in case I might want to go out.
“Mrs Anderson, where too?” My driver, Tom asked, bowing. This man never listens. Looking at him, he should be in his late forties. He can give birth to me and I have told him times without number to stop bowing or calling me Mrs Anderson.
“I told you to stop bowing and call me Sophie. Mrs Anderson makes me feel old,” I said. Tom is always with the formalities. I know he won’t listen to me as usual, but there is no harm in trying. Maybe one day I might be lucky.
“We must always respect the boss’ wife,” he said. I laughed. I knew he wouldn’t listen.“
Take me to the company,” I said, moving to the car. I quickly opened it before Tom could. Too many formalities, and I don’t like someone serving me. I have my own legs and hands to do things on my own. Besides, I am not used to people serving me. Anna would have loved people serving her all the time. He entered the car and started the car. We drove to the company in silence. The Anderson Cooperation is very big. They deal with different things like hotels, bars, restaurants and they also deal in real estate. The company is really big and has been passed on for generations.
Everett Anderson, who is my husband, is the one who added real estate to the family business. The Andersons are very rich, filthy rich and their business is worldwide.
“We are here, ma’am,” Tom said, breaking me out of my thoughts. “Thank you, Tom,” I said, coming out of the car. I closed the car door and stood in front of the flashy skyscraper. Anderson’s Co-operation was written on it. I entered the company and went straight to the elevator. A lot of the employees knows me as my face was on the news a lot so they didn’t bother to stop me. I entered the elevator and pressed the 15th floor, which is where Everett’s office is.
The elevator dinged. I came out of the elevator and went to his office. His Secretary was not here, that is weird, she is supposed to be here. I shook off the thought and went to his office. The CEO was written on the door boldly. I opened the door and met the shock of my life. My husband, Everett, bent his secretary on the table and was fucking her from
2 weeks earlier Sophie Pov The sound of the door opening woke me up. I sit up on my bed, yawning. I walk to my bedroom door, opening it. It was my sister, Anna. She looked at me with a scorn. I don’t know why she can never look at me like a proper human being. “Yes, how can I help you?” I asked. “Mum and dad want to speak to us. Go dress up and come to the office in 10 minutes’’ she said, not waiting for my response. After closing my door, I ran to my bathroom. I do not want to get in trouble with my parents, it will end badly for me. I wonder what they want to talk about, that includes me. They do a lot of meetings without me. It’s not like they care about me or are actually nice enough to include me in their conversations. I am the outcast of the family, the abandoned sister. While Anna is the lovely daughter. After brushing my teeth, I took a bath. Entering my closet I wore a blue trouser and a white shirt. I know my parents don’t like me like they love Anna and they don’t care
Sophie PovThe remaining hours of the day I spent it painting and sketching. I don’t really go out much and I am trying to look for a way to give designers my designs. I checked some websites but I have not really seen what I am looking for; I am looking for someone who is going to use my designs and give me credits, but all I am seeing is designer asking us to sell our designs with no credit and I do not want that, I want to have my own fashion Empire one day.Mum and Anna have gone for shopping since and they haven’t come back. I went downstairs to have a drink. Dad must have gone to work, or he is still in his office. I got to the kitchen and took orange juice from the fridge and pour myself some. Suddenly I heard the sound of cars approaching; I dropped my cup and went to the living room. I look through the window and I saw Anna and mom coming down from one of the cars. Anna was saying something to the guards, but I can’t hear from here.The guards came down from the cars and went
