Chapter 1085
Upon hearing that, Michael could hardly suppress a frown. Why is there another item that belonged to
the ancient royals? I bet this must be a present from the Yard Family! Does Louis Osborne really have
secret ties to the Yards?
However, none of them ever heard anything of it. Both Louis and the Yards seemed to have nothing to
do with each other. Even when they arrived at Audistin, they arrived separately. Michael met Anna with
Sophia before meeting Louis Osborne. If Louis really had ties with the Yards, he wouldn’t have wanted
his family to have marital ties with the Fletcher, as the Fletchers had killed quite a few members of the
Yards.
While Michael was in deep thought, Carmen only had eyes for her bowl, as her bright eyes were fixated
on it. Upon noticing that the guard seemed to have finished his assessment, she blurted, “Sir, can you
give me back my royal sweetheart bowl?”
Seemingly unperturbed by her request, the guard said, “Okay, I will give it back to you now that I’ve done
my assessment. I won’t be taking it, as it was made in a more recent era, so itcks the archaeological
value that I seek. It isn’t the bowl but the making process of it that is being considered as valuable.
Besides, the ones in the museum are far more valuable in terms of historical context, as all of them had
passed through the hands of ancient royals.”
While handing the bowl back to Carmen, he gave Michael a reminder. “Due to it being made in the
modern era, it isn’t as valuable as the ones in the museum. However, just like the Phoenix Harp, even
though both were made during the modern era, they are still prized for their rarity, so using it as one
would a normal bowl feels somewhat… overly luxurious.”
However, Carmen didn’t think so. To her, it was but a bowl with floral prints, so Michael could only tell the
nursemaid to be careful while she fed Carmen. When Carmen lost interest in it after some time, they
would clean it and put it away as a collection item. Although Carmen liked the bowl a lot, her love for the
bowl might notst for a long time. For all she cared, its intricate craftsmanship could hardlypare to
that of a bowl printed with a picture of Peppa Pig.
Meanwhile, Sophia also arrived at home. A husky slipped through the doorway as soon as she opened
the door, making its way to Carmen before happily going in circles around her. Upon seeing Judge
rushing in, Michael furrowed his brows. “Why does the silly dog have toe?”
Sophia replied, “Judge missed Carmen, so it came to visit her.”
Although Michael verbally expressed his dislike of the dog, he ended up rubbing Judge’s head,
incidentally also wiping his sweat on its head. Sophia was tired after a day’s work, so shey down on
the sofa as soon as she got home, rubbing Judge’s head as well. After some time, Michael’s hand
touched hers, so they held hands while using Judge’s head as a cushion.
Michael switched on the TV to watch the news, but he couldn’t focus on it, so he asked Sophia, “How is
Stanley doing? He didn’t go home even though his father told him to.”
Sophia replied, “No, he didn’t go home. He’s still at Sean’s house after being pped so hard that his
face was swelling.”
With that, Michael said nothing else, nor did they dwell on the topic any longer. Stanley had always been
a rebellious child. Back then, even when his family resorted to violence, he refused to go back into the
army once he decided to quit, so Sophia figured she should let things unfold on their own. The Fletchers
wouldn’t do anything to Sean anyway, considering that he was under Cooper’s protection.
Sophia ended upmenting, “I wonder when that idiot will realize his own feelings.”
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Looping an arm around her shoulders, Michael said, “One will never lose what is fated for them, but if
they weren’t meant to be, no amount of worry will change that.”
Seeing that Sophia was still perturbed by it, he pulled her closer into his arms before kissing her on the
forehead. “Look at us. We managed to get together after having gone through our ups and downs. You
are mine since we are fated to be together, and nobody will be able to take you away from me. Even if
we are miles apart, you are still mine. Not even your father’s disapproval will change that.”
However, someone cleared his throat at the corner of the room as soon as he said so. “Ahem!”
Surprised, Michael turned to see Cooper standing in the corner while ring at them menacingly.
“Dad, why are you here?” Michael was utterly baffled.
Wearing a pair of slippers, Cooper approached them with a morose look on his face, whereas Michael
cowered under his presence. “There will be an exhibition of Louis Osborne’s works near Bayside
National Stadium tomorrow. I will be stuck in a traffic jam if Ie all the way from the south, so I
decided to stay over for the night.” Cooper walked away after exining himself casually, but before he
left, he turned to speak to Sophia while ring at Michael. “You’reing with me tomorrow, so you’d
better go to bed early.”
“Okay,” Sophia replied while watching Cooper take the lift to the third floor where the guest rooms were,
whereas Judge followed merrily behind him.
Meanwhile, Michael had aplicated gaze while pondering about the situation. This old man…
Although Sophia moved in with me, I can’t even badmouth him if he is going to constantly show up out of
nowhere. He’s practically haunting this ce with his presence! If I can just find someone who is able to
pin him down! I must find him a wife with a dominant personality, who has an even more domineering
father, so that Cooper will get a taste of his own medicine!
By the next day, Cooper gave Sophia a call early on to wake her up so that they could get prepared for
their trip to the exhibition. On the other hand, Michael would also be tagging along.
The exhibition was a private showcase, so only invited guests were allowed entry, with most of them
being from the arts or cultural scene. The exhibition wasn’t only a showcase for calligraphic works and
paintings, but also a gathering for cultured people, so an arms dealer like Cooper wouldn’t normally be
invited.
Cooper liked calligraphy, and he had also been Louis’ fan for a long time, but he never was invited to
such an asion. Fortunately, Michael was able to get his hands on an invitation, so Cooper would of
course drop by since he had the time. The exhibition was incidentally held in the same city as his
anyway, so there was no reason he wouldn’te.
Not only did Cooper collect a lot of Louis’ works, but he was also an admirer of Louis’ achievements, so
he was looking forward to their meeting. Cooper put in the effort to spruce himself up for the asion by
applying mousse on his hair to help shape it, as well as putting on a new set of clothes. After finally
gaining closure over his depressing first love, he gave off a much youthful air nowadays, so he gave off a
vibe that made him seem to be around Michael’s age, or even younger.
Michael had his team of stylists help prepare him and Sophia for the asion. After changing his
clothes, he tied up his hair using a pink hair band while applying a face mask before putting on makeup.
Sophia was also doing the same, so both of their faces were covered by a ck mask, which seemed to
annoy Cooper.
“Dad, you shoulde and get yourself spruced up too!”
As soon as Sophia dragged Cooper to his seat in front of a mirror, Michael signaled his team of stylists to
do Cooper’s makeup for him. By doing that, he was hoping Cooper would attract someone during their
visit to the exhibition so that he would get married as soon as possible. Seeing that Cooper was only
forty five years old, not only would he still be considered as young if he were a celebrity, but he would
also attract a lot of mature women in Bayside City.