Chapter 781
Sophia paused for a moment before she continued, “Also, I own this entire row of shops and the row
across where your store King is. We have signed a one-year contract with your store, which I won’t be
renewing. When it expires, please move out immediately.”
When she took back her assets, she found out that thismercial area was developed six months ago.
Not only that, it was developed by apany that was under Michael. When she learned of this, she
bought two rows of shops through connections and now, they were all developed.
Not only did she get back her capital, the shops’ value had also increased a lot. As such, she was
making a profit every day.
Michael discovered the assets in Kuwait a few years ago and opened up apany specifically to
manage the money. When Sophia ‘died’, Michael had transferred all of her assets to thispany for
efficient management. In recent years, the money umted and Sophia got a handsome amount of
money upon her return.
Upon hearing her statement, Bill became embarrassed beyond words. His bright smile vanished from
his face before he said grimly, “You’re kicking us out? I’ll have you know our boss is—”
“Lucy Edwards, Miss Lucy, the vice president of Edwards Group. I know.”
In one breath, Sophia finished the rest of Bill’s sentence. After putting down the puppy, she stood up and
a powerful aura radiated from her petite body, her blue eyes stormy.
In Cethosiannguage, she spoke each word clearly. “I’m not selling this shop and I’m not renewing your
tenancy. When it expires, please move out; I don’t care if your boss is Lucy Edwards or the King himself.
Also, Bill Winterford, it is embarrassing that a copycat like you could make a living in the Cethosian
fashion industry. In Cethos, we have a name for people like you—foreign trash.”
As Sophia spoke, Bill became angry and embarrassed. His handsome face contorted in anger as he
rudely pointed his finger at Sophia. In a tone that was more blunt and threatening than when he was on
the phone earlier, he snarled, “Miss Lucile, I hope you won’t regret what you said today!”
Sophia, however, looked straight at him and retorted, “Don’t worry. I keep my promises, especially to
copycats. I won’t go back on my word.”
Then, Bill stormed out of the store.
Everything became quiet in an instant.
Calmly, Sophia sat back down and continued reading the store’s work log and the operations over the
years, on and off petting the Husky.
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Feeling uneasy, Ivan came over. “You know, Lucy Edwards is the investor in King—”
He was worried about the consequences if Lucy found out about what went down today.
“Don’t worry. Even if the sky falls down, I’ll handle it,” Sophia reassured.
Still, Ivan was concerned. He did not know much but he knew that Michael used to be a superstar and
had some power. However, now he had grown old and his poprity had declined. Moreover, although
Sophia’s father was back, he was just the has-been head of the Mitchell Family.
Not only that, there were rumors saying that Cooper was abducted and forced into coal mining for twenty
years and had been rescued just recently.
In the afternoon, Linus came to the store to pick Sophia up after work.
“How was work today, Sophia?”
Realizing Linus had arrived, Sophia shut down herputer. “Uncle Linus, you’re here! It was alright; I’m
still getting myself familiar with the operations in the past years.”
Even though Sophia had been addressing Linus as ‘Uncle Linus’ for quite a while, Linus still felt a little
strange. They were sworn siblings born on the same day in the same year, but now he was being
referred to as an uncle.
Meanwhile, Judge—who was still under anaesthetics—was carried away by Linus, while Sophia followed
behind with the two puppies and they left the store together. They got into Linus’ car that was parked
downstairs and went home.
When they were back in the neighborhood, Sophia unconsciously nced at Vi No. 8. Although the
lights were on, it does not seem like Michael had returned.
If he had, he would have called her.
On second thought, why should he do that?
Back home, Vi No. 2 was warmly lit. Cooper had been home for a while and as soon as Sophia walked
in, she saw him cuddling Carmen as they watched TV.
They were watching the hit variety show ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’. Carmen loved this show and her
biggest wish was to be on this show with Michael.
Lately, parent-child reality shows have been particrly popr in Cethos, with many celebrities and
their families participating in them. Some would bring their babies, while others without a baby would go
as far as to borrow one from someone else to participate.
Simr to ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’, there was another show called ‘Where Are We Going, Sis?’,
featuring a few unmarried female celebrities and a group of babies.
In ‘Where Are We Going, Sis?’, the most popr female celebrity looked simr to Sophia. Her name
was Lucy Edwards.
Cooper, who had been forced to watch ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’ the entire afternoon, breathed a
sigh of relief when Sophia came back. Upon seeing Sophia, Carmen dashed into her arms.
“Mommy, you’re home!”
At that moment, Sophia picked her up and took off her face mask before giving her a kiss.
What a good girl!
After only a day of not seeing each other, she felt like she had been separated from her for years.
With the anaesthetics still in effect, Judge was carried inside by Linus. Judge’s tongue hung out of its
mouth, its eyes were hazy and there were even tears in the corner of its eyes. Judge’s chin hung from
Linus’s shoulder as it whimpered.
Linus gentlyforted Judge. “It’s alright, Judge. Don’t cry anymore. Look at this!”
As Sophia walked in, she saw a fewrge luxury dog kennels in the living room, all designed to look like
a vi. Reaching into the kennel, Sophia realized it even came with an automatic massage function.
“Huh?”
Then, Linus put the dog into the kennel. “Look, Judge. This is the vi that Sophia and your dad made for
you. Aren’t you happy?”
In an instant, Judge was so excited that its grief of being neutered was gone in a sh. It rolled around in
the kennel happily.
Leaving Judge in the kennel, Linus said to Sophia, “I heard your discussion with Stan about neutering
Judge two days ago and preparing a vi as apensation. So, I hired someone to make one that
could be dismantled.”
Hearing this, Sophia felt touched yet embarrassed at the same time.
The whole thing about the vi was just a lie to make the dog feel better as it would not remember it
anyway. Or, they could just bring home all the discounted cors from the store. She did not expect Linus
to remember this and even make a dog vi for Judge.
Furthermore, Judge had been sleeping on the carpet for years at Michael’s house pitifully, without even
having a bed. Judge also ate the other dog’s leftovers and yed with old chewed up toys. On top of
that, it had puppies too. All in all, it was rtively heartbreaking.
Uncle Linus is the best!
If I can’t find a husband in the future, I’ll just marry Linus, Sophia thought.
He was not Cooper’s blood-rted brother anyway!
After admiring the kennel, Sophia held Carmen and sat next to Cooper.
As soon as she sat down, Cooper muttered, “Would you like me to chop off Bill Winterford’s hand?”
Obviously, he heard about what went down at the store today.
Upon hearing this, Sophia couldn’t help but scowl. “Dad, you need to stop with the violence. There’s a
child here!”
Carmen also pouted in dissatisfaction. “Grandpa, you can’t talk about violence in front of me. It’s harmful
to my health!”
At once, Cooper fell silent for a moment before rephrasing his question in a gentler tone.
“Would you like me to turn him into delicious roasted eggnt with minced pork?”