Chapter 689


    The following morning, after having breakfast, Sophia was about to head out to meet some bigshots for


    morning tea. At that moment, she thought about inviting Lucy to the barbecue tonight before she came


    up with a perfect excuse to get Judge back without losing her face. Now that Judge was with Sam, it was


    just a matter of time before Judge became a negative influence on Corrado.


    If Sam found out that Judge took Corrado to eat poop, I’d be really embarrassed.


    Who knew that the moment she put on her lipstick, Michael showed up with Judge.


    Sophia was surprised yet ted. “You brought the dog back!”


    Michael responded ndly, “I did. From Lucy.”


    Sophia incredulously looked at him and squinted in suspicion. “Didn’t you want to save your face? What


    changed your mind?”


    Michael felt equally helpless. If I could, I’d rather throw this sh*tty dog into the sea. But this dog is


    Stanley’s dog, and Sophia seems to like it a lot. I can’t possibly get rid of it.


    Michael responded seriously, “Nothing much. I’m an actor, so I have thick skin. After all, if I didn’t go,


    were you going to show your face and look for Lucy?” Michael’s words sounded ttering.


    Sophia jumped out of her seat and kissed him. She said, “Hubby, you’re the best.”


    I’m sure going to his ex to find the poop-eating dog must have been embarrassing for Michael. But, if he


    didn’t go, I would have to go. That would’ve been a real conundrum. I never liked Lucy, so if I were to


    really go up to her to ask for my dog, it would be a real embarrassment. It’d be a lot better for Michael to


    do it.


    Between embarrassing Sophia and himself, Michael ultimately chose thetter. Saving Sophia’s face is


    more important than saving mine.


    Since Judge had caused such a huge embarrassment this time around, Sophia held Judge to teach him


    a lesson.


    “Sh*tty dog! You’re such an embarrassment! You’re so embarrassing! Do you believe I’m going to beat


    you up? I’m so going to beat you up!”


    Not admitting his fault, Judgey down, reached out his paws, and refused to move as it resisted


    Sophia’s drag.


    In the end, Sophia decided to pass the dog to Hale for him to look after. If Judge still manages to eat


    poop under Hale’s watch, I’m going to make Hale do the same.


    Ivan had been targeted the moment he arrived at the ind. Since he was still in the hospital, the job of


    looking after his pets fell on Hale, who felt helpless and annoyed.


    After dealing with the dog, Michael and Sophia split up—Michael went to meet a few people from the film


    industry while Sophia went for her appointment with the bigwigs with Sarah.


    This morning, Sarah had an appointment scheduled with the bigshots from the gaming industry. In the


    afternoon, she had arranged a meeting with some of her seniors in the fashion industry. When Sophia


    and Sarah arrived at the first appointment, they found Sam there.


    “Eh? Master Sam? What brought you here?”


    It seemed like Sam had been here for a while. Meanwhile, Corrado was taking a nap next to him.


    “I’ve been wanting to focus on the online gaming industry. Since we have the rare opportunity of having


    so many talents in this field here today, I thought I shoulde by.” Half believing what he said, Sophia


    ced her handbag on the table and sat down.


    This morning, they picked a café to have morning tea for the appointment. There were not only cafes on


    this ind, but there were also pubs, discos, gyms, and so on—the ind had all kinds of facilities. The


    café was bustling with the members of the Edwards Family. They were in groups of three to five,


    discussing matters of their respective fields.


    Plum Technology had been in the limelight recently because of the two hot-selling games they created


    —’The Traveling Snail’ and ‘Soul of Sniper’—as well as many other apps. Sophia’spany was truly


    the rising star that had attracted a lot of attention. Being her eloquent and talkative self, Sophia engaged


    in many pleasant discussions with the bigshots.


    Sitting in the booth next to the café were several people from the film industry, including a producer,


    some actors, and a director. They were all part of the Edwards Family or the rtives of some family


    members of the Edwards Family. Inevitably, Michael and Harry were part of the group.


    Michael could not help throwing nces in the direction where the gaming group was, alternating


    between the talkative Sophia and the awkward-looking Sam who was trying to fit in.


    That’s strange. This old chap knows nothing about games. What’s he doing there?


    After finishing the discussion with the gaming circle, Sophia joined the fashion industry circle and began


    chatting with several bigshots in that industry. To no one’s surprise, Sam was there too.


    By noon, some of the bigshots from the digital fashion circle decided to have their lunch at that café.


    After having their lunch, they went their own ways, and of course, Sam took the opportunity to have


    lunch with Sophia.


    In the afternoon, Michael made an appointment to meet with some bigshots from the finance industry.


    Since a number of his business partners attended this annual meeting, he took advantage of this


    asion to gather all of them to y mahjong on the beach. As such, he set up a huge beach umbre


    for them to y mahjong. Right next to them was the pet club organized by Sophia, who managed to


    gather all the wealthy women on the ind who brought their pets along. There were all sorts of pets—


    cats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters, and even fawns. Those wealthydies were having a good time


    exchanging ideas with each other about their pets.


    Sitting underneath the beach umbre, Michael looked over toward the group of wealthydies and


    spotted Sam with his huge Labrador.


    This old chap… What is he doing there at adies club?


    On the flip side, Sophia was honored to be able to get Sam to join them. Having the presence of Sam,


    the 9th Old Master, she did not even have to try to gather those wealthydies, who showed up


    automatically after finding out that he was there.


    Oh, Master Sam, the popr and eligible bachelor! Everyone who had any unmarried and single


    daughters came up and tried introducing their daughters to him.


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    Even Victoria and Faye were there, but Sam did not seem to show any interest in them.


    Having Sam at the pet club made it a sess. Sophia managed to smoothly expand her client base to


    include all these wealthydies.


    After the pet club ended, Sophia instructed her workers to pack up. Sam was still there, deliberately


    pacing around the sidelines with Corrado.


    Seeing the gorgeous and sturdy Corrado, which looked way better than Judge, Sophia could not help


    patting him. The moment she started patting Corrado, Sam immediately foundmon ground. The two


    eventually sat down and yed with the dog, chatting with each other and even patting Garfield after.


    Perhaps it was his imagination, but Michael kept getting a lecherous vibe from Sam. After patting the


    dog, his hand almost touched Sophia’s hand.


    Something’s wrong. Something’s clearly wrong… Is this old cow trying to nibble on tender grass?


    Even Harry noticed that something was not right. He nudged Michael and pointed toward their direction


    with his mouth.


    “Look at that! Is Sam trying to seduce your wife?”


    Michael frowned while looking at them. Sophia had her head down as she ruffled Corrado’s head while


    conversing with Sam, perhaps asking about the dog.


    Sam responded gently with an asional smile on his face. He even sneaked nces at Sophia with his


    gentle eyes when she was unaware.


    Something’s definitely wrong! Sam, you dirty old man…