The next day, Sophia got up early for breakfast and unexpectedly ran into Elliot in the dining room. She greeted him with a smile. "How did you sleep last night?"He just glared at her without a word and left the room. Sophia wondered if she had perhaps gone too far. While she did provide him with the full-body treatment as promised, he seemed to be displeased about it. Was it because it did not meet his expectations?She sighed as she thought about his pettiness. Mrs. Ruth had observed the little scene. "Ms. Sophia, what's wrong with Mr. Elliot?"Sophia rested her chin on her hands, gazing in the direction that Elliot had gone to, and sighed softly. "Him? Maybe he just realized that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment."Mrs. Ruth did not quite understand. "Is he mad at you?""Maybe.”Mrs. Ruth became anxious, "Should you go and soothe him?""He probably doesn't want to see me," Sophia said."Why don't you just give it a try? He cares about you
Sophia became even more suspicious and gave chase. Not far off, she saw a figure hurrying away. It was Mrs. Bash, from Elizabeth’s room. Sophia sneered. If she could not catch her, she would just have to pay the two a visit.She stopped to speak to the nurse at the front desk. "Take care of Phoebe for me."The nurse replied, "Of course, Ms. Sophia."Sophia then pursued Mrs. Bash.Probably sensing her pursuit, Mrs. Bash quickly walked to the elevator, but since the elevator was taking too long, she turned around and headed for the stairs.Sophia chuckled. This would be a piece of cake. Elizabeth was on the thirteenth floor, and Phoebe was on the tenth.When she entered the stairwell, the woman had already climbed up one floor.Sophia shouted at her, "Stop!"Feeling guilty and frightened by Sophia’s shout, she missed a step, falling from the halfway point of the staircase. She also sprained her foot in the process, causing her pain and making it difficult for her to get up.
Palmer, although half skeptical, decided to speak. He felt that there was not much difference between revealing his current situation and keeping silent."Nathan asked us to help him stage a scene where we pretended to assassinate you. The idea was to go easy on the woman who came to your rescue. However, on that day, Nathan’s sister also showed up. When she ran towards you, she collided with Glenn. That caused him to lose control and exert extra force as he stabbed that woman. Nathan told us off, saying we put her at unnecessary risk."Chester stared into the emptiness ahead with his mind buzzing. Even though he already believed in Sophia’s recording, hearing it directly from Palmer made him feel like he had fallen straight into hell.Was all of this true? Phoebe told him that this was Elizabeth’s plan.His reply to Phoebe had been, "Would you risk your life for this?"At that time, he had suspected Elizabeth’s motives. However, he dismissed all doubts due to her injury. Regard
Phoebe said, "Brody claimed that he came over only after receiving the message I sent him, but I'm sure I never sent him anything. The police arrived so promptly because it was a nearby villager who reported it."Sophia frowned. "The villagers reported it late at night in the rain?""Oh, there was more than that. My earring was used as evidence. But I wasn't wearing earrings that night. My ear had been injured so I stopped wearing earrings by then as they kept falling out. I lost that earring a long time ago."Sophia’s gaze fell on her ear, and she leaned in to take a closer look, "What happened to your ear?""The piercing is a bit enlarged, so hooked earrings tend to just slip off."Sophia’s brow furrowed slightly, a fleeting thought passing through her mind. However, Phoebe’s next words interrupted her train of thought. "The day I lost my earring was the same day I met Eliza.""Which day?""The first time we met, do you remember? At the hospital. Chester dragged me out of th
Elliot was fiddling with his phone in Prosper Peak Ventures. His phone was working fine. She just had not called him. He could not believe it. He left in a rage. How could she not even call him?How heartless!The phone screen kept coming on and going off. He was wondering if he should give her a call. Would she care even less about him if he did?It seemed like he was constantly the one soothing her. When would she start reciprocating? Hamish had been staring at Elliot. Why was he so annoyed?Inching closer to Elliot, Hamish saw that he was looking at a picture of Sophia sleeping with her eyes closed.“Why did you take a picture of your wife when she was sleeping?”Elliot jumped at that and glared at him. “Why didn’t I hear you coming in?”“I wasn’t being sneaky or anything. You were just so wrapped up in your thoughts that you didn’t hear me. What are you getting mad at me for?” He smiled and teased. “Isn’t this too much? Don’t you see her every day? I can’t believe you’re
Sophia had to prop herself up against the desk behind her with her wrist. Her waist was going to break if he kept bearing down on her. Elliot probably noticed how uncomfortable it was for her and held her waist to pick her up.The wild, passionate kisses slowly turned into gentle, affectionate smooches. He began to kiss her delicately as if she was his most cherished treasure in the world. He started above her brow and worked his way down, his lips brushing through every single inch of her exposed flesh as softly as a feather, giving rise to a tingling sensation in her body.Her heart was pounding like crazy. Pushing him, she said, “C-Calm yourself down.”He would like to do that, but he could not control himself. Much time had passed before he reluctantly stopped kissing her, but he was still holding onto her tight. Pressing his forehead and nose against hers, he muttered, “Sophy… Sophy…”He called her name with such longing that it made her heart flutter.She asked, “Are you sti
Elliot sensed that Sophia was mad. He responded hastily, “Yeah.”Wylie smiled, “Go ahead, then. We’re just here to look for Hamish.”Elliot nodded and led Sophia out of the elevator and got into the car. Acting quickly, he explained, “Don’t overthink it. We’ve known each other since we were very young. Back then, Edmund and the others picked on me when my legs were injured and no longer worked. “She was the one who stood up for me and we got closer after that. You can say she’s the only friend I had in those bleak days.” Her lips twitched involuntarily. Did he think she acted out of the kindness of her heart?He was lucky that she did not make things worse for him. Why would she stand up for him?“Is her name Wylie Shaw?”Henrietta, Wylie’s mom, made a trip to the city and decided she wanted to elope with a rich guy. Then, she came back to demand a divorce from Sophia’s alcoholic father. About a year later, he wanted to marry Emma and made Henrietta take Wylie away.It look
Chester pondered for a while before saying, “The guy who stabbed Elizabeth died of a heart attack. However, I came to discover that it wasn’t a heart attack that killed him. “Instead, someone tortured him to death and the news was suppressed. With this in mind, the person behind Elizabeth has to be very powerful. Edward Patton fits the profile.”Sophia thought this made sense. “True. You should look into him and see if you can dig up something. Don’t worry about the two drivers, we have them. Not even Edward’s men can find them here.”Hanging up the phone, Chester decided he would walk the stairs instead of taking the elevator. He wanted to calm himself down, so he remained quiet on his entire way up.Finding out that something he had firmly believed in for so long was entirely wrong was depressing, to say the least. He began to tear himself down after that. He doubted everything he did and was at a loss as to how he could begin to make amends.That was why the earlier call from