Chapter 668
Michael felt extremely suspicious as he realized how different Sophia was behaving after speaking to the
old monk. She seemed to be keeping something to herself, so much so that the smile on her face looked
contrived.
He waited for an opportunity where Sophia was not within ear’s reach to ask the old monk what
happened. The old monk simply answered ambiguously, “Let nature take its course.”
The monk had this aura of all-knowing wisdom around him—Michael could tell. Something he told
Sophia then that must have caused her to act so reservedly.
A few more days after they returned from the mountains would be the annual gathering of the Edwards
Family. Michael had only these few days to lose the weight he gained. He was determined not to cause
any embarrassment to Sophia.
The moment his sexy dance hit the Inte, it had caused a huge stir among the public. Everyone was
commenting about how the international superstar, Taylor Murray, had gained weight, lost his charm,
faded out, and lost his grace. Coincidentally, the annual event of the ‘Light of Cethos’ awards was
around the corner. Taylor’s votes barely made it to the top ten even without any sabotage from rivals.
His ranking remained vtilepared to some of those up-anding celebrities.
If it were in the past, Sophia would have been extremely busy. However, this time around, she had no
intention of spending any time on such irrelevant events. Right this moment, making money was her top
priority.
Michael shared simr sentiments with Sophia when it came to such poprity rankings. After all, he had
been topping the charts for years. Such pursuits had begun to wear him out, and he couldn’t care less.
He would be focusing on getting back in shape.
The news of a heavier Taylor had everyone in the nation talking. Everyone—even those in universities
and offices—had expressed their disappointment on witnessing their idol, who was once so stunning,
losing his charm and was now merely a pudgy, middle-aged man.
Sophia was now in her third year of university. Although she hardly needed to return to the faculty for
sses, she had to keep abreast with the sybus and modules. Needless to say, her schedule had
never been busier.
The moment she went back to campus, everyone swarmed her in the spot she sat with tons of
questions. “Hey, I heard your hubby gained weight. Is it true that Taylor has put on some pounds? It’s so
hard to believe! How could he? He’s my idol! This is uneptable! Sob!”
Sophia replied nonchntly, “Yeah, it’s true. Well, isn’t this normal? It happens to most men his age.”
The crowd seemed to be dumbfounded with what they had learned. This was almost as serious as the
world learning that Leonardo DiCaprio got out of shape.
When Sophia dropped by at the office, the staff hounded her with equal curiosity, “Is it true that our boss
has put on weight? Oh, my God. How could this happen to a superstar like him?”
The entire nation seemed to be quite invested in her husband’s expanding waistline.
There was no shortage of Michael’s fans who worked in thepany. Sophia felt the intense pressure of
having to fend off their piercing stares as they gave her the stink eye.
She immediately exined, “Yes, he did gain weight. But let me assure you that it had nothing to do with
me! He did it to himself!”
It was true that Michael’s weight gain had nothing to do with Sophia. He did it for the sake of his career!
He could have achieved the same effect had he used prosthetics and make-up in his filming. However,
this coulde across as an insult to his professionalism, for he was a strong believer in method acting,
so he had to actually be fat.
Yet, the death stares from the others surrounding her suggested that they were not convinced. His wife
must have failed to take care of his health and body figure! Look at how she ruined a man who used to
own a figure many would envy! Such sphemy!
Once theymented Taylor’s weight gain, everyone shifted their attention to Sarah. They held her tight
and reminded her profusely, “Now that Taylor’s lost his figure, you must take good care of Ethan. Don’t
let him get out of shape too!”
Winter had arrived. Sarah’s pet store weed a few gorgeous pedigree felines and canines, which
were here for breeding. Sophia secretly brought Stanley’s cat and dog, Sunset and Judge, to the store
for breeding too. These two pets belonged to Stanley, who requested Sophia to take care of them for the
time being.
Sunset and Judge descended from a pure line of pedigree. Their predecessors were well known in the
industry. Sunset mated with a few of Sophia’s cats previously and gave birth to two kittens. Its cats were
mere mongrels, so the kittens, although good-looking, were mongrels nheless. Theycked the air of
elegance that a pure-bred like Sunset exuded. Sophia felt wasteful of Sunset’s pure-bred ancestry, and
so she decided to bring Sunset and Judge over to find a mate, in hope that they would find someone
worth mating and perhaps conceive a half-breed Mutt.
At the same time, Sophia brought Garfield, which was still too young for breeding, over for a grooming
session. Meanwhile, the few other mongrel cats at home would not require any specific breeding.
Sarah found Judge a pure-bred female Siberian Husky for a mate, but Judge did not seem to show any
affinity; it showed interest in a Norsk Skogkatt instead. Despite the Skogkatt being a male cat, Judge
seemed to have fallen in love with it at first sight and waspelled to make a move on it. The owner of
the Skogkatt had to step in to put a stern stop to such an unnatural union and introduced their very own
Siberian Husky to Judge.
Sarah sent out invitations to her pet store clients and organized a cats and dogs mating party. Her cafe
and pet store had been in operation for some time; she had also built up a clientele for both
establishments and intended to introduce her new products to them.
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There were a decent number of visitors to her store that day. They were mostly wealthy women, holding
their pedigree pets with one hand, and some luxurious essories in the other.
The nes, clothing, and handbags they donned were merely the basics. It was the pets they held
with them that made up the social hierarchy among them. Since the pets represented their social
statuses, these wealthy women made sure they were well-groomed. As they gathered, they impressed
each other not only with what they fed their beloved pets or the essories they wore on them; they also
disyed the apparel of their cats and dogs. Such arge market with so much potential!
Not many could resist the charms of an elegant pedigree canine. As soon as Judge came around, it was
swarmed by the women, all wanting to carry it and give it kisses. Some even offered to matchmake
Judge with their very own Siberian Huskies.
Sunset’s poprity was no less than Judge’s. When the visitors caught sight of it, they could not help
stroking it fervently and asking for ns to mate ining years.
For the sake of her business, Sophia worked hard to establish a spot for herself in the circle of these
ladies to further study the market.
Garfield had her share of fans. Pure-bred with good looks, everyone loved it. But they stopped inquiring
about it for breeding after Sophia explicitly stated that it was too young for breeding.
The party was going well until someone decided that it was a good day to ruin everyone’s mood.
Judy walked over with her pure-bred Persian cat in her arms. She noticed Garfield perching in Sophia’s
arms and suggested, “What a gorgeous Persian cat you have. Let’s have yours to mate with mine.”
Sophia nced at her cat and declined. “Nah. Garfield’s still too young. Perhaps a few yearster.”
Victoria joined in the conversation with her cat. “It’s more than one year old. That’s not young; it’s good
enough for breeding.” Even if Garfield were ready, over my dead body!
She was fully aware that they were at Sarah’s party and would want to avoid creating a scene. She then
decided to take the high road and replied, “One year old is still too young. If you breed them too young,
they won’t grow well.”
Judy locked her eyes on Garfield. “It’s just a cat. You’re overthinking.” Not wanting to argue, Sophia
remained silent and stroked Garfield’s petite little head.