Chapter 587
Irene sneered inwardly as she nced at Sophia, who was sulking next to Michael.
As it turns out, Sophia is having a fit of the sulks, so it’s no wonder that Michael doesn’t dare toe
onstage. Otherwise, he would have difficulty defusing the situation if the little girl begins weepingter!
Having collected her thoughts, she held the microphone and said to everyone below the stage, “It seems
that the colleague is absent today. In that case, I shall sing ‘The Love of My Life’ for everyone alone.”
A round of apuse came from the audience.
With that, Irene began to sing to the apaniment of the clear sound of a guitar. With the music’s
simrly clear and simple melody and tone, the audience felt like they were instantly brought back to
the summer vacation when they were 17 years old.
The cicada’s chirps kept ringing in her ear, and the air was unbearably sultry. She pushed the window
open to let the cool breeze into the room, but she didn’t expect to see the young man she had been
waiting for a long time hiding in the shade of the tree downstairs the instant she pushed the window
open. His white shirt was soaked in sweat, but when he looked up and saw that the long-awaited window
was finally opened, his suntanned face cracked into a delightful smile…
“Your shirt was pure white in color, and the sky was slightly blue. You were carrying a bamboo basket,
and I saw the smile on your face with a thin sheen of sweat…”
Irene began singing the song in a clear voice. The sincere emotions in her pure singing voice made the
song extremely appealing, and the audience was entranced while listening to the song, as if it reminded
them of their first loves.
Michael seemed to be listening to the song as well. Moreover, he closed his eyes slightly, as if he was
enthralled by the song’s mood.
It was as if he was lost in his memories and was unable to snap out of them.
As Sophia listened to this song, she couldn’t help recalling the person who was by her side in the days of
her youth. She and he were young and thus ignorant of the harsh reality of the world. The love between
them was so young, pure, beautiful, and foolish; looking back at the old days, she found that the
happiness she had back then was genuine.
Richard was listening to this song as well. As he closed his eyes slightly, his mind was preupied with
Sophia.
His love for her was faint and innocent; it was the purest and most beautiful without any impurities.
Since when did his love for her begin to change?
Perhaps it started when he brought her back to the Harper Residence for the first time. She was so silly,
foolish, and embarrassing back then that he couldn’t hold his head high in front of his family. At that
moment, he realized that they couldn’t possibly be together. No matter how much he loved her, the love
between them would die out as they returned to reality.
Even so, his love for Sophia was genuine, and she was aware of this too.
The love between them was sincere, but it was built upon their young age and ignorance, so it couldn’t
withstand even the slightest blow and temptation by reality. It was beautiful and fragile; only at this very
moment would it asionally glisten with a trace of the past
Their love back then was already gone. He could have ended their rtionship in the most amicable
way, and she definitely wouldn’t pester him.
However, Richard ruined her in the cruelest way!
Michael also recalled his old days. Many people had appeared in the wonderful years of his life, and
Irene was only one of them.
When he heard this song, what shed across in his mind was the scene where he ran on the sports
ground when he was young.
They were so innocent and happy back then. Celine hadn’t ended up in the state she was in right now;
Joel was still a brother of the same age as his; and Irene was still a naive little girl who could sing as
beautifully as ark. As for Michael, he was just an adolescent boy with a dream of his own.
They studied in a school attached to the military, so they would have a drill with the troops every morning
before going to school. The good thing about the militarypound was that there were many children
of the same age, so everyone always went out and had fun inrge groups.
They were so naive, honest, and happy at that time.
They would go camping outside the town together, during which the older kids had to look after the
younger ones. Michael remembered that he and Joel were the eldest among the kids, so they had to
bring many things with them and look after Stanley, Caleb, and other little brats whenever they went
camping…
The song ended, and everyone returned to reality as the memories of their youth gradually disappeared.
They seemed to find it hard to ept that the reality and their memories were struggling inly against
each other like that. In the end, however, reality gained the upper hand and upied their minds.
The scene was silent for a few seconds before the audience burst into apuse. Sophia pped her
hands for a moment along with the crowd, but she immediately grabbed Michael’s hand after that, as if
she feared that he would vanish when she didn’t notice.
Having finished singing two songs, Irene came off the stage to leave the stage to the next guest
performer.
Sophia refused to speak to Michael since she was still angry.
After going off the stage, Irene found a seat and sat down under everyone’s gaze of wonder. The song
she had sung just now was really too appealing, so many people wanted to take pictures together with
her.
After taking pictures together with everyone else, she subconsciously nced in Michael and Sophia’s
direction. It seemed to her that Sophia was still sulking, whereas Michael had a helpless expression on
his face.
Irene believed that Michael still had feelings for herself. Otherwise, Sophia wouldn’t be at odds with him.
She had plenty of opportunities.
There was a dance after the banquet. The key part of Cethosian banquets was the food, but the dance
was the focus of Western banquets. Since this day’s banquet was a fusion of Cethosian and Western
styles, both the food and the dance were the main parts of the banquet.
Being sulky the whole time, Sophia refused to speak to Michael during dinner, but she still ate the food
he ced on her te.
They ate just a little for dinner since there would be a dance afterward.
There was arger ballroom next door that was prepared specially for the banquet. The dance floor there
was magnificently decorated; the stage decor there was more splendid than that of this room, and the
stereo system there was nice too.
“Let’s go and dance together.” Michael tugged at Sophia as she was reapplying her lipstick.
Sophia was still angry right now, though. She said coldly, “I’m not going. Go and dance yourself if you
want to.”
Michael watched her reapplying her lipstick with a straight face. “In that case, I’ll dance with somebody
else.”
“I won’t stop you if you do so,” responded Sophia after letting out a deep breath.
Michael stared at her sulky expression with a look of admiration.
What a cutedy she is; she’s so adorable even she’s in a sulk. How I wish I could gobble her up right
now!
Sophia finished applying her lipstick, only to feel shy when she saw that he was still staring at her. “Aren’t
you ashamed of yourself? How could you ogle me? It’ll be bad if somebody else sees you doing this!”
Michael still stared at her without blinking his eyes. “Do you want me to ogle somebody else instead of
you?”
Sophia nced at him coyly. “You’re annoying.”
Somehow, the anger within her dissipated a lot after she had a tiff with him.
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The couple then walked to the room next door hand in hand to dance together.
They had barely walked a few steps when Michael suddenly paused. He pulled at Sophia’s hand, saying,
“You go there first. I saw a friend, so I’ll be going to say hello to her.”
He then let go of her hand and walked in a certain direction before she could respond.
Sophia’s hand fell naturally the instant Michael let go of it. Instantly feeling a void in her heart, she looked
at Michael, only to see that he had picked up a ss of wine and was walking in a certain direction.
There was a beautifuldy surrounded by many male guests in that direction. Thedy was also a so-
called old friend whom Michael said he wanted to say hello to…