Chapter 840
Faye was blinded by rage earlier, but now that Sandra had given her an idea, enthusiasm instantly
flooded her. She’s right. At present, I can only retaliate in this manner! After making up her mind, she
hurriedly contacted herwyer tomit daylight robbery by demanding a king’s ransom! It’ll be great if
she agrees since I’ll be recouping all the damages I’ve suffered. However, if she refuses, I can continue
kicking up a fuss, too!
Meanwhile, when the press conference had ended, Sophia said to Michael, “Let’s go for dinner! My
treat.”
My goddess is offering to treat me to dinner? With just the two of us? Michael was inwardly ecstatic, but
outwardly, he maintained a nonchnt expression. “Are you sure? Didn’t Dad say toe home early
for dinner?” he reminded, sounding conflicted.
Cooper’s love for Sophia was so overwhelming that he’d have eyes on her 24/7 if possible. Despite the
press conference on this day, he still called every half an hour to inquire about her. But to be fair, if it
were Carmen who’d gone out, Michael, the gray-haired old father, would definitely be pacing anxiously
as well.
However, Sophia was already walking away. “It’s fine. I’ll just give him a call. Let’s go to Uncle Sam’s
Crimson House for dinner.” Thus, Michael briskly followed.
At home, when Cooper learned that Sophia wasn’ting home for dinner, his face turned as ck as
charcoal. Nheless, he said nothing, merely asking her toe home earlier.
In Crimson House’s best private room, a candlestick sat on the dining table. As the candlelight flickered,
an intimate and romantic air enveloped the ce amidst the elegant strains of piano. The two people at
the table clinked sses lightly, creating a tinkling sound. Thereafter, Sophia raised her ss slightly
with a single hand and sipped from it.
As they ate, they talked in a low voice, their topics ranging from the stock market to real estate besides
also talking about the interesting things Michael encountered during his filming throughout the years. In
fact, they talked about everything under the sun.
Sophia listened attentively, interjecting andughing asionally. Having indulged in red wine, her petite
face was stained with a hint of scarlet, her eyes slightly ssy. Her zed eyes seemed as though they
held an infinite ocean, rendering her entire person immensely breathtakingly.
“How’s the performance of the stock I rmended to you the other day?” Michael asked, raising his
ss.
Sophia ordered medium-well steak but found it rather dismal after eating some, so she left half of it
uneaten. Jabbing the remaining half with her fork from time to time, she answered, “Not bad. It’s doing
good, having gone up quite a bit, so I made a little over ten million. By the way, when are you nning to
send Carmen to kindergarten?”
Speaking of their child, the two of them turned solemn. Michael replied, “Carmen is almost two and a half
years old, so it’s about time for her to attend kindergarten. She’s definitely going to kindergarten since
children need to mix with their peers.”
Then, hemented, “I raised Nate, but in an attempt to protect him, I’ve never had him attend
kindergarten. I employed an early education expert and gave him the best education, yet he’s been
isted since young, with few friends. He doesn’t like talking to people either… It’s all on me.”
Finally, he asserted, “Thus, Carmen has to attend kindergarten. She can’t be too isted, so I had Hale
drop his kid off at our ce.”
Recently, Sophia had noticed that Vi No. 8 had seen an increase in the number of children who stuck
to Carmen every day. Having so many friends to y with, she wasn’t even interested ining home
anymore. Michael is truly a tender and considerate person!
When she snapped back to reality, she saw that Michael had already taken her half-eaten steak, which
she couldn’t quite bring herself to finish yet didn’t want to waste, and he was eating it with relish. “Why
did you do that?” Shock inundated her.
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However, Michael was used to it. Not only did he finish her half-eaten steak, but he also ate her
unfinished fruit sd. “You had a difficult life when you were young, often having no food to eat, so you
cherish food a lot. When you go out for a meal, you only order what you want to eat, but you be
distressed when you can’t finish the food at times. You don’t want to waste it, yet you find it troublesome
to request for takeaway, so you force yourself to finish it.”
For that reason, he then became her recycle bin for unfinished food. He would often be seen eating her
unfinished steak, the coriander in her beef noodles, and the green pepper she disliked in her shredded
meat dish. Of course, he knew that she loathed wasting food, probably because she was once destitute,
at the mercy of others for even a bite of clean and fresh rice in the past. Hence, she was still exceedingly
thrifty even after having money to her name, food wastage her pet peeve.
Sophia froze for a moment before she smiled, not knowing what to say in response. When he’d finished
her half-eaten steak and fruit sd, she asked in curiosity, with a hand resting on her cheek, “Back then,
I was just a pet you bought. Why have you always been so good to me?”
Upon hearing this, Michael knew that Cooper had given her a fake story again. In Cooper’s mouth, he’d
probably be a shameless old man who spent 80,000 to purchase her so that he could ravage her
every day.
However, Sophia knew that Cooper’s version of events wasn’t true. Michael had always regarded her as
family, a fact that he’d never once concealed.
“Bought? Never once have I said that I bought you. I merely offered ten million as bride price to marry
you. We’re a legally married couple.”
After he was done eating, Michael suddenly said, “Oh yes, there’s something I’ve been meaning to give
you.” He then took out a card from his wallet and slid it over to Sophia. While the card was preserved
nicely with a stic sleeve, one could still tell that it was a few years old. The words Bayside University
were printed on the card, while Sophia’s name was written at the corner with a ballpoint pen.
“What is this?” Sophia questioned, curious.
His lips curving upward, Michael replied with a smile, “This is the meal card you used when you attended
Bayside University. There’s still money in there, so remember to go and use it when you’re free. After all,
you were still thinking about the remaining money when you took your graduation photo!”
After having been poor for half her life, Sophia was done with poverty. Back then, she practically killed
herself to get into Bayside University just because Bayside University provided top students a generous
meal subsidy. Meals and amodation would be free of charge, while tuition could be covered with a
student loan. This was so perfect for her that it all sounded like a dream.
Although she was already making money when she got into Bayside University, she abandoned the
thought of eating all the delicious food out there, going to the cafeteria instead when she could do so
since the subsidy issued was in the meal card! When she left upon graduation, she was very much
reluctant because she hadn’t yet finished the money within the meal card!
Sophia stared at the meal card while listening to Michael speak of its history, bursting into giggles every
so often. Out of the blue, she stood up and suggested, “It’s still early, so let’s go to Bayside University
now and finish the money in the meal card. There’s no time like the present!”
Without a word of objection, Michael slipped on his jacket and offered, “I’ll lead the way.”
Since Sophia had dered that she’d be paying, it was certainly a done deal. Anyhow, Michael felt that
he was a kept man now, merely waiting for her to foot the bill. As he followed her out of Crimson House
like a puppy, he remarked, “Back then, you wholeheartedly hoped that you could make money and
support me one day, making me a kept man.” Now, she’s finally getting her wish!