Chapter 681
However, those that could be friends with Cooper were surely influential. Since he had the surname
‘Edwards’, then he was most probably part of the Edwards Family. Besides, the Edwards Family’s
genealogy record book changed every year. If they could add new people into it, then they could remove
some of the people they were displeased with too.
Moreover, Andrea was a person from over 20 years ago. Perhaps, he died a long time ago. Or, he failed
to enter the genealogy record book in the first ce. I’m sure many unpredictable things urred in
these 20 years…
Even so, Michael did not give up and skimmed through the book again. In particr, he paid attention to
the bigshots that took up an entire page within the genealogy record book. Some of them even had an
exclusive page just to introduce them. Among those people, Sam took up two pages all by himself. It
could be seen that his position within the Edwards Family was just beneath the family head.
While looking through Sam’s information, one sentence caught Michael’s attention: ‘Sam Edwards,
formerly known as Andrea Edwards. He changed his name in 199X.’ So, Andrea was Sam all along!
Moreover, the year he changed his name coincided with the year Sophia was born…
No wonder I kept feeling that the way Sam looked at Sophia today seemed a little odd. His rtionship
with Cooper should be pretty close, and he must have met Annabel before. I wonder if he keeps tabs
on Cooper. Or, was he the person who snitched on them back then? So-phea… An-drea… They sound
so simr! Oh, deputy family head of the Edwards Family… Master Sam…
The people Michael had to bow down to and respectfully address as ‘Master’ were not many. However,
he was sure of one thing—this 9th Old Master surely knew Cooper very well!
After mulling over it, Michael stood up to take a shower. Along the way, he groped Sophia’s fleshy butt
while she was trying out her swimsuit. Then, he squatted down and opened up the luggage bag that
contained his clothes. Who could have expected… As soon as his luggage bag was opened, arge
dog’s head emerged from his bag and stared at him affectionately. His pajamas werepletely covered
in dog saliva…
The room fell silent for five seconds.
“You sh*tty dog! Get out of there! I’m going to kill you!” he yelled as he searched for the feather duster to
hit the dog. s, he found a belt!
Yelp! Judge, who was hiding in the suitcase, was so frightened that it let out a loud yelp. Jumping out of
the suitcase, it ran toward the door, used its paws to press down on the doorknob, bit on the lock to
release it, then opened the door and ran out of the room.
The sight of its escape left Michael feelingpletely speechless. He nearly forgot that during the time
Celine had trained it, in addition to eating feces, it had also learned to open doors! Otherwise, how could
it open the door to the bathroom to find food?!
When the door flew open, Sophia let out a shriek—she was butt naked while trying out her swimsuit. At
first, Michael wanted to run after the dog. However, his wife was exposed to the public. Closing the door
quickly, he covered his wife up before leaving to find the dog. That damn mutt! Luckily, there was nobody
outside and Sophia was not exposed to anybody. Otherwise, I’ll skin that dog alive!
In the end, he sent somebody to look for the dog. Unfortunately, the search was in vain. Still, they were
on an ind surrounded by the sea. There was no need to worry about the dog escaping by swimming
away. Besides, it was hot outside.
Returning to the room, he discovered that not only had Judge returned on its own, but it also brought a
huge, ck dog with it. At that moment, Sophia was letting Judge drink some mineral water.
Judge had hidden in the suitcase while Sophia had been busy packing. Fortunately, the journey here had
been fairly smooth. They left the house and went directly to the pier by car before boarding the boat to
the ind. Even so, it had taken them several hours by boat to reach the ind. During that time, Judge
had been hiding inside the luggage without food or water. It was rather pitiful.
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Sophia poured the mineral water into her footbath. Then, Judgepped at it hungrily. It seemed that the
dog was very thirsty. When it noticed that Michael was back, it was so scared that it hid behind Sophia.
Although Michael was extremely livid, he couldn’t be bothered to stoop to the level of a silly dog.
