Chapter 460


    Sophia was someone who had to get used to sleeping on a new bed, so she found herself tossing and


    turning in Alexander''s condominium.


    Not a hint of his scent was left in the room. Instead, there was just the faint smell of room freshener.


    There was a slight whiff of wood and a touch of fruity smell, but it was still not Alexander''s scent.


    Sophia closed her eyes, but she suddenly thought of Samuel''s words about her passing out the other


    time.


    A day before the incident, Thalia had poured water on her as a prank, making her soaking wet. That


    night, she developed a low fever. When she wokete the next morning, Kristen berated her for over


    half an hour.


    It had almost been two months since Alexander returned to the Xenos residence back then.


    In the afternoon, she would deliver food to Alexander. Sophia was not a good cook, so the Xenos


    family''s chef was the one who made the food. Kristen imed to be getting Sophia to curry favor with


    Alexander, but the truth was that she could not stand watching Sophia have any free time. That was


    why Sophia had to bring food to Alexander every day at half-past eleven.


    Indeed, Sophia had the intention of buttering up to Alexander by delivering food to him when she first


    married him, but soon after, it became nothing but a chore. The man always gave her scowls, and he


    even threw the food away in front of her once.


    As usual, she had wanted to wrap up her task of delivering food to Alexander before leaving.


    Sophia knew Alexander did not like hering to thepany. She knew that long ago. At the start,


    she would deliberately talk about what she did in the Xenos residence while she was at the office and


    stick around for a longer time, but Alexander never gave her any reply. He pretended as if she was not


    there. Eventually, Sophia lost interest and stopped doing that.


    That day, Sophia was not feeling well, for she had a fever the entire night. After getting put into a tight


    spot by Odyssey''s receptionist as usual, Sophia became even less interested to talk.


    She left after putting down the lunchbox, and not long after she returned to the Xenos residence, she


    fainted.


    She still clung to bits of her consciousness after she copsed to the cold ground, so she could hear


    Thalia and Kristen''s conversation.


    "Mom, she''s passed out."


    "So what? If she dies, your brother will get to marry someone else."


    "You''re right. This woman''s shameless. She insisted on staying in our house. If that incident didn''t blow


    out of proportion, we would''ve never let her join the Xenos family!"


    What urred next in the conversation was lost to her after that.


    When Sophia returned to the waking world again, she was already in a hospital ward.


    Right as Thalia and Kristen entered the room and saw her, they rolled their eyes. "You''re finally awake.


    You''re such an unlucky woman. I can''t believe you passed out just like that. Are you trying to haunt us


    by dying in our house?"


    The gears in Sophia''s head spun slowly. "Who sent me to the hospital?"


    She knew that Kristen and Thalia were desperately hoping that she would drop dead, so there was no


    way they would be the ones who brought her to the hospital. It was a miracle that they had not kicked


    her while she was unconscious.


    However, Thalia had an angry outburst almost instantly. "Who else could have sent you here if not for


    us? Are you seriously hoping that my brother wille home to send you here? Keep dreaming,


    Sophia! Alex won''t even bat ash if you were to die in front of him!"


    Sophia believed Thalia back then, so even though she could smell cologne on her, she dismissed it.


    There was no way Alexander would have sent her to the hospital.


    Thalia''s right. Stop reaching for the stars, was what Sophia thought back then.


    Now, she realized it had not been an idea too far-fetched.


    Sophia curled her lips and turned to the other side before covering her eyes.


    Memories of the past kept emerging in her head as her eyelids fluttered open.


    I can''t sleep...


    By the time Sophia fell asleep, it was past one in the morning.


    Perhaps it was because she found out too many things of the past, her sleep was gued with


    dreams.


    The next morning when her phone rm rang, Sophia woke with a headache.


    She propped herself up and stretched out her arm to switch off the rm.


    Even though she had slept until eight, she still felt ill, for she had not been able to sleep well the night


    before.


    However, there was a morning meeting at Odyssey, so Sophia had to get out of bed.


