Chapter 257


    Sean gently sipped on his cup of coffee. His delicate manicures had crystals on them, which were


    glittering.


    “I’ve always liked being a girl since I was at a young age, but my family wouldn’t let me. My father


    passed away when I was little and my mother has remarried. I never had a lot of friends back then, and


    only Stan was willing to y with me. He never disliked me.


    I initially wanted to confess to Stan right after we’vepleted the college entrance examination, but I


    didn’t expect Stan to actually go serve in the army. My family has sent me overseas for psychotherapy,


    and that’s when I went abroad.”


    Sean must have been in despair at that moment… Sophia patted Sean on the shoulder. “As a matter of


    fact, Stan likes men as well. It’s just that he has been charmed by his uncle recently. Wait until he sees


    the best in you, then he’ll surely ept you.”


    Sean stared at Sophia, looking stunned. “Are you saying that Stan likes men as well?”


    Sophia nodded. “Yup. I can assure you that he’s in love with his uncle, Michael.”


    Sean could not hold back hisughter. “Sophia, stop joking around. I’m sure Stan is heterosexual and he


    only worships his uncle. Stop taking it wrongly.”


    “Err…” Stanley is actually heterosexual? Is he not a little boy who was brought up by Michael? I had


    even seen them at home… Hmm, wait, have I mistaken them as gays because of my own prejudiced


    thoughts?


    Sean was even more sensitive than girls. He had probably guessed the thought Sophia had in mind now,


    and he could no longer hold in hisughter. “Sophia, you really did misunderstand him. Although he has


    never been in a romantic rtionship before, he has always liked girls since he was young.”


    With that being said, Sophia felt like there was a need for herself to redefine the rtionship between


    Michael and his bunch of homosexual friends. Could it be possible that my Tay Tay doesn’t like men??


    “I’m sure Mr. Michael likes men, but as for Stanley, he’s definitely straight.”


    It was Sophia’s turn to feel upset now. Alright then. So my Tay Tay does like men. I can match up to him


    in every single way, all except my gender. What a miserable thing!


    Now, it seemed like both Sophia and Sean were in a simr position; they were both leading a miserable


    life!


    Sean kept silent for a short while before he said, “I’ve grown up with Stan, and I have never seen him so


    deeply in love with someone. Sophia, you’re the first one. If it’s possible, I think you can…”


    Sophia refused right away. “I’m emotionally unavable.”


    This topic had ended right at that point.


    Sean and Sophia had remained silent right until Stanley returned.


    After the three of them had finished dinner, they had gone back to their respective houses. Before they


    bid each other goodbye, Stanley had reminded Sophia once again. “Sophia, you’ve met Shirley earlier,


    and you really should feel threatened now. A man like me really is heavily sought-after!”


    “No thanks.” Sophia then got into the car before Hale stepped on the gas pedal and drove off the scene.


    As he watched Sophia gradually vanishing from his sight, Stanley was slightly disappointed.


    Nheless, his disappointment did not remain for long. He then held a cigarette between his lips and


    looped an arm around Sean’s shoulders as they headed toward the cybercafe.


    “Let’s go y some games. When the day I be the international championes, she will definitely


    be deeply in love with me.”


    Sophia would always return at night. The castle-like mansion was all lit up and warm light was seeping


    through the windows. Silhouettes of people could be seen passing by the corridors, and it seemed pretty


    lively in there.


    Sophia pushed open the door to find two gilded invitation envelopes on the table ced in the living


    room. When she opened it, it was an invitation to Richard and Ka’s engagement party.


    She held the gilded invitation in her hands and kept silent.


    After Richard had taken over Glory Entertainment, he had slept with nearly all the female celebrities.


    Moreover, Nicole’s issue had made a tremendous row. How could his engagement with X not be


    affected by it? It was going to take ce as scheduled, and they seemed to have purposely made it even


    grander.


    Marriage of the wealthy families, huh? But how did he send these invitations here anyway? Surely


    Richard didn’te here personally, right?


