Chapter 139


    Samuel was immediately chased out of the ward by Alexander. As for what exactly Sophia had said the


    other night, no one else would know except for the two who were present.


    Alexander was hospitalized for ten days before he was discharged. During those ten days, everyone,


    including those who weren''t supposed to visit him, had gone to see him.


    Of course, that was all thanks to Samuel''s Instagram post.


    However, the one whom he wanted to see the most didn''t visit him at all.


    Light showers weremon in Jadeborough in March. The first thing that Alexander did after he was


    discharged was to ask Felix, “Has Expedite found an investor?”


    His question caught Felix by surprise. Fortunately, as a diligent and meticulous secretary to Alexander,


    Felix was constantly updated on anything that had the slightest rtion to Alexander.


    Last month, Alexander had got him to arrange a meeting with Tobias from Expedite. Although


    Alexander didn''t explicitly say what it was about, Felix still made his assistant take note of thetest


    situation at Expedite just to be safe.


    Now that Alexander was suddenly asking him about it, Felix swiftly replied, “For now, they haven''t


    settled on an investor. Prosperity Enterprise wants twenty percent of the shares, but Mr. White isn''t


    willing to give it to them. So he has been actively contacting Sunshine Group.”


    Alexander scoffed, “Call Tobias and tell him that if he still doesn''t settle the previous matter within three


    days, he won''t get a single cent in investments for Expedite!”


    As of then, Expedite''s problem wasn''t one that could be solved with a few million. No average person


    would fork out over two billion in investments. Alexander wasn''t exaggerating, as there were genuinely


    only a few people who could fork out such an amount. Prosperity Enterprise was under Charles, and


    Sunshine Group was under Sophia. Now that Tobias wanted to pick and choose, he would only be left


    with Infinite Holdings and TK. Alexander had shares in Infinite Holdings, and he also knew the CEO of


    TK in Chanaea.


    It would be a piece of cake for Alexander to block off all of Expedite''s paths.


    Felix hurriedly nodded. “Understood, Mr. Xenos.”


    As Alexander had been hospitalized for half a month, Tobias had thought that they would let Bethany''s


    matter slide.


    On Sunshine Group''s side, Suny had refused to meet him over and over again. Meanwhile, Prosperity


    Enterprise had demanding conditions. Tobias wanted to make Prosperity Enterprise his backup n.


    However, just as he had everything nned out, Alexander''s secretary called him that day. After Tobias


    finished listening to him, his face turned pale.


    It turned out that Alexander had always remembered that incident.


    He couldn''t seem to understand why Alexander was still so protective of Sophia even after they were


    divorced.


    As Tobias recalled how Sophia had insulted him right in front of his face that day, anger bubbled up


    inside him again.


    However, it didn''t matter how angry he was. Tobias believed that Alexander would block off all his paths


    if he continued dragging the matter on.


    At that point, no matter how unwilling Tobias was, he could only get Bethany to make a public apology.


    It had already been a month after the issue with Delh, and the inte burst into a frenzy once


    Bethany published her apology.


    When news of the situation just came out, there were still plenty of people who took the moral high


    ground to criticize Sophia. They thought that Delh was Sophia''s grandmother after all, and Rupert


    was her uncle. Since they were all a family, there shouldn''t be a problem with Sophia helping them if


    they were in need.


    But now that Bethany had suddenly exined the situation on Twitter, one could only imagine how it


    couldpletely change the perspectives of many.


    It was evidently a nned family reunion with the purpose of making Sophia displeased.


    Bethany''s Twitter was instantly swarmed with attacks. After all, not many could pull off something this


    immoral.


    In less than three hours after Bethany posted on Twitter, the topic trended first on the tform.


    Sophia only knew about this after Katherine told her over WhatsApp.


    A few days after that night, there was a rare asion that Sophia had to go on a business trip, and she


    went to Bera.


    After she was done with her work, Sophia decided to stay in Bera for another five days and only went


    back to Jadeborough after spending almost ten days in Bera.


