Chapter 1228


    Sophia looked at Sandra—who was still stubbornly resisting—with a sneer. Taking a box from Dimon,


    she opened it to see that it was a box of ampules, and there were only nine ampules left.


    These were none other than the miraculous drug that was closest to Sandra’s heart!


    Sandra’s expression changed drastically.


    Sophia picked up an ampule and eyed it up and down. She even clicked her tongue to express her


    amazement and said, “This is serious—these are super stimnts manufactured by the pharmaceutical


    factory that’s a subsidiary of Phantom Wolf, the terrorist organization! I heard that it can’t be detected via


    urine tests and blood tests. Furthermore, it can gradually improve human bodies and draw out human


    bodies’ potential to the full. It’s indeed a miraculous drug! Currently, many countries want to get the


    form for this kind of stimnt, but… unbeknownst to them, Phantom Wolf had already been wiped out


    a long time ago, so this kind of drug is already out of stock. I didn’t expect to find nine ampules here. Tsk,


    tsk. You’d lose one ampule with each injection!”


    After finishing her speech with regret, she dropped one ampule to the floor.


    The ss ampule dropped to the floor and smashed into pieces, spilling the blue liquid medicine all over


    the floor.


    Sandra went crazy on the spot. “No! Don’t! Don’t touch my drug!”


    However, Sophia picked up the second ampule and was seriously enjoying the sight of it. Unable to hold


    back any longer, Sandra confessed and said, “Lucy is a disgusting lesbian who has been dating a


    woman for more than ten years. If the Edwards Family learns about this, she will immediately lose her


    position as the heir and Vice President of the Edwards Group!”


    Sophia was startled; it never urred to her that this was Lucy’s weakness!


    It suddenly struck her that Lucy seemed to be involved in a rumor with the scion of arge foreign


    consortiumtely. The two families seemed like they were preparing to unite through marriage, but the


    nuptial league would definitely fall through if word spread around about this.


    As someone who mixed with those from the fashion world, Sophia knew that many in the fashion world


    were homosexuals or bisexuals. It seemed that one couldn’t enter the fashion world without an


    umon sexual orientation, but this waspletely prohibited in an old family.


    The Mitchell Family was an example; even though the family’s council of elders were set up under


    Cooper’s leadership, the council was still very displeased with Linus’ sexual orientation. However, the


    elders didn’t dare to voice their objections; not only was it due to Cooper’s pressure on them, but also


    because Linus himself was very powerful.


    As for the Fletcher Family, Stanley and Sean were now living together as business partners. However,


    the Fletchers were extremely displeased with this, causing the rtionship between Stanley and his


    family to be strained.


    The Winstons were also very unhappy about the presence of an intersex like Dana in the family.


    However, they were gangsters in the first ce, so they could even kill their own fathers. They could


    even beat themselves up in a fit of rage, and they cared nothing about ethics or moral principles. The


    Winston Family’s council of elders had even called a special meeting to educate Dana. Unexpectedly,


    Dana took out her machete on the spot and shed four elders to death, so no one dared to say


    anything anymore. After all, this was the style and tradition of the Winston Family.


    Bayside City was a cosmopolitan city, but these old families were still very conservative…


    Sophia said nothing as she silently put the drugs down and left with her people.


    After getting her drugs, Sandra held onto it as if it was a rare treasure; it was as though she was afraid


    that someone else woulde and snatch them away from her.


    These drugs were her life!


    Moreover, the broken ampule on the floor tore her apart.


    Luckily, the floor was covered with tiles, and there was no carpet. Since the liquid medicine was still


    there, Sandra immediately took out an empty syringe and frantically drew up the spilled liquid on the


    floor.


    Sophia nced back at her.


    Thisdy is already finished.


    Sophia felt depressed when she returned home. After having her meal, she sat alone in the study in a


    trance.


    She thought about the precarious situation on one hand and Lucy’s secret on the other.


    If she made Lucy’s secret known to the public right now, thetter might be hit hard and detested by the


    Edwards Group. She would soon lose her current position, and Ronney Fashion Week would fall


    through, making her the winner this year.


    However… Sophia thought that it might be a little too wicked to attack Lucy by making an issue of the


    latter’s sexual orientation.


    Sophia felt that she wasn’t a good person, for she sold the stimnts that nearly finished Sandra. Also,


    she had killed people back in Africa back then in order to survive.


    However, she had her own bottom line, and it was apparent that this matter had crossed it.


    Feeling anxious, Sophia drank several cups of coffee and stroked one cat after another as she was in a


    dilemma.


    She had her bottom line on one hand and Bayside Fashion Week on the other…


    This was the first time she was so confused in her life.


    Meanwhile, Michael and Carmen were blowing up balloons and hanging up coloredmps to usher in the


    New Year.


    Cooper—who hade from Vi No. 2—was about to ask questions when he didn’t see his daughter


    anywhere. Before he could do so, Carmen spoke first. “Grandpa, something has been weighing on your


    daughter’s mind today. She only ate half a bowl of rice and has been in her study since then. Hurry up


    and give her some advice.”


    Learning of this, Cooper immediately went upstairs into the study to take a look.


    Michael let out a sigh as he watched Cooper rushing upstairs; he also knew what Sophia was worrying


    about.


    The fact that his ex-girlfriend and current wife were having a fight made him feel very hopeless too.


    However, he really was no expert at what was happening in the fashion world…


    Meanwhile, Sophia was stroking the cats in her study dazedly.


    “Sophia.” Cooper suddenly opened the door and came in. Seeing that he was here, Sophia greeted


    softly, “Hey, Dad.”


    Cooper was very worried when he saw the expression on Sophia’s face. Dragging a chair over, he


    seated himself next to her and asked gently, “Do you have something on your mind, Sophia? Can you


    share it with me? Is it something about your work?”N?velDrama.Org owns ? this.


    He also knew that the preparations for Bayside Fashion Week hadn’t been going smoothly these days,


    so he guessed that Sophia was probably worried about the fashion week.


    Sophia bent over the desk while looking at Cooper with a tender look in her eyes. She asked, “Dad,


    which do you think is more important: sess or bottom line? Can someone ignore their bottom line


    appropriately for the sake of sess?”


    Cooper was weighed down by his memories as they talked about this.


    He used to think about the conflict between his bottom line and achieving sess.


    Someone had once hurt him deeply without ever considering what the bottom line was. However, those


    who ignored their bottom line weren’t punished at all.


    Therefore, he also became someone who stopped at nothing.


    As expected, he became sessful; standing at the top of the world, he looked down at the struggling


    nobodies, but he had be unmoved by any circumstances.


    However, everything changed when his daughter showed up in front of him surprisingly.


    Staring at his daughter, Cooper advised in all sincerity and said, “I used to believe in neither supernatural


    beings nor the story about heaven and hell. I also had no idea what my bottom line was, for all I wanted


    was to expand my sphere of influence. Once I had money, power, and influence in my hands, I’d have


    the final say in thew. I never cared about my bottom line, but ever since you showed up in front of me


    with cuts and bruises all over your body…”


    Cooper looked grieved as he spoke of this. One could still notice several tiny, irremovable scars on


    Sophia’s face if one looked closely when she was bare-faced. It was as if these scars were reminding


    Cooper of the sufferings his daughter had experienced.


    “Sophia, one’s bottom line can’t be crossed until there is no other choice—unless there’s something


    more valuable than your bottom line that needs your protection. Nobody knows if one will be punished for


    doing something against their conscience, but everything is predestined, and no one can be certain


    about the future.”