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    Herck of sleep the night before meant that there was no joy in the smile she wore during the


    meeting.


    The directors liked making things tough for Sophia in meetings like these, but she had always treated


    them as if they were monkeys performing in a circus and ignored them.


    No matter what they said, she would smile and wait until they were done before asking, "Mr. Ladd, are


    you done?"


    Alistair would find himself dispirited by her nonchnt attitude. He had attacked her to the best of his


    ability, but in the end, his attacks hadnded nowhere.


    They did not know whether or not Sophia was annoyed by it, but they certainly were.


    That day, Sophia was in a foul mood, and anyone who had a brain could tell.


    However, Alistair and the others enjoyed making things tough for her, so they were even more


    motivated when they realized that she was in a bad mood.


    Sure enough, Alistair was quick to act.


    Felix''s team was the one who made the proposal, and even though it was not perfect, it was rather well


    done.


    Yet, Alistair kept picking a bone with it. Once the man was done with his bombardment of questions,


    Sophia shed him a half-hearted smile and said, "Interesting points you''ve made, Mr. Ladd. In that


    case, why don''t I hand this project over to you to handle it?"


    Before waiting for a reply from Alistair, she turned to Felix and said, "That''s it for today''s meeting.


    Everyone''s dismissed."


    Alistair froze.


    Why am I in charge of the project now? If I mess this up, I''ll lose my managerial role! I''ll be giving


    Sophia a chance to kick me down the pyramid!


    With that thought in mind, Alistair promptly said, "Ms. Yarrow, I think that—"


    Sophia was in the middle of standing up when she heard Alistair''s voice, and she cut him off, saying,


    "Oh, by the way, Mr. Ladd, a reminder for you. I want this project proposal the day after next. Instead of


    spending time telling me about your thoughts here, why don''t you take the time to think about how you


    should write the proposal?"


    At that, Sophia paused. "Also, this is an important project—it''s one of the projects that thepany is


    focusing on for the first half of the year. Mr. Ladd, if you can''t seed in this project, then I''m sure you,


    an employee of Odyssey for over twenty years, will know what to do next."


    If Alistair knew shame, he would then leave thepany on his own ord. Of course, if he was


    shameless, Sophia would still have a way to get rid of him.


    Alistair, understandably, panicked when he heard her words. He had essentially shot himself in the foot.


    Even non-Odyssey employees knew how important the project was, let alone those who worked for


    Odyssey. As one of the older executives and shareholders of Odyssey, Alistair certainly knew how


    crucial the project was.


    If the project flopped, not only would Sophiae after him, but the other shareholders would as well.


    He had basically dug his own grave.


    How was Alistair going to ept that? But s, Sophia turned and left.


    Alistair paled as he stared at the woman''s back, then he instinctively turned Percy. "Mr. Zaat, what do


    we do?"


    Percy shot him a look of disdain. "What are you so scared of? If she can do it, why can''t you? Are you


    telling me that you, an employee who has been in Odyssey for over twenty years, aren''t as good as an


    outsider like her?"


    Ultimately, Percy would not feel the fear because it was not happening to him. However, Alistair was in


    despair.


    Ever since he heard about Alexander''s ident, he began siding with Percy, hoping that he would be


    able to be the vice president eventually when thetter rose the ranks.


    Unfortunately, he had be a stepping stone before Percy was promoted. How could Alistair not feel


    disheartened about that?


    For once, Felix was unable to read Sophia''s mind. When they were back in the office, he asked, "Ms.


    Yarrow, are we really going to leave the project in his hands?"


    Traces of Sophia''s anger seeped away, and she lifted her head to look at Felix. "What do you think?"


    Felix immediately understood what Sophia was trying to do, and he nodded fervently. "I got it, Ms.


    Yarrow."


    ncing at the woman, he mused about the consequences of Alistair messing up the project and how


    intelligent Sophia was to make a move like that.


    It seemed like an angry Sophia was not someone who could be trifled with.