Chapter 682
The truth was that they were mutually in love with each other. For the sake of marrying Annabel, Cooper
went so far as to abandon the entire Mitchell Family and eloped with her. His ns were very thorough.
Although he was only 18 at the time, he had considered everything—he brought enough money from
home, nned their escape route, and chose the safest ce for them to settle down.
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If everything went well, the Mitchell Family would never be able to find them. And, he seeded. Woody
did everything in his power to find them but failed to locate them.
Not long after that, Cooper sent a letter and a photo to his most trusted friend, Andrea. It was a photo of
him and Annabel in an ancient town. In his letter, he imed that the two of them were living a blissful life
after settling down in a quiet, ancient town. He had opened up a bookstore, and Annabel was running a
stall selling pre-cooked snacks beside the bookstore. They were very happy together.
Sam could never forget the words Annabel and Cooper had said to him before they left. “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. We will never forget you.”
What I wanted isn’t this! What I want is you, Annabel Johnson! Staring at their blissful faces in the
photo, jealousy razed his sanity to the ground. Then, his 16-year-old self did the one thing he regretted
most in his life—he handed the photo over to the Mitchell Family. Afterward, the Mitchell Family found
Cooper and Annabel through the background in the photo.
He had only done what he did in a fit of rage—he simply wanted to tear them apart. However, he had not
expected that his actions would lead to Annabel’s death and Cooper’s drastic personality change. Upon
learning the tragedy that unfolded, he realized how wrong he had been.
Only then did he understand just how great a mistake he had made! Unable to ept the disaster he
had created with his own hands, he changed his name and went abroad. Twenty yearster, he finally
learned the cruel truth that had urred back then.
Fate is conspiring against me… It waste at night, yet Sam continued to pour the alcohol down his
throat while reading the information on Annabel. Looking at the information, he suddenly covered his
face with his hands and wept bitterly.
I never thought that things would unfold in this manner! I just wanted to separate the two of them! I never
imagined that the Mitchell Family would kill her just to make Cooper give up! Cooper and I both thought
that she was dead! We thought everything was over! To think that Annabel was still alive! In a ce
neither Cooper nor I knew about, she was raped by a fat b*stard and gave birth to his child! I can’t
believe it! She wasn’t killed by the Mitchell Family. Instead, she died while giving birth! Her child, Sophia,
was born without parents. Moreover, she suffered through so much pain too! Everything—all of this—
is my fault! It’s all my fault!
“Anna… It’s all my fault… It’s all my fault…” Sam muttered repeatedly, his soul plunging into endless
darkness.
On the first day the Edwards Family annual meeting officially began, a banquet would be held at night.
However, everybody was generally free to spend their time during the day as they wished—they could
use this time to meet the people they wanted to meet. Hence, Sophia hurriedly brought her cat and
entered thedies’ social circle. The group ofdies was sunbathing by the seaside while their
assistants were ying with their pets.
There were many cats and dogs on the ind, and Judge stepped away to y on its own. After a while,
it brought its new friend with it to Sophia to be petted.
“Oh, it’s you again, Corrado!” Sophia petted Corrado’s head. It had followed Judge back. This time
around, it was wearing a cor. It turned out that it had a name—it was called ‘ckie’. However, she felt
that the name ‘Corrado’ suited it much better.
After ying together for a while, Judge and Corrado disappeared off somewhere. To prevent Judge
from eating feces again, she borrowed a muzzle from one of the otherdies and fitted Judge with it.
After conversing with thedies, she noticed Michael beckoning her from afar. Thus, she hurried over.
Michael was only wearing a pair of beach pants as he sat under the beach umbre, drinking tea and
admiring the sea with a group of bigshots surrounding him.
It was the annual meeting after all—it was meant to be a rxing asion. Under the guise of spending
a vacation together, the members of the Edwards Family would get the chance to mingle and get to know
one another. Rxing was not the main purpose—the main purpose was to foster a rtionship with the
bigshots.
Michael’s half-naked, athletic figure looked absolutely delectable. Having sessfully lost the weight he
put on, his figure was at the peak of its perfection. It was well-proportioned and stunningly attractive—so
much so that it seemed to glow. For that reason, the attention of all the women around him was focused
on his body.
Sophia walked over and saw the circle of big shots. She recognized a few of them, including Lucy, Sam,
Harry, and some others.
Lucy was wearing a dark blue one-piece swimsuit that showed off her fair skin and slender figure.
Simrly, Sophia was also wearing a dark blue one-piece swimsuit with a light jacket thrown over her
shoulders. Her long, slender legs were vaguely revealed under the jacket. Our outfits sh! This is so
embarrassing!
Lucy was wearing sunsses, so her expression was hidden behind them. However, the frown on her
face was still noticeable. It was clear that she was not happy. Hence, Sophia felt very nervous as she
walked over to Michael’s side.
Then, Michael introduced her to all the big shots present. Sure enough, every one of them was
influential! Except for the family head, Jordan Edwards, all the bigwigs in the Edwards Family were
practically gathered here. Therefore, Joe took advantage and joined the rest of the bigwigs. If it weren’t
for Michael, he would never be able to step into their social circle.
Laughing out loud, Joe imed, “This is my daughter! She takes after her mother, doesn’t she? She’s
very outstanding!”
Everybody nced at Joe, who was very fat, then they nced at Sophia in surprise. Did the wife of this
fat b*stard cheat on him? How could he have such a pretty daughter with those looks of his? Or, did she
undergo stic surgery?
Faye was sitting next to Joe as she diligently tried to enter the social circles of the upper ranks within the
Edwards Family. The three of them might be of one family, but their appearances differed greatly.
Sam was wearing a pair of sunsses to hide his exhaustion from not sleeping all night. Even so, his
eyes brightened the moment he saw Sophia. I’m right! I wasn’t mistaken! Sophia Edwards is Cooper’s
daughter!
Sophia’s birthday was in October, and everybody imed that she was Joe’s daughter. However, he
immediately realized that she was Cooper and Annabel’s daughter as soon as he learned that she was
Annabel’s daughter. She had her mother’s looks and her father’s personality, inheriting her mother’s
good looks and her father’s way of doing things. After reading the information he had on her, he was
certain that she was 100% Cooper’s daughter!
Back then, Cooper ran away for another reason—he wanted to have a child with Annabel. Then, the two
of them would raise their child with care and love. As long as the child was outstanding enough that the
Mitchell Family had to ept the child, then they had no choice but to ept the child’s mother too.
Oh, how far-sighted the 18-year-old Cooper had been! If it wasn’t for Andrea’s foolishness back then,
they would have given birth to their child. Then, the Mitchell Family could not cause trouble for them
since a child was involved, even if they were discovered in the future.
Sam observed Sophia, who stood before him. She should have been born as the Mitchell Family’s
precious youngdy. Then, she would not have needed to go through so much pain; she would not have
had to wait until she was nine before she had the opportunity to go to school. She would not have been
molested by her uncle and she would not have needed to escape the Johnson Family, after being beaten
up badly during her high school entrance examination, just to survive; she wouldn’t… Sam blinked. His
eyes were wet with tears. Lifting his sunsses, he tried to hide his tears… and his guilt.