Chapter 702
A loud scream turned the voice-activated lights on, and the small staircase lit up instantly. Sophia took
two steps forward and saw a person lying in a pool of blood on the stairwell one floor beneath her. Isn’t
that Irene Weber?!
“Oh, my God!” she eximed in fright. Then, she ran to call for help. Fortunately, they were in a hospital.
So, help arrived quickly, and Irene was ced in a hospital ward in a matter of minutes.
As the first person to discover Irene, Sophia hurriedly followed and waited outside the emergency room
with her assistant. Within a short time, many people arrived, including Irene’s assistant, staff from the
agency, leaders, members of the Fletcher Family, as well as arge number of reporters drawn by the
possibility of a scoop…
“Chica!” When Michael learned of the news, he frantically ran over. Upon his arrival, he saw Sophia
standing in front of the operation room with a bag of ice held up to her swollen face. She was being
interviewed by a group of reporters surrounding her. Meanwhile, the security guards of the hospital and
Sophia’s bodyguards were trying to chase away the reporters. However, their efforts seemed to be in
vain as the reporters flooded into the room. Countless microphones, phones, and recording devices were
practically hitting against Sophia’s face.
“Miss Edwards, did you push Irene Weber down the stairs?”
“If you didn’t, why were you the first person to discover her after she fell down the stairs?”
“Are you jealous of her because she was Taylor Murray’s first love?”
Sophia said nothing. Putting on her mask and covering her face, Hale and Gemma escorted her as they
pushed through the crowd to leave.
Michael’s face turned dark at the sight before him. When somebody came to visit Sophia just now, he
had taken the opportunity to run some errands. To his shock, he returned only to learn that Sophia had
pushed Irene down the stairs! Moreover, he heard about it on the breaking news! Although Sophia was
jealous of Irene, who was his ex-girlfriend, she was not stupid enough to push Irene down the stairs.
Upon noticing Michael’s arrival, the massive horde of reporters rushed toward him, shifting their attention
to him instead. Hence, arge number of reports surrounded him suddenly.
“Mr. Taylor Murray, do you know anything about this?”
“What are your thoughts on your wife, Miss Sophia Edwards, pushing Miss Irene Weber down the stairs
and endangering her life?”
…
Surrounded by arge number of reporters, Michael signaled Hale with his eyes. Thus, Hale hurriedly
brought Sophia back to her hospital ward. Moreover, he tightened the security outside the room,
preventing reporters from entering. Sophia sessfully escaped from the reporters and swiftly returned
to her hospital ward.
Afterward, Michael led the reporters away, and the hospital finally became peaceful again. Even so,
many leaders and members of the Fletcher family remained along the corridor.
Before Michael left, he nced at the lights above the operation room that remained brightly lit. That
sight seemed so familiar as if he had seen it before. Back then, Irene had rolled down the stairs and
copsed in a pool of blood. When she woke up again, she hadpletely lost her memories of him…
After a while, he sessfully returned to Sophia’s hospital ward. He rushed forward to check on her
face; it was still as swollen as a bun. Still, it was better than this morning. Frowning, he asked, “What
happened?”
Sophia didn’t know what happened either. Hence, she honestly replied, “I don’t know either. When I
arrived, I saw her falling down the stairs.”
Recalling the pool of blood on the ground, her face paled with fright. Then, he quicklyforted her by
patting her on the back. “It’s okay now; it’s okay now.”
She lowered her head, not daring to look at him as she softly said, “I really did not push her…”
When she said that, she tugged at his sleeve uneasily, seemingly worried that he might believe what
everybody else was saying too—that she pushed Irene down the stairs.
Smiling softly, he held the small hand tugging at his sleeve. “You’re not that stupid.”
If she had pushed Irene down the stairs out of jealousy, he might even be a little happy. After all, it
proved that she cared about him. However, on the off chance that she wanted to push Irene down the
stairs, she had more than a hundred ways to prevent Irene from ever stepping out of this hospital again.
Pouting, she said, “It’s true that I dislike her though.”
Disliking her husband’s ex-girlfriends was part of a woman’s basal instincts. However, Michael had two
exes. Out of these two, she disliked Irene the most. The other one was Lucy. Although she disliked Lucy
as well, Lucy was very impressive—so much so that she couldn’t help admiring Lucy. Besides, Lucy had
no feelings for Michael. On the other hand, Irene was different. She could sense that Irene was vaguely
hostile toward her.
Later, Michael went out to run some errands and bought some steamed egg custard back for Sophia
while he was at it. The injury in Sophia’s mouth had been stitched up. So, she could only eat some semi-
solid food. Eating the steamed egg custard, she made a face. “Why is it tasteless?”
Touching her swollen face, he said, “You’re not allowed to eat any strong-tasting food for the next few
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She endured her displeasure and ate some more. When she saw him watching her, she ate in small
bites. It made her look very adorable.
Before she could finish eating, Hale came over and reported, “Miss Weber has woken up.”
Michael frowned. His ex-girlfriend had fallen down the stairs and only one person had been present at
the scene. Right now, the inte and the news were saying that his current wife had pushed his ex-
girlfriend down the stairs. As a man, he felt that he ought to step up. Therefore, he stood up and said to
Sophia, “I told Maria to pack up everything. When you’re done eating, we’ll go home immediately. For
now, I’m going to go and check on Irene.”
Sophia quickly finished her steamed egg custard and said, “I’m done eating. I want to go too.”
When they arrived in front of the hospital ward, they saw that many people were already standing both
inside and outside the room. Many members of the Fletcher Family were there, including Joel and
Stanley, who left not long ago but hurriedly returned to the hospital after hearing the news.
Everybody’s gaze fixed on them upon noticing their arrival. In particr, they were ring at Sophia
resentfully. In response, Sophia gripped Michael’s hand tightly. Holding her small hand in his, Michael
gave her a reassuring look so that she wouldn’t be afraid.
Irene grew up without parents and was adopted by Joel’s father. As her ex-boyfriend and her family
member, Joel was already there. He walked toward Michael with heavy footsteps and said, “She has
been asking for you ever since she woke up.”
Upon hearing those words, Sophia seemed to realize what had happened, and her hand tightened its
grip on Michael’s hand. On the other hand, Michael’s eyes darkened. Letting go of her hand, he gently
said to her, “Wait for me for a bit. I’ll be right back.”
She could clearly feel her fingers that were clutching at his hand being pried off, one by one. The feeling
broke her heart. Lowering her head, she made a nonmittal sound in reply; she was afraid to speak.
After that, Michael pushed open the door and entered the hospital ward. He and Irene were the only
ones inside—everybody else had left the room to wait outside. Meanwhile, Sophia found a ce to sit.
She remained silent, not daring to say a word. Even so, she could hear the people around her
whispering softly. It sounded like they were talking about her.
Stanley sat down next to her, used his phone to scan the news, and discovered that some reporters had
already released the news on the inte. The incident urred at the fire escape, which had no
surveince cameras and no witnesses. However, Irene had fallen down the stairs, and Sophia was the
first person to find her and call for help.
Naturally, many questions arose. Why did Irene go to the fire escape—a ce where there was nobody?
Why was Sophia at the fire escape too? Was it a coincidence? Moreover, witnesses were iming that
Sophia had followed Irene into the fire escape!