Chapter 59


    Sophia felt as though she had heard a joke, and the fact that it wasing out of Alexander''s mouth


    just made the whole scenario even more ridiculous.


    She quirked her lips into a smile and looked at Alexander, asking, “So, what does this have to do with


    you?”


    “What does this have to do with me?”


    The anger in Alexander burned brighter, and his heart ached as though it was being stabbed. He tutted


    lightly, an indecipherable expression shrouding his face.


    Sophia had never seen his expression like this before. She instinctively retreated a step back, but


    Alexander reacted quicker than her.


    Alexander stretched out a hand and directly pulled Sophia into his arms. Then, he pinned her against


    the wall beside him, lowered his head, and pressed his lips against hers.


    He worked so hard on the kiss that he almost sucked out all of the oxygen in Sophia''s lungs.


    Sophia''s hands and feet were both restrained by Alexander. Thetter loomed over her like a


    mountain, and she could not muster any strength to free herself.


    The mall was bustling with people. With Alexander''s tall and slim model-like physique, he still managed


    to catch the attention of passersby despite being dressed only in a simple ck coat and trousers.


    Everyone around them cast a nce in their direction instinctively.


    Sometimeter, Alexander finally loosened his grip. Sophia immediately raised her hand and pped


    him.


    He nced down at her and suddenly stuck his tongue out to lick the corner of his mouth. The action


    lent him a devilish air on top of his usual aloofness.


    “I''m reminding you of what we used to be.”


    Sophia merely red at him coldly before she turned around and left.


    She did not think there was anything between her and Alexander that was worth talking about


    anymore.


    Alexander did not chase after her. He stood on the spot and watched Sophia go down the esctor


    until her figure disappeared from his sight. Then, he nced around coldly at the onlookers.


    Shuddering, the people around him hurriedly turned their eyes away, pretending they had seen nothing.


    Alexander frowned, took out his mobile phone, and called Felix. “Make an appointment with Joshua for


    me.”


    Felix did not react for a second. “You mean Mr. Joshua Lewis from Technology Innovations?”


    “Do you know a second Joshua?”


    Felix quickly responded, “Understood.”


    He wondered why Alexander wanted to meet Joshua again. Is there a new project that Mr. Xenos


    wants to coborate with him on? If so, this is a big deal.


    At the thought of this, Felix hurriedly set aside what he was currently doing and called Joshua''s


    secretary.


    As soon as Alexander walked out of the mall, Samuel came up while tutting him. “You did an amazing


    job.”


    He quirked his eyebrows into a mocking curve. In response, Alexander shot him a cold look. “I believe


    the ownership transfer of the sports car hasn''t been settled yet. Am I right?”


    The mockery subsided from Samuel''s face the moment he heard Alexander. He raised his finger and


    pointed at Alexander''s lips. “I''m giving you a sincere suggestion. You should go to the restroom and


    deal with what is on your lips. Otherwise, there may be a ruckuster if you return to thepany in


    this state.”


    Alexander frowned. He turned around, went back to the mall, and headed to the restroom.


    He looked into the mirror and saw his lips were stained with red lipstick. It must have transferred over


    when he was kissing Sophia earlier.


    Alexander stared at his own reflection and thought of their transient kiss just now. After having tasted


    her lips, he actually found himself longing for more.


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    It was not until another person entered the washroom that Alexander snapped back to his senses. He


    lowered his head, dampened his fingertips with water, and wiped the lipstick off his lips.


    “How do we pursue a woman?”


    Samuel was sharing in the chat group with Charles and Justin about how Alexander had forced a kiss


    on Sophia when he heard Alexander''s words. He was so shocked that his hand trembled, and his


    phone fell straight to the ground.


    Alexander shot him a disdainful nce and added, ”I shouldn''t have asked you. You''re single too.”


    Samuel, who had just picked up his phone and was about to reply to Alexander, was dumbfounded.


    Sophia returned to the mansion with a sullen face. She washed her lips with water several times after


    she came back.


    Staring into the mirror, she could see that her lips were flushed red. She had washed off most of her


    original makeup with her vigorous actions.


    Has Alexander gone crazy? The man who used to despise even holding my hand actually kissed me


    today? How ironic. It''s funny to even think about it. We''ve been divorced for eight months, and the man


    is still sulking over the past and regarding me as his property. He himself used the past tense. How


    could he not understand that the past is the past? What a joke!


    She was thrown off guard by what had happened today. Sophia was quite happy for Katherine and


    Joshua, but her mood was ruined the moment Alexander forced a kiss upon her.


    Back then, she chose to leave the marriage while taking nothing in order to divorce Alexander on good


    terms. All she wanted was for them to be peaceful mutual strangers to each other.


    However, after Alexander did such a thing, Sophia did not think that she could possibly make peace


    with him.


    The anger in her heart zed even more fiercely. Sophia was not only angry, but deep down, she also


    felt a little sad.


    Alexander had been giving her the cold shoulder for three years. Now that she finally wanted to let go,


    he suddenly changed his attitude and put on an affectionate act, refusing to let her go.


    Sophia was so angry that she decided to go for a kickboxing session in the evening to vent her


    frustration. She spent the whole evening practicing in the club.


    After an intense session that left her drenched in sweat, she felt much better. Then, she took a shower,


    changed her clothes, and got ready for dinner.


    Taking out her phone, she noticed that there were two missed calls from Joshua.


    Sophia frowned. She stood at the door looking at the gray sky outside before she called Joshua back.


    Joshua was probably busy as he did not answer the phone the first time she called. It took him more


    than ten seconds to pick up the phone when she called the second time.


    “I saw the two missed calls you left me.”


    “Alexander''s secretary suddenly invited me for a meeting today.”


    Sophia''s mind wandered off to Alexander. “I bumped into Alexander at noon. You can just ignore him.”


    “All right,” Joshua responded. “Are you okay?”


    “Why wouldn''t I be?” Sophia let out a light chuckle. “Anyway, I wish you a sessful marriage proposal


    in advance. I just finished my boxing practice, and I''m a bit drained at the moment. I''m heading off to


    dinner.”


    “Okay.”


    After hanging up the phone, Sophia looked up at the sky before she headed left to the nearby


    commercial district for dinner.


    It was already past eight o''clock at night when she returned to the mansion. The wind during a winter


    night was piercing cold.


    Sophia had practiced boxing for more than two hours today and was exhausted. She filled the tub with


    water and submerged herself in it. If it weren''t for Genie calling out to her, she would have dozed off.


    After taking a bath, Sophia put on a face mask and set her rm clock for tomorrow. She was ready to


    go to bed.


    However, she could not sleep.


    Getting up, she opened a bottle of wine and drank half a ss. Now that she was feeling tipsy, she


    finally dozed off to sleep.


    Early next morning, Sophia woke up as soon as the rm clock rang.


    She turned off the rm and entered the bathroom in her cotton slippers to wash up.


    As she sat down and was about to start her skincare and makeup routine, her mobile phone on the


    desk rang.


    Sophia tilted her head and nced at the screen. The call wasing from Katherine. She quirked her


    brow and turned on the speaker. “Why are you calling me this early in the morning?”


    “Are you up, Soph? Have you seen the trending headline today? I''m so pissed off. Bethany is stirring


    up trouble again. Go and take a look yourself!”


    Sophia raised her eyebrows. “I just finished washing up. What did Bethany do this time?”


    As soon as Sophia finished her words, Katherine babbled on like a machine gun, “Didn''t she participate


    in a reality show? The first episode just airedst night. That b*tch was making some innuendos about


    you!”