Chapter 46


    Sophia chuckled while ying the game together with Nate and hadn’t noticed that it was already


    midnight when Hale phoned her. “Madam, Boss has instructed that the lights would be switched off if you


    two don’t go to bed by 12AM. Beep—”


    The lights immediately went off in the room with the Inte being disconnected as well. She was


    suddenly plunged into darkness while she was in the midst of setting up the tasks in the game.


    Nathan, who was staring at theptop screen, was shocked by the sudden darkness and threw himself


    into her arms on instinct. “Mom…”


    She hugged him tightly. “Darling, don’t be afraid. I’m here! Don’t worry, Hale merely switched the


    electricity off and disconnected the inte. It’ste, let’s go to bed earlier.”


    Nathan was excited about ying the game with her for such a long time that his mind was exhausted.


    He fell asleep soon after hitting the sack. Sophia slipped out of bed once he was asleep and went to


    the washroom to call Hale.


    “Hale, ask Audistin to inform the Harper Family that their membership will be restored if they are willing


    to pay more.”


    Hale was always efficient and speedy inpleting any given tasks. Hence, he immediately informed


    Audistin.


    The next day, Richard visited Audistin again.


    They really couldn’t wait any longer because the consequences of offending Audistin was unimaginable.


    Only a few days had passed, but the Harper Family was already theughing stock of the upper-ss


    society.


    It felt as if the entire family had been excluded from the society’s social circle. Every family member of


    the Harper Family felt the impact and repercussions of this incident.


    That was especially true after X’s cocktail partyst night. A group of wealthy kids had made an


    appointment to hang out at Audistin and everyone went ahead with the n, but those from the Harpers


    were left out.


    Looking at the rest of the group leaving without inviting them, the Harpers didn’t dare to make a sound


    because the whole situation was beyond embarrassing.


    Hence, Richard brought along a gift to meet Mr. Wesley in Audistin.


    Unlike the past where he would avoid meeting Richard, Mr. Wesley immediately agreed to meet him.


    In Audistin’s café, there were two cups of freshly ground Americano on the coffee table. The coffee was


    steaming hot—the direction of its vapors was disturbed by the conversation between the two men.


    “50,000,000?!”


    Richard stared in disbelief at Mr. Wesley.


    I just want to get the Harper Family’s membership back. Why is it so expensive now? 50,000,000 is an


    enormous amount of investment for us!


    He looked upset. “Wesley, isn’t 50,000,000… too expensive?”


    Mr. Wesley shook his head. “No, it’s not. It is not expensive at all. It’s not costly, seeing that 50,000,000


    represents the dignity of both Audistin and the Harper Family.” It’s true! It’s not expensive at all!


    Ka Harper was the one who caused trouble at Audistin. She was the one who announced openly that


    she was relinquishing the Harper Family’s membership in Audistin.


    Thest person who did thispletely vanished from Bayside City together with their family.


    Requesting 50,000,000 from the Harper Family proves that Audistin truly never intended to humiliate


    them in the first ce.


    However, Richard just couldn’t figure it out. What is happening here? It feels as if someone is targeting


    the Harper Family in the dark. First, Ka received awsuit against her for some reason and now, she


    has been kicked out of Audistin.


    We have investigated this for a very long time, but we are unable to find out who did all this. Although


    Sophia was involved in both incidents, she obviously ys a minor role in the grand scheme of things.


    We just can’t find out who is supporting her. The information gathered after our investigation shows that


    Sophia Edwards is amon student without any impressive background who enrolled in Bayside


    University with her outstanding exam results.


    He took a sip of coffee and took half an hour to mull over the proposal, during which he made several


    phone calls while Mr. Wesley waited for him to decide.


    In the end, Richard and the Harper Family agreed to re-purchase their Audistin memberships for


    50,000,000. Out of that amount, half of it was most probably considered as their membership fee while


    the other half was a token donated to Audistin.