    As such, she only returned the day before. The moment she returned, Samuel''s secretary contacted


    her and said that Samuel had already drafted a contract for Silk Stream that they had previously


    discussed at the golf course.


    No one would everin about earning too much, and Sophia was no exception.


    As for the issue at Jadeborough, Sophia had not been keeping up with it. Despite that, she did not


    forget about Bethany''s issue.


    Yvonne told her that Tobias had been repeatedly trying to meet her recently. Initially, she also nned


    on looking for him in person if he still didn''t get Bethany to make an apology.


    However, never had she expected that Bethany would expose her own wrongdoings and publish an


    apology on Twitter that day.


    Sophia went on Twitter, and just as Katherine said, the topic of Bethany exposing herself was trending.


    It was only twenty days after the meal that Bethany finally took action.


    Of course, Sophia knew who was behind this. However, she didn''t want to have any connections with


    Alexander.


    She would just take it that he was returning a favor that he owed.


    After she logged out of Twitter, Sophia replied to Katherine with an emoji before cing her phone in


    her bag and carrying it out of her office.


    “Ms. Yarrow.”


    As soon as she stepped out of her office, Yvonne walked over to her.


    Sophia nced at her. “What''s wrong?”


    Yvonne hesitated slightly before handing the invitation card in her hand to Sophia. “Onyx Builders will


    be having a banquet next Wednesday night. Will you be going, Ms. Yarrow?”


    “Onyx Builders?”


    Sophia raised her brow slightly. “Why would Onyx Builders suddenly hold a banquet?”


    “I heard that Mr. Swain is the one who arranged it.”


    “Horatius Swain?”


    Sophia had only met Horatius once before. Back then, she had gone to meet with Horatius'' father,


    Darrell Swain, when Horatius had entered halfway through the meal. He had greeted Darrellzily


    before taking his seat.


    As the young master of Onyx Builders, Horatius was also a prominent figure who had tricks up his


    sleeve.


    Yvonne nodded. “Mr. Swain was transferred here and would stay here for at least half a year. That''s


    why...”


    That was why he had immediately nned a banquet the moment he arrived.


    Sophia instantly understood and clicked her tongue. “Reject it. I don''t have the time.”


    Usually, she wouldn''t attend such banquets, and especially not if she was attending under the name of


    Suny, the boss behind Sunshine Group.


    Yvonne immediately understood. “All right. I understand, Ms. Yarrow.”


    “I''ll head back now.”


    “I''ll walk you out.”


    Sophia smiled. “There''s no need for that. Carry on with your work.”


    With that, she carried her bag and walked out of the building.


    When she got into her car, her phone, which was in her bag, rang.


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    Sophia thought that it would be from Katherine. But when she took out her phone, she saw that it was


    from Charlize.


    “Charlize?”


    “Ms. Yarrow, I''m not interrupting your work, am I?”


    Sophia''s lips curled into a smile. “Of course not. What''s the matter?”


    “Then that''s good. My birthday is on the twelfth, and I''m nning to have a birthday party this weekend.


    Would you like toe, Ms. Yarrow?”


    Ever since that night when she witnessed Sophia telling Alexander that he wasn''t good enough for her,


    Charlize had already viewed Sophia to be her goddess.


    Since she was her goddess, Charlize naturally hoped that Sophia would attend her birthday party.


    However, Charlize was also considered a spectator in Sophia and Alexander''s rtionship, which was


    why she had been in a dilemma for a long time before she made this call.


    Charlize asked her cautiously, and she held her breath before she got Sophia''s reply.


    Sophia pursed her lips. “This Sunday?”


    “Mm-hmm!”


    “All right. Send me the location then. I''ll be there.”


    “Really? Are you really going toe, Ms. Yarrow?”


    When Sophia heard Charlize shriek, she couldn''t help but chuckle. “What''s wrong? Do you not want


    me to go?”


    “No, no. It''s great that you cane! I''ll be sure to send you the address then. I won''t take up your


    time now. You can carry on with your work.”


    “Okay.”


    After she hung up, a smile formed on Sophia''s face.


    She was quite fond of Charlize. And now, it seemed that Charlize was also fond of her.