Chapter 319


    Abel found it amusing to know that Sophia was actually one of the Mitchell Family. No wonder he had


    always had this familiar feeling every time he saw her. That must have been the reason why Nathan


    thought she stood out from many others back then.


    Abel had also gathered some information and videos on Cooper’s car ident. Back when Cooper was


    appointed as the patriarch of the family, an internal strife within the family started brewing. In the end,


    Cooper managed to subdue the conflict by adopting a hardball tactic.


    Still, many secretly held grudges against him. After all, the Mitchell Family was a prestigious family that


    had survived for more than a century. How could they have allowed a youngd in his twenties to


    be their patriarch?


    Although Cooper was way more talented andpetent than anyone else in the family and despite the


    multiple asions he had saved them, there were some who were still eager to get rid of him. That must


    have been the reason that brought about the family’s downfall!


    Not long after that, Cooper died in a car crash. The car he traveled in was nearly ttened due to a


    collision with a construction vehicle, causing the car to explode. His body was in pieces and people


    only knew it was him ording to a DNA test.


    Many were saddened to hear of the demise of a talent of the Mitchell Family. Ever since Woody learnt


    about his death, he had be a shadow of his old self.


    It was only now that they found out the body inside the coffin was not Cooper. There were two possible


    exnations—the first was that he might already be dead but his body was taken away by somebody.


    The second was that he might still be alive and everything was just part of his runaway n. Abel and


    Michael thought the second scenario was more likely.


    After studying the information on Cooper’s death thoroughly, Micheal learnt that Cooper had decided to


    leave all his wealth in the family’s public fund and also to provide for his father’s living expenses. It was


    puzzling that he did not take even a dime of his wealth which he had fought so hard for.


    When the car ident took ce, Woody was already over eighty years old. At that age, he was


    supposed to lead a carefree and rxed life but Cooper’s car ident came as a huge blow to him.


    Because of that, the old man waster diagnosed with dementia and he had no choice but surrender his


    power in the family to others.


    What could have convinced Cooper to give up his immense wealth and leave his aging father behind?


    What made him be so cold-hearted? Where had he been over the past decades? Was he still


    alive? Did he know he had a daughter? Michael’s head was filled with questions.


    Cooper was not the only one in the family that had pulled off something like this. Justin also became so


    disheartened with his family that he decided to stage a fake death.


    However, what made him different from Cooper was that he left without having to worry about anything—


    his departure would not affect his family too much because he was not the only son. Also, Nathan had


    Michael to take care of him.


    As for Cooper, he was Woody’s only son, so why did he do something so cruel? Would he still continue


    to hide even after knowing that his father had suffered from dementia because of him?


    After studying the materials, Abel sighed. “After Cooper faked his death, he had severed all his ties with


    the Mitchell Familypletely and his n was airtight. He really needed to be extremely cruel and


    heartless to be able to pull off something like that. Did he not care about anything?”


    Although Justin had done the same thing, he was not without worries because he had left his son,


    Nathan, behind.


    There was no secret that couldn’t be revealed. As the patriarch of the Mitchell Family, his fake death


    would be something very significant and its consequence would implicate many. How did he actually


    ensure his n to be so infallible that no one had ever found out there was something fishy with his


    death even after so many years? No one would ever find out his secret if it wasn’t for his daughter,


    Sophia, and his helpful son-inw, Michael.


    “I’m sure a man like Cooper would remain an outstanding man even though he might have adopted a


    new identity.” Reading the materials in his hands, Michael spotted a photo of Cooper taken when he was


    twenty-eight.


    At that time, he was at the peak of his career and all the girls in Bayside City were crazy over him


    because of his good looks. However, he was widely known to be a man who abstained from pleasure.


    He did not have a long-term partner up until his death and was not involved in any scandal with any


    woman.


    At that time, Justin was quite close with Cooper. To Justin, Cooper was in a whole other league. Back


    then, Old Master Fletcher tried to fix his most beloved granddaughter, Celine Fletcher, up with Cooper


    and the two families thought they would make a perfect couple.


    But to everyone’s surprise, Cooperter asked Justin for his help to sabotage their n by letting him


    attend the blind date with Celine on his behalf. Justin did the job well by showering the girl with insults


    and rude remarks as soon as he met her, resulting in him being beaten up. Although they got off to a bad


    start, the King of Soldierster got along well with the army belle ever since.


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    The two soon fell head over heels for each other. When they told everyone about their rtionship, the


    Fletchers were pleased to see them dating, especially Old Master Fletcher, who admired Justin a great


    deal because he was the King of Soldiers. However, the Mitchell Family did not embrace their


    rtionship as positively.


    As Justin was neither a descendant from the main family nor the most talented member, logically


    speaking he was not supposed to get engaged with Celine. Many of the family were against their


    rtionship but Cooper exercised his rights as the patriarch of the family to subdue the opposing voices,


    approving their marriage. If it wasn’t for him, Nathan wouldn’t have existed.


    “Oh Cooper… Where are you now?” Michael sighed. “Do research on all the big shots globally who


    managed to make a name for themselves in the recent ten years. I believe we’ll be able to find some


    clues.”


    Abel was not too keen to blow Cooper’s disguise, thinking that he must have been determined to sever


    all ties with his family by staging a fake ident back then. However, Michael was very eager to track


    him down because he was Sophia’s father.


    Michael was not after Cooper’s wealth nor his power. He understood that if Cooper knew he had a


    daughter and a son-inw, he would be even more burdened. However, he just wanted Sophia to know


    that she had a very talented and prominent father.


    After a lengthy deliberation, he decided not to reveal the truth to Sophia for the time being. He would only


    decide what to do when they found Cooper. Since the man had lived under such a perfect cover over the


    years, it wouldn’t be easy to locate him.


    Having verified this piece of information with Abel, Michael then headed to Sophia’s study, his excitement


    palpable. She was no longer ying games. At that moment, she was going over a book with herptop


    switched on, an online lecture ying on its screen.


    Michael decided not to disturb her. Instead, he opened the door to a slit so that he could peek in on her.


    That was Cooper Mitchell’s daughter! He had actually slept with his daughter! He was so proud of


    himself. Soon, he would locate Cooper and give her a huge surprise. He wanted her to know that her


    father was the greatest man in the world.


    Meanwhile, Sophia was reading a pornographic book intently. She had always known that Sarah’s


    passion was drawing and she worked as a concept designer at Stanley’spany. However, she had no


    clue that Sarah drew illustrations for pornographic books too.


    Sarah had gathered all the drawings she had done for gay pornographic books and made it into a


    collection, which she then published and released to a small circle of people. The book was full of X-


    rated graphics of gay couples.


    Drawings of her favorite gay couples were depicted in the book as well as some other imaginary gay


    couples. She could turn anything into a drawing!


    If Michael found out about the book, Sophia was sure that he would teach Sarah a harsh lesson.


    Therefore, she only dared to read it secretly at home. In fact, she had secretly stashed some away too.


    The drawings were so lewd and exciting that she thought she was on the verge of getting a nosebleed.