Chapter 990
As he lowered his gaze, Ian was utterly quiet now. Sophia deliberately taunted him and said, “I do know
Lucile herself, but she’s already married. However, I can introduce you to other unmarrieddies in the
Michel Family who are definitely worthy of your status. Just get ready to change the family name on your
household registry, ID, and passport. Also, you’re required to change your citizenship too.
You’ll have your wife’s family name in the future, and you’ll have to swear your loyalty to whatever
country she’s a citizen of. From then on, you cannot call yourself a part of the Edwards Family anymore.
Don’t you worry, though! Apart from changing your family name to your wife’s, everything else stays the
same! You can bring your wife back to your family home.
With your parents’ permission, you can still work in the family business—you might even be able to nab
some manpower and resources from your wife’s family! It’s a match made in heaven! How awesome is
that? While your kids won’t be carrying your family name, they’ll still be your kids. Here, I have a bunch
of the Micheldies’ numbers. Do you want them? Think of it as mypensation to you.”
Ian’s gaze was conflicted. On one hand was the Michel Family, and the Edwards were on his other.
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As a man, how could he possibly take his wife’s family name?
He wouldn’t have the courage to look his ancestors in the eye when he died!
In the end, Ian flung the coffee cup in his hand away and stood up, extremely furious. “Do I look like the
kind of person who would rely on his wife’s family like that? Don’t you look down on me, Sophia! I am not
the kind of person who will betray both his nation and family because of money and status! Back in the
day when the nation was suffering, us Edwards had always been at the forefront to protect it! We
donated and saved as many people as you Mitchells did! If you’re nning to humiliate me like this, I can
tell you now that your n has failed! I will still fight for those management rights, Sophia. Even if you
send those nude photos of me out, it’s no use. You’d better be careful—don’t get yourself dragged into
this too, you scammer!”
After that rousing speech, Ian put away those eye-catching nude photos before he turned around and
stormed off. Much to his surprise, he immediately caught sight of Linus standing outside the moment he
pushed the door open.
Ian’s gaze turned respectful. “Why are you here, Mr. Michel?”
Linua smiled politely. “I’m here to fetch Sophia.” He then gestured at Sophia with his gaze and asked,
“How did your talk go?”
Before Ian could reply, Sophia had alreadye out after putting her belongings away. She grinned as
she walked. “Our chat wasn’t so bad—Mr. Edwards promised to back out of the bidding war for the
management rights.”
Linus nodded as he rxed, reaching out affectionately to take Sophia’s hand. “Alright, let’s go back.
Fass and Carmen are probably home already.”
Cooper is back!
Sophia had been so busytely that she hadn’t even seen actual daylight; she nearly forgot that today
was the day of Cooper and Michael’s glorious return.
“Let’s hurry up. Get the cooks to prepare some delicious food. We must have dad’s favorite eggnt with
minced meat and braised eel for Carmen’s dad!”
The slender fingers of Sophia’s hand were soft and warm in Linus’ palm. It seemed like they were
boneless, and her hand felt nice to hold.
Meanwhile, Ian’s gaze kept flitting between Linus and Sophia.
When did they get so buddy-buddy with each other? They’re even holding hands—is Sophia a two-
timer?
With Sophia’s hand in his, Linus turned and spoke to Ian. “Mr. Edwards, since the discussion hase
to an end, Lucile and I will be leaving. Thank you for your time, and I’ll take you out for a meal some
other day.”
Ian was silent.
No wonder Sophia knew that Lucile was a fake! She’s the actual Lucile! If Sophia is Lucile, doesn’t that
make Cooper…
At the thought of the implications behind it, a chill immediately ran up Ian’s spine; goosebumps prickled
over his skin.
Fass is actually Cooper! That’s terrifying as hell!
He figured that it would be better if he gave up on getting those management rights.
As for Lucy… He couldn’t be bothered to pursue that thought anymore. He realized that Fass—no,
Cooper—put those rights up in order to test his daughter.
It was all an inside job! Even if the rights didn’t go to Sophia, they wouldn’t go to any outsider! Even if
some outsider won those management rights, Sophia might even sabotage them in secret.
Meanwhile, Sophia followed Linus home. The moment she opened the door to the house, her darling
Carmen flew over like a butterfly.
“Mama!”
Sophia caught Carmen as she pounced on her and spun around happily. She lifted Carmen high in the
air.
“Oh, Mommy’s sweet little baby!”
They had only been apart for ten days, but Sophia thought that her baby had grown a bit more during
that time; the girl was also getting cuter by the day.
The house was bursting with merriment today. Sarah and her husband had brought Hope over; even
Justin and Celine were present with Nathan. Of course, Stanley and Sean were sure to be here too.
Michael had been treating Sophia’s ce like his own home recently,pletely falling into the role of a
house husband. He had brazenly moved his luggage into Sophia’s bedroom, and he even set up another
aquarium next to Cooper’s tortoise tank for his eels. He wasn’t acting like a guest at all.
Now that Cooper was back, Michael killed two eels for dinner.
When Cooper saw the te of eggnt on the table, his face turned green. Sophia enthusiastically got
him some food, plopping half the te of eggnt onto his own te.
In truth, Cooper really disliked eggnt with minced meat.
Nheless, the atmosphere around the table as everyone ate was nice and heartwarming.
While the babysitter helped Carmen with dinner, Sophia sat next to Nathan and began interrogating him.
“How have your studies been recently? What’s your GPA? Are there manydies sending you confession
letters? Have you got a girlfriend yet? When are you bringing her back to see me?”
Nathan kept his head lowered as he focused on his food, a nk expression on his face. He ignored
Sophiapletely.
Meanwhile at the dinner table, Michael told them all about Carmen’s audition with the production team.
As they expected, Carmen still didn’t get the role. Although her acting was good and she was a bubbly
girl who could also y the role of a boy, she was on the younger side; she wasn’t even four yet. In the
end, the production team decided on a 12 year-old child star.
However, they didn’t want to waste their time since they were already there. Michael and Cooper
contacted several other production teams, so Carmen auditioned for a few major films too. In the end,
she managed to snag a few small roles in them.
After they had finished dinner and sent their guests off, it was time for family bonding. Cooper yed
with Carmen, stacking building blocks with her while Sophia and Michael left hand-in-hand. Anyone
could tell what they were going to do just by looking at the anticipation on their faces.
The moment he shot them a re, Carmen pouted. “Focus, Grandpa.”
No matter how much Cooper hated this, he didn’t have any way of stopping them.
He got Nathan to y with Carmen and took the opportunity to slip away. He still had plenty of things to
ask Linus.