Chapter 203
Sophia craned her neck and saw three photos showing two women and one man respectively. The man
looked bright, gant, and heroic in military uniform. One of the twodies was also dressed in military
uniform, whereas the other was gorgeously dressed. That woman happened to be Elizabeth, who was
Michael’s mother and the only person Sophia could identify out of the three.
Sophia still knew nothing about Michael’s family background; she only knew that he was Nathan’s uncle
and that Elizabeth was his mother, but she didn’t know who his father was. Michael probably had a sister
who gave birth to Nathan, but Sophia didn’t know who she was as well.
Hale had once told her that she mustn’t ask about Michael and Nathan’s family background; it was an
absolute taboo in this house. Therefore, Sophia had always refrained from asking questions regarding
this subject.
If her guess was right, the three photos disyed on the table right now must be Michael’s parents and
his sister.
Hale had disclosed a little bit of Michael’s personal information to her—Michael’s name was given by
his father, whereas ‘Taylor’ was the name his mother had originally given him.
Sophia thought that Michael’s father must have loved his wife very, very deeply. After all, not every man
was willing to let his spouse name their son after her maiden name.
Marrying a p*rnstar must have been very difficult at that time—let alone for a military family like the
Fletchers…
Michael spent the entire afternoon drinking like a fish in the living room all by himself.
The family of three had their reunion dinner that evening before watching the snow from the enclosed
balcony suspended from the rooftop. Fireworks were on disy in the night sky, celebrating the
countdown to the new year in Bayside City that night. Sophia had her binocrs ready to watch the
fireworks while watching the New Year Dinner G on TV to relieve her boredom.
Watching the New Year Dinner G on TV was boring, but it had—like the reunion dinner—be a
yearly tradition. The Dinner G’s program this year was still as uninteresting as always; if her Lord
hadn’t been sitting by her side, Sophia would have fallen asleep a long time ago.
It was still hours before the countdown when Michael suddenly stood up and put on his clothes. He left
home and said, “I’m going out to take care of something, but I’ll be back before the countdown.”
Shortly after that, Sophia heard the sound of a car starting uping from downstairs; Michael had left
in his SUV.
What could he have possibly nned during the New Year? Is he going to meet his lover? Sophia
thought to herself. Yeah, now that he has so many lovers, he may not evene back tonight. If it
weren’t for the fact that Nathan is still in this house, he probably wouldn’t evene home—let alone
celebrate the New Year with me.
As she thought about it, Sophia felt as though all the fireworks in Bayside City had faded into
insignificance. All the wonderful things in this world paled inparison to the moment Michael looked
back at her with a smile. However, she knew that she would never be the only person he smiled at.
Now that her Lord was gone, Sophia could no longer keep her spirits up. Feeling drowsy, she sank into
therge, round sofa on the balcony while Nathan quietly dug up his Bitcoins at one side.
Suddenly, a voice brimming with passion came out of nowhere as it said, “Now, Taylor and Ethan will
bring us a song named ‘Dilemma’!”
“Where is he? Where is he?” asked Sophia. Waking up with a start, she looked to her left and right but
did not see Michael at all. As it turned out, the voice wasing from the television.
Moving closer to the TV screen, she was surprised to see Michael—who had been talking to her just an
hour ago—appearing at the New Year Dinner G at that very moment. Not only that, he was also
singing on stage with Ethan while dressed in stylish clothes!
As the music began, his heavenly singing voice flowed out of the ultra-thin TV. “Having written his name
on my left hand and the word ‘Love’ on my right, I sp my hands together as a vague sorrow
overwhelms me. How is my decision going to hurt…”
Sophia had to rub her eyes twice before convincing herself that the person singing on stage was
undoubtedly Michael.
Not only was Michael good at opera singing and acting in movies, he was also a first-ss singer. He
was familiar with different styles of singing such as ssical and popr singing.
Moreover, he sang in a unique and deep voice; not only was it rich and attractive, it was also very
intoxicating to the ears!
Sophia and Nathan moved even closer to the TV to take a closer look at Michael, who looked
devastatingly handsome on the high-definition screen. She muttered to herself, “The New Year Dinner
G is actually pre-recorded. Hmph! He’s been lying to me for so many years!”
Another hour had passed before Michael came home atst. The clock struck half-past eleven when he
came back; Sophia and Nathan were snuggled together in a nket, watching TV as they waited for him
toe back for the countdown.
“You’re back, hubby,” said a pleasantly surprised Sophia upon seeing his return.
“Yeah, I’m back,” responded Michael as he took off his overcoat before walking by stark-naked in front of
Sophia without the slightest care about his image as a celebrity. After a while, he came out dressed in a
pair of Pikachu-themed family pajamas that matched the one Nathan wore.
Having changed into his pajamas, he came over and wrapped his arms around Sophia and Nathan. He
then said, “I just sang a song at the New Year Dinner G, but it dragged on for a little while. I won’t be
attending it next year.”
Sophia was totally speechless. It is the New Year Dinner G that you’re talking about! Should you talk
about it so nonchntly? Alright, I guess the New Year Dinner G isn’t pre-recorded at all.
The family of three continued to stay up while watching the fireworks.
Atst, the emcees could be heard counting down to the New Year on TV as they announced excitedly,
“Five—four—three—two—one—Happy New Year!”
When the countdown ended, numerous dazzling fireworks suddenly shot up to the previously quiet night
sky, illuminating the entire Bayside City.
Sophia stared up at the spectacr fireworks disy. Bursts of lights in different colors exploded in her
eyes, reflecting the fireworks’ brightness from time to time. This was the first time Sophia had ever seen
such a beautiful disy of fireworks; it was as though showers of neon were pouring over the earth,
filling the entire winter with awe.
Sophia leaned her head against the shoulder of the man beside her, who then ced hisrge hand on
her shoulder. The atmosphere between them was pleasant, sweet, and romantic as they cuddled
together while watching the fireworks.
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The fireworks kept going off one after another. It was a tradition for the people of Cethos to stay upte
that night, so the fireworks disy would probably go on until dawn.
Staring at the fireworks, Sophia felt like she had never been as happy as she was right now. She
sincerely wished that this moment could stop forever so that the person she cherished the most would
always stay by her side.
ncing at the fireworks, she made her New Year’s wish before looking up to see Michael next to her.
He seemed to have no idea that Sophia was peeping at him as he stared intently at the fireworks.
Sophia could see Michael’s perfectly-outlined jaw and loosely-closed thin lips from her angle; he seemed
to exist for the sole purpose of seducing people. Despite wearing an awkward Pikachu-themed pajama
piece, he still gave off the scent of a spring prairie, arousing libido—nay, passion—in everyone around
him.
Staring at his tender and attractive lips, Sophia suddenly had a bold idea. She wanted to kiss her Lord on
the lips, but how could she kiss him as she pleased? What if her Lord got angry after she kissed him?