Thus, he unpacked his pajamas from the luggage bag—it was soaked in dog saliva. It stinks of shit! He
was utterly disgusted. Fortunately, the room also came with a washer-dryer.
On the other hand, Sophia was petting the dog. Judge had decided to bring a huge, ck dog home with
it. The two dogs seemed to be on good terms with each other as they sniffed at each other’s butts.
The huge, ck dog seemed to be a Labrador. It waspletely covered in ck fur, with not a stray
strand of fur out of ce. It was veryrge and looked very healthy. Its body was full of very firm
muscles, and the color of its fur was also very beautiful. Since it was not wearing a cor, they didn’t
know its name. However, it was probably raised by one of the Edwards Family’s members living on the
ind.
As a result, Sophia decided to name it. “Corrado! Corrado!”
Although Corrado looked very fierce, it was rtively docile and allowed Sophia to squeeze its paws.
She was sitting on the carpet. Sitting opposite her, it was taller than her.
Judge had been hiding in the luggage for a long time. When it escaped outside just now, it took the
opportunity to clear out its bowels. Now that its stomach was empty, it was getting hungry. Hence, Sophia
fed it some cat food. Corrado ate some too.
Watching the two dogs scarfing down the food with relish, she couldn’t help tasting the cat food baked
with a secret recipe. It tasted surprisingly good! Following that, the two dogs and one human polished off
two bags of cat food together.
After ying for a while, Corrado wagged its tail in satisfaction and left. Due to Judge’s idental
‘surprise’, Michael’s mood had turned sour. He felt as if he was surrounded by the smell of shit—so much
so that he dreamed that he fell into a dung pit…
Late at night, Sam was having nightmares too. He dreamed that he met Cooper, then he dreamed about
Annabel. Throughout these 20 or so years, he had been gued by nightmares. Tossing and turning, he
could never sleep peacefully. Hence, he needed sleeping pills to help him sleep.
The nightmare that came to him tonight was extremely vivid. The voices and smiles of Cooper and
Annabel were so alive in his mind that it felt like it had just happened yesterday.
“Andrea, Anna and I have decided to elope. I hope you can keep this secret for us. I’m going to bring
Anna to a ce where the Mitchell Family can never find us.”
“Andrea, if I have a child with Coop in the future, I’m going to name her ‘Sophia’. So-phea… It’s a name
that sounds simr to yours. I will never forget you. However, I have not discussed this with Coop. I’m
sure he will agree to it, but you have to keep it a secret for the time being.”
…
Those scenes were torn apart by Annabel’s helpless screams before she died, and Cooper’s furious yet
sorrowful roar. Then, Sam woke up from his nightmare and discovered that he was still lying on the
ground in the hotel’s study; alcohol bottles were scattered around him. Lifting his head, he nced at the
clock on the wall—it was 3 AM.
Last night, he had destroyed the entire office in a fit of frenzy. Familiar with his temper, his assistant had
not dared to enter the office, lest she disturbed him. After that, he drank a lotst night. However, he still
couldn’t escape from those pervasive nightmares despite drinking until he waspletely drunk.
At some point, his dog, ckie, had returned to the office. The ck dog was sleeping in the doghouse
by the corner. When it saw that Sam was awake, it lifted its head and nced at him before going back
to sleep.
Sam’s head felt like it was going to break from the splitting headache he had. Lying on the ground, he
didn’t feel like moving. Rather, he felt like crying andughing. He was consumed by loathing…
He had preserved the photo of him and Annabel for more than 20 years. At this moment, the picture
frame had been broken to pieces by his own hands. As a result, the picture fell out of the frame, only to
reveal that it was actually a group photo of three.
The three people in the photo looked to be of simr age. They looked lively and happy. Annabel was
standing in the middle, holding hands with Cooper and smiling. It was clear that she only had eyes for
Cooper.
Meanwhile, Sam, who was known as Andrea back then, stood on the other side of Annabel. He had
deceived everybody, including himself, by folding the part with Cooper in it to the back and pretending
that he and Annabel were the only ones in the photo. However, even that could not erase the cruel truth.