Elliot noticed the situation and quickly grabbed her clothes and her phone.The caregiver on the phone was still speaking, "Be careful on the way. That person said there might be an ambush on the road."Elliot acknowledged this and then chased after Sophia."Sophy, wait!"By the time he caught up with her, Sophia was already on her motorcycle.Elliot hurriedly stopped her. "Let's take a car. Your emotions are unstable right now, riding a bike is risky."Sophia anxiously pushed him away. "No, let go of me.""No, how about I ride instead?"Unable to resist him, Sophia reluctantly sat back a bit and took the clothes Elliot handed her.Elliot said, "Put them on."Sophia, extremely agitated, urged, "Hurry up!"Elliot tried to keep his tone calm. "Grandma has been taken to the hospital for emergency treatment. Don't worry, just put these on. It's cold to ride without them."Sophia angrily draped the clothes over herself. "There. Are you happy?"Elliot indulgently glanced at her
Dorothy smiled faintly, her eyes distant but longing, but unfortunately, she would not wait any longer.She said, "Perhaps it's because you've experienced too many setbacks since childhood, making it hard for you to trust and rely on someone. You also lack a sense of security. So, there's something I've been afraid to tell you. If possible, I wish you'd never know about it in your lifetime. But, since Grandma is leaving, I want to tell you this. Maybe you can find your biological parents."Sophia was so stunned, she stopped crying. She looked at Dorothy in confusion, her eyes red as she cautiously asked, "W-what did you say?"Dorothy sighed deeply, her gaze blank as she stared at the ceiling, as if suddenly reminiscing about the past.A smile touched her lips, as if in an instant, her spirit lifted considerably. But she was still very weak as she spoke slowly."In fact, you are not Emma’s daughter, and Lawrence is not your father. Your mother had an accident and she had a miscar
Elliot panicked. "Daniel, quickly come and see what's wrong with her!"Daniel hurried over. "Quick! Lay her flat."He hastily checked her pulse, "She fainted due to excessive sorrow. Go and call Jesse.”Elliot didn't dare to delay and went out to call someone in. He was then chased out.The emergency room was a flurry of new efforts to save her.Luckily, Sophia had only fainted from crying too hard.After being rescued, she was sent to the hospital room.Except for being hands-on in Dorothy’s affairs, Elliot spent all his time in the hospital room watching over Sophia.She must have been too tired since did not sleep for even an hour last night.This time she had fainted as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.Sophia seemed to have had a dream, in which her grandparents and her mother were all there, living together happily, just the four of them, like the days they had just returned to Westo and stayed at her grandmother's house.Later, Gilbert came with his wife and childr
Sophia glared at Gilbert with red eyes, with not a trace of sorrow on her face. She truly wished she could kill him, but she did not move. She did not want to disrupt her grandmother's funeral.Elliot shared the same sentiment, but he just signaled to the bodyguards, who stepped forward and dragged Gilbert out.Gilbert struggled hard, shouting, "Let go of me! I am her son, and I came to send off my mother. Why won't you let me do so?"He struggled while shouting, then yelled towards the direction of the hall. "Mom, please open your eyes and look. She's powerful now, and doesn't care about anyone. Your death was suspicious, and she's hastily burying you. But I can't do anything. Mom, I'm sorry."The villagers began to criticize him. "When she was alive, there was no sign of filial piety. Now that she's dead, he's pretending to be a filial son.""That's right, he even wants to drag Sophia into this mess. How shameless."But despite it all, someone believed his nonsense. He walk
The crowd exchanged glances, not very familiar with the man before them.One whispered, "Who is Andrew?""I don't know, but anyone who can come here must have some status.""Could this person also be a disciple of the Ridge family?""He exudes hostility all over. How could he be a healer?"Elliot also glanced at Andrew. Apparently, Black Den’s mysterious founder’s last name was also Skye right? No wonder his wife could get that order from Edward. It seemed that she knew Andrew well. Otherwise, he would not have acted so justly and could not stand even a slightly offensive word. Squinting his eyes, he inexplicably felt a sense of hostility towards him.Gilbert was fearless in his ignorance and was still intent on arguing his point. "Who the hell is Andrew? I just want to know why you hit me!""Do I need a reason?" Gilbert's anger robbed him of his reason, and he threw a punch at Andrew, who effortlessly caught it and then directly dragged him out of the memorial hall.Inside t
Joseph looked at Elliot as he spoke. "We can't always be by her side, so in the future, please take care of her.""Of course. Will you stay for a few days?"Joseph sighed. "I only took a week off, and the journey here took two days. I can only stay for three days at most."Elliot nodded. "You two go back, I'll go find Gilbert."Sophia said, "He's tied to a tree over there.""Alright, I'll go with Marianne to get him. You two go back to the house," Joseph walked over to where Sophia had gestured.The couple returned to the old house. It was quite spacious, with a grey-blue brick path leading straight to the hall. The hall doors were dark red, with the two middle doors open. The diamond-patterned wooden windows of the side corridor were also open.There were wicker chairs and tables in front of the corridor. Elliot could imagine Sophia’s grandparents sitting here chatting and drinking tea.Not far from the wicker table were lush flowers and plants. It was clear that someone had
Elliot chuckled deeply. "Because I found that even if you strip off my clothes, pull down my pants, and infuriate me to death, I still don't want others to see you naked, not even Sam. My intense possessiveness surprises me as well."Sophia was speechless. Why did he have to make her sound so vulgar? He was the one who peeked at her while she was bathing.Elliot continued his analysis. "Later, when you asked me to pluck the weeds, I was tired and sore, dizzy and faint from the sun. Sam asked me why I didn't just tell you. He said that you owed me a debt for saving your grandmother, and you would agree to help me save grandpa. At that time, I didn't think it through very clearly. I just subconsciously didn't want to demand that favor from you, nor did I want us to get even after you repaid my life-saving favor."I understand things better now. I probably fell for you back then. When I went back, grandpa asked me to go on a blind date. It was with the granddaughter of an old friend
Sophia stopped him. "Wait a moment. Isn't his company's game about to go public? Hasn't the plagiarism case been concluded yet? Let's deal with those matters first before dealing with him."Elliot looked at her. "Aren't you anxious for revenge?"Sophia smirked, "Revenge is a dish best served cold. I want him to see with his own eyes how he will be utterly defeated!"Elliot chuckled and indulged her. "Alright, let him live in peace for a couple more days then."After dinner, Sophia went to the basement to see Henry. At this point, he was just being held there and did not face any punishment.Of course, in the past two days, both Elliot and Sophia had been busy and did not have time for him, so he had been able to live relatively freely.Hearing footsteps nearby, Henry looked up. He saw Sophia and his heart trembled with fear. This was mainly because he was deeply afraid of Sophia. Over the years, he had been frightened by her.As Sophia walked in and saw the disgusting man in f