Sophie Pov“Papa, Pat?” I said, confused. What is he doing here? The art store was where I met papa Pat. I had mistakenly run into him without knowing. I kept on apologising and he was just laughing. We both sat down and talk. He is a lively man. We talked about our families. I told him everything there was to know about me, and he did the same. He also told me he was looking for a wife for his grandson. He said his grandson is 30 years old and refused to get married. I wished him good luck with his search and we part ways. I haven’t seen him since then. Don’t tell me he is the old grandfather that want to take a wife for his grandson! Oh my God, no!“Sophie!, my dear, how are you?” Papa Pat said, smiling at me widely. I looked at mom and Anna and they were shooting daggers at me. If only looks could kill, I’d be 6 feet down. I nervously laugh, moving closer to him. I might be in big trouble after this. No wonder he knows that the Lee’s has another daughter because I told him my name i
Sophie Pov Anna came back with the head chef right behind her. I could feel my heart beating faster. “You called for me, ma’am,” he said, with his two hands behind his back. “Yes I did Alberto, tell me, is there garlic in the sauce you cooked?” Mom asked. My heart beat faster. I could see Anna smirking at me. Oh, lord let me be right, if I am wrong I am going to be in big soup because Anna and mom will accuse me of trying to make Papa Pat like me. They might put me on house arrest. I don’t go out much but I still don’t like me being on house arrest. It’s terrible cause that is when I will feel like going somewhere and dad will never come to my rescue. “Yes ma’am, there is garlic,” he said. I breathe out a tremendous sigh of relief, thank the lords. They would have accused me today and also kept me under house arrest. I smiled while mother and Anna frowned and also glare at me. But I don’t care just as far as I’m right and they were wrong. “Thank you Alberto, you may leave,” dad sa
Sophie"Are you sure sir, my daughter Anna is more capable as she is the elder one, she is also the one the world knows I think she is more capable for your son" mom said, me and Anna nod along with her. I am just 22 years old, I am not ready for marriage, I just want to focus on my career for now. Anna is very much ready to get married to Everett, she is super in love with him. I never even had a boyfriend I was like the ghost in high school and Anna was the popular one, I don't even know how to be in a relationship and marriage is on another level."That is who I have chosen Jessica and you have no say about my choice" papa Pat said, sternly."Bu…""Not another word Jessica, he has made his choice" dad said."I will be leaving now, I will inform my grandson about the marriage and get back to you" he said, standing up."Okay Sir, thank you for coming" dad said, standing up to shake him. They did their shake. Dad wanted to walk him out."No, don't worry Henry. Sophie, see me out" papa
SophieI stood there shocked. She is not my real mother?, so that explains why I look nothing like her. But I thought I just took my dad gene. But even then the only thing I have from my dad is his brown hair and blue eyes, every other thing is different. So that is why she hates me, that is why she has been treating me horribly."H..ho….." I couldn't finish my statement. I fell on the floor losing consciousness. The last thing I heard is."Sophie!!"******I felt light slaps on my face."Sophie, Sophie wake up" I heard a voice. I slowly opened my eyes. I saw dad sitting beside me on the bed looking worried. "What happened?" I asked, sitting up."You fainted" he said. Then I remembered why I faint. So mo.. No so Jessica is not my mother. So that is why she hated me all this while. I don't even know how to feel or how to process my emotions."So it's true. She is not my mother" I said, looking at dad. "Yes, it's true" dad said, looking down."How did it happen?" I asked. He sigh facin
Sophie PovI hugged him. At first he didn't hug me back but he slowly wrap his arms around me, I rest my head on his shoulders, happy I was getting a fatherly love. I heard dad sniffing."I'm so sorry princess, I'm sorry for not being the best dad, I'm sorry for not supporting your dreams, I'm sorry for always neglecting you and I am sorry for not being the ideal dad, please forgive me" he said, crying. I hug him back, also silently crying."I forgive you dad" I said. He pulled back and used both of his hands to hold my head like he usually does when I was younger."Thank you so much princess, and I'm sorry about putting you in that situation. Like I said you have a choice to walk away" he said."Don't worry dad I'm going to do it" I said. "Thank you so much Sophie" he said. I smiled."So do you know anything about my mother, like where she is?" I asked. He shook his head."After that night I never saw your mother again, I didn't search for her again because she knew how to hide well.