    She brought the two invitations over to Michael, who said, “This? It’s the engagement invitations from the


    Harpers and the Huffs. They’ve sent me an invitation as well. Moreover, Richard has purposely called me


    up to take it from him.”


    Sophia was shocked. “Are you going to attend the event?”


    Michael smiled as he looked at her. “I’ve epted their invitation, so for sure I’ll attend the event. I’m


    their new talent who they’re going to train this year, so how can I not attend?”


    Sophia stared at Michael and had gone speechless.


    She had just embarrassed Richard greatly, so he must have hated her. He had to be up to no good this


    time when he wanted her to attend their engagement ceremony. Michael and Richard did not hold


    grudges against each other. Instead, it was Sophia who held grudges against the Harpers.


    Did Michael want to stand up for himself this time? Since Michael had decided to go, how could she not


    follow along?


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    It was the Harpers’ engagement banquet during the weekend. Michael had started preparing after he


    had finished his lunch. It seemed like he was really nning to head over to the event.


    Sophia had started preparing her clothing as well. She would just dress up casually since it was her ex-


    boyfriend’s engagement.


    However, she was torn between which shirt to wear.


    If she had dressed up too casually, her ex-boyfriend would have achieved his purpose. They had only


    wanted to embarrass her. Nevertheless, if she had dressed up perfectly, it would seem like she was


    showing respect to them at their event.


    Standing in the closet, Sophia was troubled as she looked at all the clothes she had. All her clothes


    seemed to be overly extravagant for the event.


    She still was not able to decide on the suitable clothes to wear after choosing for a very long while. She


    then sat in the closet while scrolling about on her phone. After a while, she checked on the celebrity


    leaderboard again.


    A few days had passed, and the fans had devoted themselves to voting, but Michael’s fans still were not


    as mad aspared to those popr celebrities. Michael could only barely hang on to the end of the top


    ten list. Most of the top few celebrities were all from Glory Entertainment.


    How is this possible?


    Nheless, fans could only vote once a day with one registered phone number. If they were caught


    voting through illegitimate methods, their votes would be canceled.


    Sophia heaved a sigh after staring at it for a while. Even though inconsequential leaderboards like this


    would not affect Michael’s status in the entertainment industry, she still felt disappointed and mad seeing


    her male idol being pushed out of the rankings by those young boys.


    The main point though, was that Michael did not even seem to care about it at all!


    Sophia, who was looking at her phone in the closet, suddenly heard noisesing from next door.


    Michael’s closet was just next door, and it was as extensive as a whole storeroom, considering his status


    as a celebrity.


    Tons of men’s clothing, shoes and watches were piled up in his locker room. There were even a number


    of items of big brands that had yet to appear on the market.


    To a celebrity, clothing was one of the most important things to them. The clothes they wore didn’t only


    have to be branded, but they also had to be of the newest arrival of the brand in order to prove their


    strong fashion resources, as well as to prove their status within the entertainment industry.


    Even though Michael had owned a ton of clothing, he did not seem to wear much of them. He would


    wear his costumes at the filming studios, and when he was at home, he would wear onesies that had


    cartoon figures printed on them just like Nate’s, while he would just go straightmando when he was


    in the bedroom.


    The two closets were separated, but there was a door in between them for them to walk over. Sophia


    silently poked her head into Michael’s closet to find him trying on shirts in front of the mirror.


    He seemed very patient as he changed from one outfit to another. After trying on an outfit, he would take


    off all of them before he put on another set of outfit.


    When Sophia was peeking at him, Michael was trying on a blue suit. Although it was an attractive blue


    color, he seemed to be exuding a sense of maturity when he had put that on, which was something that


    felt unfamiliar to Sophia.


    He felt dissatisfied when he looked at the reflection of himself dressed in the blue suit in the mirror.


    However, he had unexpectedly caught sight of a pair of lecherous eyes gazing at him behind his back.