Chapter 694
Sarah started to bring the details of her story to life. “Apparently, after we left, my stepmother secretly ran
off with her lover. My dad got really furious and went to look for her. I heard that he found herst night,
but she’s refusing toe back!”
Sophia felt like the story was not very convincing. For a gold-digger like Judy who was able to marry a
man twenty years older than her, how could she run away before even getting her hands on the
company shares and the money?
She blurted, “Who is that man?”
Shaking her head, Sarah ate some food then said, “My dad is about to lose his mind. They didn’t reveal
too much so I don’t know either. They only told me that Judy ran away and is refusing toe back.
She’s no longer part of our family now. To make up to my dad, the Edwards Family wants to send
Victoria over as his new wife.”
After listening to this story, Sophia lost her appetitepletely.
She couldn’t help but feel like there were a lot of loopholes in this story.
On the ind, she even saw Judy going around and unting her rich husband. How could she walk
away with another lover that easily? Money was more important to her than anything else.
Unless the man she ran off with is richer than Mr. West? Or, unbelievably handsome?
But, Sophia had taken a close look when they were on the ind. Except for Michael, there was no other
man who was that good-looking.
It made even less sense that the Edwards Family was marrying Victoria off to Peter aspensation.
Wouldn’t the family’s top priority be to bring their daughter home and hand her over to their son-inw?
Still, that was their personal matter. Who knew what was really going on? Perhaps Judy did find herself
an incredibly rich and handsome man who had better backing than Peter. Hence, he had to let her go. To
make up to him, the Edwards Family wanted to marry Victoria off to him.
While they were eating, Sophia nced over at Judge who was sitting and waiting for dropped food with
a deep yearning in his eyes. She was reminded of how he got taken away on the ind a few days ago
because he ate feces and how she had kissed him in apletely drunken state. Suddenly, she felt a
stench in her mouth and was overwhelmed with feelings of nausea. Putting down her utensils, she
rushed to the restroom and started throwing up.
When she returned, Stanley winked at her and asked, “Aunt, are you pregnant?”
“Get out! You’re the one who’s pregnant!”
Even though Sophia said that, she felt a bit hopeful.
Could I actually be pregnant? Am I going to have a baby? Am I going to be a mother?
After work, she rushed to a nearby hospital to check, but as it turned out, she only had an upset stomach
from all the seafood that she ate.
Walking out with some digestive medicine the doctor prescribed to her, she felt immensely defeated. She
rubbed her t stomach and remembered the name Natasha used to call her—a female rooster.
A d*mn female rooster!
The doctor was not happy to see her with her head hung low. Heforted her. “You’re still young.
You’re only 23. It’s still early! Take good care of your body and you will conceive sooner orter.”
When Sophia got home, she was even more upset. Even with an array of delicious food before her, she
did not have an appetite. Stanley had called Michael earlier to inform him that Sophia threw up during
lunch. Everyone assumed that she was pregnant, so she rushed to the hospital in high spirits right after
work.
Since she hade home with her head hung low, the results must not have been satisfactory.
Michael also wanted children, but he decided to leave it up to fate. Getting shots at the hospital was
going to be painful. They were still young, so it was still easy for them to conceive as long as they kept
their bodies healthy.
If they could not have their own children, they could always adopt.
By dinner time, Sophia pulled herself together and had something to eat. In addition, she also drank a
nourishing medicinal dish as she told Michael about the story she heard today.
“Judy, Sarah’s stepmother abandoned her current husband to run off with her lover! They can’t bring her
back anymore, so the Edwards are marrying Victoria off to Sarah’s dad!”
Sophia was not quite in the mood, but Michael had perked his ears up.
For some reason, the first thought that popped up in his mind after he heard this story was the bright red
‘pork’ that Sam fed the sharks with.
Once they were done with dinner, Michael sent someone out to investigate. Indeed, there was a problem
in the West Family. Judy had run off right after the Edwards Family annual meeting ended, and Sarah’s
father was going to marry his little sister-inw, Victoria.
This is unusual. It’s definitely not as simple as it seems.
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At the Edwards residence, Faye also learned that Judy had run off with her lover on the second day after
they came back from the annual meeting.
Her body turned ice-cold, and she started to tremble in fear.
I can’t believe this happened!
Judy did not run away in secret. Just a couple of days ago, she was unting off the fact that she married
a wealthy husband. Why would she run off the next day?
There could only be one possibility—she was dead.
Eloping with a lover was just an excuse. Judy had long since vanished off the face of the earth.
The scary part in all of this was that Judy, the wife of the West Family, disappeared without a trace.
Instead of looking for her, however, the Edwards Family let Victoria marry her brother-inw.
The West Family was iparable to those older affluent families, but they had risen up fairly quickly
over the past few years. Their power was not to be looked down upon, but in front of the Edwards Family,
they were still not able to stand up to them. They listened to everything the Edwards Family said instead
of having discussions. In fact, they were too afraid to make a sound.
The West Family told outsiders that Judy had run off with her lover, but Faye knew the truth. How could
Judy run off with a lover that easily? She had failed that ‘n’, angered Sam, and got taken care of.
Faye was lucky that nothing happened to her at the time, but still, she was not going to give up.
Everything Sophia possessed agitated her. Faye still had some cards up her sleeves. They were like
bombs that could explode at any time. She had to start taking action now; otherwise, she would always
be trapped behind her opponent and never be able to rise.
If she did not seed this time, there was going to be another chance sooner orter.
Just like that, Judy was gone. The Edwards Family canceled her residency and dered her dead. Not
long after, Victoria and Mr. West had a low-key wedding. After she received all of Judy’s belongings,
Victoria became Sarah’s second stepmother.
However, all of that had nothing to do with Sophia. She had too much on her te now. It was going to
be New Year’s soon, so things were getting hectic at work with year-end and winter holiday sale
promotions; there would be a new mobile game they were going to sell in the new year, and much more.
Her pet luxury goods studio was also in the middle of preparations. For now, Ivan had to suppress his
feelings and deal with the bigger matters.
She started a new project with Dragon Mountain that was set to start work next year and also had final
exams to take. She was working round the clock. Michael had also gone overseas for his own business.
At some point, she could not be bothered to return to the Fletcher Residence anymore and slept in her
office most of the time.
Today, Stanley suddenly brought in a homeless person. The person had entered Sophia’s office full of
filth.
After staring at the filthy face for a while, she finally recognized who it was. “Derek? What happened to
you? Didn’t you go on to study? Did you go off the rails again?”
Derek was Alex’s son. His sister had be the youngdy of the Mitchell Family. He shouldn’t have
ended up that way!
Derek was starving. He hastily ate all the leftover food from Sophia’s lunch that the secretary brought
over. “Sophia, don’t bring it up. My whole family is dead.”