Everett"You are getting married" he said, still glaring at me. I laugh thumbling over my sit. I looked at grandfather and laugh harder, but he was not laughing, he was just glaring at me. I stop laughing."Wait, you are serious? Who is getting married. I never brought a wife home" I said."You are getting married Everett, I found the perfect wife for you and you have no say about it because either you like it or not, you are getting married!" He yelled. And just like that my dick went flat."Grandfather you must be joking, there is no way I am getting married" I said, scoffing."You have no choice Everett, remember even if you are the CEO of the Anderson Corp I still own the Corp, it is still under my name. And your real estate business you started the Anderson Corp owns 60% of the shares. So if you don't get married to the woman I choose for you, I will take everything you started and I will disown you from the family! You know it is something I can do, I never gave your father the
Ario POV“What!” Jane yelled in shock. We got back yesterday, and although I wish to tell everyone what happened on our journey, I was too tired because for a week and a few days I have not slept, and Odin didn’t sleep on our way back, so we immediately went to sleep. We have been sleeping since yesterday morning until this afternoon, and right now I still feel so sleepy.“Yes, Jane, we are truly doomed,” I said, rubbing my head. I have terrible migraines.“Oh no, this is terrible,” she said, roaming the conference room. I sighed, my head seriously banging. If I’m not careful, I will have a mental breakdown. This is too much for me to take in, and my lack of sleep didn’t help. We may be powerful gods, but we are also humans with flesh and a weak body system.“So what are we going to do?” she asked. I coughed out, sighing.“I guess we will look for Selene; Mabel said she is currently in Isak's broken down palace; that was the clue,” I said. And they all nod their heads.“Missed me,” a
Sophie Pov We quietly left the hotel, and we entered the car. He turned the car on. He drives quietly, just looking at the road. I look at him, feeling so guilty that I didn’t call him.“I’m sorry,” I apologize again, quietly. He looks at me and sighed, not replying me. The ride was awkward and intense as we both sat down, each in our own thoughts. After the long and intense ride, we finally got home. Dad and I came down from the car and head inside quietly. I look at the familiar living room that I grow up in. This house brings me bad memories, memories I don’t want to think of or remember. Dad and I sat down on the couch beside each other. He sighed.“What happened Sophie? Why were you ignoring my calls?” he asked.“Dad, what did Everett say to you?” I asked. He sighed.“He said he saw you with a man in a hotel and you suddenly disappeared,” he said. So Everett is implying that I am a whore, and I abandoned everyone to have fun with a man?“Do you believe him?” I asked him.“No, no
Sophie Pov"Ohh" I replied, and continued washing the plates. She quietly cleaned the plates lost in her thoughts."You don't want to talk to him?" She asked. I wonder if I should be pissed she is intruding or I should just answer her. I looked up at her and she looks like she genuinely cares."It's not like I don't want to reply to him, I just don't want to bother him with my life when he is going through his own issues" I said, washing the plates."What do you mean?" She asked."Well he just recently went through a lot with his former marriage and he is working towards bringing his company back to its feet while trying to search for my non-existent mother, I don’t think it’s fair to bother him with my life” I said. She went quiet.“You think your mother is non-existent?” she asked, softly.“Yes I think she is, dad has been searching for her and she refuses to show up unless she is dead. I believe she is seeing everything that is happening to him and their daughter on the news and s
Sophie PovLandon and I walk inside the big hotel heading to the penthouse hand in hand. It looks like our new thing is to walk hand in hand. We entered the elevator quite tired."It's been a long day," I said, running my hand through my hair."Yeah, I just feel like collapsing on a soft bed and sleeping till thy kingdom comes" he said, putting 1 percent of his weight on me. I smiled as the elevator dinged. We both walked to the door, he put in his thumb and the door opened."I didn't know that was there" I said as we entered. My eyes widened looking at the people in front of me."What are you guys doing here?" Landon asked, irritation lacing his voice."Don't you dare you talk to me like that boy" the woman snapped. Landon bit his lips breathing out."What are you doing here mom?" He asked again with a nicer tone. Wow he calls her mom, nice. She rolled her eyes."I came to check up on Sophie," she said, looking at me. I looked at her shocked, me? She came to check on me?"Me?" I aske