    He sipped his coffee nonstop. Wrinkles were deeply etched on his handsome face. I feel the pinch


    spending that 50,000,000.


    While cing the coffee cup down, he asked Mr. Wesley in a solemn tone. “Wesley, please be honest


    with me. Has the Harper Family offended someone in the high ces? If we have done somethingThis is the property of N?-velDrama.Org.


    wrong, we, the Harpers, are willing to personally apologize.”


    Mr. Wesley smiled soothingly. “Please don’t think too much. It’s best for you to head home and educate


    your younger sister. The consequences this time are not that bad, so both parties are able to resolve this


    peacefully. I’m afraid it won’t be only 50,000,000 if this were to happen again in the future.”


    Richard forced a smile. “Thank you, Wesley.”


    Is that so? Why do I have the nagging feeling that someone is causing trouble for the Harper Family? In


    fact, this person must be someone extremely powerful. I’m confident that he or she has the ability to


    destroy the entire Harper Family.


    However, they are not making any proper move against us. Each time something happens, it’s always


    something minor, but enough to leave a negative impact against us.


    Wesley stood up to leave whilementing to himself, Well, this serves the Harper Family right! Of all the


    people they chose to offend, they decided to offend thedy boss!


    The Harper Family swiftly transferred 50,000,000 to Audistin’s ount and even sent an attendant to


    have the Harper Family’s VIP member cards delivered to their home.


    The amount sat in Audistin’s bank ount for a while, but 20,000,000 was soon transferred to Sophia’s


    ount.


    Sophia was attending sses in university when she received the notification regarding the bank


    transfer. She wore a baseball cap that was paired with denim suspenders, which wasn’t any different


    from the rest of her peers who strolled on campus grounds.


    She was in the midst of packing her things after ss while wearing her earphones to call Hale. “I have


    received the money and I have transferred 1,000,000 to you. Take it, but you don’t have to thank me.


    Go ahead and enjoy yourself with a girl. Just stop switching my electricity off and disconnecting my


    Inte connection.” She barked into the phone before unceremoniously hanging up.


    On the other side, Hale pursed his lips together after she hung up on him.


    “Go ahead and enjoy yourself with a girl…” he mumbled while mimicking Sophia’s tone. “Do you think


    that’s up to me? It’s all of your hubby’s doing!” I’d rather live a bloody and messy life than to protect


    Sophia, the filthy and violent young girl.


    Nevertheless, with the 1,000,000 in his pocket, he was in a much better mood now and immediately


    phoned Michael to report the situation. “Boss, Madam ckmailed the Harper Family into paying


    50,000,000. Audistin received 30,000,000 and she took the other 200,000,000.”


    Michael answered him from the other end of the line in an exhausted tone, “Okay, got it.”


    Hale choked on his words. He wanted to report on Sophia’s motives in ckmailing the Harper Family.


    However, Michael didn’t seem to care at all! Based on how much Sophia hates the Harper Family, she


    wouldn’t have let them off the hook so easily.


    She would have kept them out of Audistin forever. Nevertheless, she suddenly changed her mind. The


    only feasible exnation is that she spent 2,000,000 to purchase a game equipment. Then, she felt that


    she might be broke, which is why she ckmailed the Harper Family for such arge sum of


    money!


    However, Michael didn’t seem to be interested in Sophia’s motives because he hung up without further


    comments.


    Hale pursed his lips once again in disgust after the end of the phone call. Both husband and wife are the


    same. Well, I have to say that my Boss is tooid back.


    He doesn’t even care when his wife has recently and openly pocketed some money for her personal


    savings. Isn’t he afraid that Sophia might grow up one day and leave him? In any case, I am worrying


    over nothing.


    In all honesty, Michael was remotely monitoring Sophia’sptop and phone, so he could watch


    everything that went on herptop and phone. For instance, he was now looking through her search


    history on her personalptop’s browser.


    “What can I do when my hubby is a pervert?”


    After reading it aloud, he was rendered speechless.