Chapter 748
Cooper found a grave that contained a 19-year-old young person.
The name on the grave was ‘Annabel Johnson’.
Since she was unmarried when she died, her grave was situated next to that of her parents. As her
death came as a surprise, it was a simple-looking grave that others erected for her after that.
Someone seemed to have visited the grave moments ago—the snow in front of the grave had been
removed with remnants of firecrackers being left behind. The joss sticks in front of the tomb were still lit
and there were footprints in the snow.
As it snowedst night, the footprints stood out in the midst of the snowy ground and it seemed to have
appeared in the morning.
As Sophia squatted in front of the grave, she looked at the fresh footprints in a daze.
She saw a series of small footprints with the familiar bear symbol in the middle. Each step had the bear,
revealing the shoe owner’s childlike innocence.
Next to the little bear footprints were a series ofrger ones that seemed to belong to an adult male.
As Sophia tilted her head while observing the footsteps, she pressed her feet next to the little bear
footprints in curiosity.
Therger footprints surrounded the little footprints with the bear in the middle looked as if it belonged to
a family of three.
Sophia watched the footprints with a nk expression, but she suddenly felt a heavy feeling in her chest,
making her want to burst into tears.
On the other hand, Cooper merely looked at Annabel’s grave as he sank into a stupor. That’s my Anna. I
can’t believe I only arrived twenty yearster.
He trailed the name on the grave with his fingers —every inch of it was like knives being stabbed in his
heart.
Anna, I’mte…
After both Connor and Sophia paid their respects at the grave, each of them walked down the hill with a
heavy feeling. Since it was a deserted hill, there was only one way up—those who wanted to visit the
grave needed to take the same road down.
She had been in search of therge footprints and the bear footprints that she spotted earlier on their
journey down.
However, amidst the other footprints, the little bear one could no longer be seen.
After that, they returned to Bayside City. He merely entered his study in silence and stayed there without
leaving. When she returned, she realized that all of the dogs and cats that were at her ce earlier were
gone—maybe because their owner had returned.
Since Cooper felt heavy and solemn and Linus was busy tending to his business, Sophia was left alone
at home with nothing to do. It was freezing outside and many stores were still closed. The huge city of
Cethos was always deserted during the new year since everyone returned home to spend time with their
families.
After Sarah added Sophia on her Messenger, they asionally chatted. When Sarah learned that she
was dying of boredom at home, she encouraged thetter to y online games to alleviate her boredom.
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Sarah also shared that she owned pet stores and cat cafes, but were closed due to the holidays and
would only reopen on the seventh day. Otherwise, she would have invited Sophia over to have a look.
asionally, Sarah even visited her and taught her how to y online games and reload her ount.
Meanwhile, she was focused on selling the dogs and cats in her store as well as the animal luxury brand
she founded—Pourl.
“The cors that Judge and the rest are wearing are from Pourl. The brand has kickstarted the trend of
animal luxury brands. Since you’re feeling bored at home, you can choose two furry animals from the
shop to take care of them. They are like your children, so you must treat them like a family member.
Once you have decided to bring them home, you have to treat them well and give them the best. When
you have a few pets, feel free to swing by to choose suitable essories from Pourl. Mention my name
and I’ll jump the line for you and ask the lead designer, Ivan, to design something specially for you.”
As Sarah stroked her cat, she was trying hard to sell her business. Sophia was Linus’ niece and bore the
family name “Michel’. The moment she heard that Sophia was someone wealthy, it was a rare
opportunity for her to stumble upon a valuable customer and wanted to forge a good rtionship.
Sophia was envious upon hearing that. “Sarah, I envy you so much since you have many businesses.”
To her, Sarah was an incredible person—she was the founder of a listed gamepany, had her own
pet business, and managed an animal luxury brand.
“Oh, I’m merely a business partner. The businesses do not fully belong to me!” Sarah humbly replied.
Sophia added, “Once I have undergone the surgery to repair my face, I want to learn to manage a
business from my dad.”
The moment Sophia mentioned the scar, Sarah had more toment about it. After ensuring that no
one else was around them, she lifted her shirt to reveal her abdomen.
“Take a look—my stretch marks havepletely disappeared. This was how I looked before. Isn’t it
terrifying?”
When Sophia saw pictures of Sarah’s stretch marks, it was indeed serious, but she was delighted when
she nced at thetter’s smooth abdomen again. “Wow, it’spletely gone!” Since it had such an
awesome result, Sophia was more confident about her facial scars.
Sarah was proud. “Of course! When I underwent a Caesaran section, it left an ugly scar. However, look
at me now—it ispletely gone. You can’t even see it!”
After speaking about the scar, Sarah asked again, “Has your voice been like this since birth?”
Sophia had always been wearing a mask in the house as she did not dare to reveal her face. Only her
eyes could be seen and as a result of wearing a mask, her voice sounded weaker than it was and
hoarse. Since it was difficult to recognize, she felt as if she was speaking in a raspy voice and those
addressing her had to whisper to her instead.
After Sophia nodded, Sarah immediately added, “I have a friend who was also in a simr situation as
you. However, he managed to look for a doctor who cured his condition. I’ll ask him to send the doctor’s
contact via Messenger. You can consider scheduling an appointment since that doctor is amazing!” she
described in detail. “That friend of mine was immensely upset for a while after he was widowed and cried
so much until he damaged his vocal cord. He used to be an opera singer and could not even speak
when his condition was at its worst. Now that the doctor cured him, he has recovered his voice and it is
better than before. I mentioned before that my husband is an actor, right? He knows many singers and
all have visited this doctor. He’s an otryngologist and one of the most famous in his field. It’s difficult to
schedule an appointment with him, but if you tell him that you’re my husband’s friend, you can also jump
the line. You have to make the appointment soon. If you arete, you’ll have to wait till next year!”
Sophia quickly added the doctor’s contact on Messenger and proceeded to secure an appointment with
him. However, as he had returned to his hometown during the new year break, the earliest spot they
could obtain was February.
When Cooper knew about it, he immediately asked his men to purchase the hospital without any further
dy. Then, he asked the famous doctor to treat his daughter as soon as he returned from his vacation.
It was a pity that the cosmetic hospital could not be purchased as the owner was an anonymous person
in Bayside City. Since that person was an influential local, Cooper did not want tond himself in any
trouble since his daughter depended on them to remove her facial scars.
Hence, they could only wait for the hospital to reopen and quickly repair her face.
During that period of time, Sophia went outdoors on a daily basis with Cooper as her bodyguard.
The pets, especially Judge, that belonged to their neighbor still swung by everyday. The dog seemed like
it could not wait to visit Sophia and Cooper because it had to babysit when it was home.
The child would ensure that the husky wore shoes and skirts. On top of that, she would paint its nails
pink, put cat ears on its head and apply makeup on its face—it was obvious that she was a mischievous
little kid!