Sophie PovLandon and I walked down the street staring at what people sell through the window. The car was packed somewhere as we can't do window shopping in a car."Look at that" I said, pointing to a cloth from the window."That will look great on you" I said, looking serious. He scoffed."No thanks," he said. I burst out laughing. It was a small boutique, there were some mannequins in the front with clothes on them. One particular mannequin was putting on a really baggy trouser with an equally baggy shirt not to talk of the bright color, it looks awful."That is just bad business" I said, dragging him away by linking our arms."How do you know it's a bad business?" He asked, as we both walked."Well we have seen so many boutiques right?" I asked."Yes, continue," he said. "And each of them has really nice clothes" I said."Okay?" He asked."So if I want to buy something of course I will go to a boutique with nicer looking clothes on their mannequins, that clothes are way too baggy
Sophie PovWe were in the car heading to the next mysterious location and I am so excited.“You have been incredibly hyper” Landon said, chuckling.“Of course, I have never had fun like now, I can’t help but be excited” I said, smiling.“Good that you are excited because we are here” he said. I look outside and I can’t tell where we are. I came down from the car with Landon coming down also.“Let’s go,” he said. I followed beside him looking around, the place has a wide road with flags pointing at the direction you should go probably. Then suddenly different karts passed by us in a rush making a voom sound. I smiled.“We are definitely riding that, '' I said, looking at Landon. He laughed.“I knew that would give it away,” he said.“This is so awesome” I said. He smiled. We talked further as I looked around, I can’t wait to get on one of those bad boys. We got to a place and some men were there, helping some other people wear their helmets and stuff.“Good afternoon sir” one of them
Sophie PovWe have been driving for some time now."Where are we going?" I asked. He looked at me and smiled."I was waiting for you to ask me since but you didn't. But not to worry, we are almost there" he said. I sank in my chair as he continued driving, drumming his hand on his laps."Do you like drumming?" I asked, looking at his finger. He stopped beating his finger."Not really just that I like keeping my fingers busy sometimes" he said. I nod my head, well that explains everything. After sometime we got to a secluded area filled with hills and mountains but there was a building there. I looked around surprised."What's this?" I asked, looking at him. "Let's find out," he said, coming down from the car. I removed the seat belt and came down. "Come on, let's go" he said, entering the building. I followed behind him as he passed through some places. We burst out of another place and it seemed there were some people waiting for us. "Good morning Mr Sanchez" one man greets bringi
Sophie Pov"Sophie" a voice called shaking me. I turned away from the voice as I never want to wake up, this is the best sleep I have had since ages. I just want to sleep. The voice chuckled. I felt the bed deepening."Sophie come on get up, you've been sleeping for hours' ' the voice said again pulling me up with my hand. I groggily opened my eyes and I came face to face with Mr Sanchez."Mr Sanchez?" I asked, confused. He frowned."I thought we agreed on calling each other our names," he said. I looked around me and it all cleared up, I am staying with him now. I remembered what happened yesterday when I wanted to kiss him, my cheeks hit up as I became embarrassed. Thank God he stopped me because I was not in my right senses yesterday."Good morning," I said. He smiled coming down from the bed. He carried a tray, the tray was filled with food. I looked at him as my heart melted, nobody has ever done this for me before."Breakfast in bed for the pretty lady," he said, placing the tra
Sophie PovAfter I finished crying I cleaned my tears sitting up properly. He unwrapped his arms from my body."Are you okay?" He asked. I looked up at him."Yes," I replied. He looked at me, his blue eyes boring holes into my equally blue eyes, he outstretched his hand. His warm palm landed on my cheeks as he learned my tears. "You shouldn't waste your tears on people that did not deserve it" he said, putting my hair behind my ears. He looked at me, removing his hand then he went back to his seat and continued with his food. I smiled looking down at my food, then I started eating it looking at Mr Sanchez."How did you know Everett?" I asked. His hands tightened once again on his spoon as he gritted his teeth angrily. I looked at him wondering what on earth happened between both of them that they hate each other so much. "Everett is someone I knew from the past," he said, not going further. I decided not to push it, even though I am super curious. We continued eating our food in sil