Chapter 6 I Won''t Do What You Want!


    The coffee had been scalding hot. Sophia Lo nursed her red and swollen wrist, and grit her teeth.


    She had been wearing a white shirt, and now, it was soaked to the skin with coffee. In a word, she


    looked and felt a mess.


    Her face grew even paler, but she ignored Jamie and apologized, "I''m sorry to interrupt. Please


    continue with the meeting. I''ll clean up now."


    "Miss Lo, you can''t even do a trivial thing like serving coffee well. How can you be a CEO''s secretary?"


    Said Colin primly.


    Tears welled up in Sophia''s eyes. She raised her head and blinked back the tears.


    Sophia Lo! Be strong, don''t cry! "I''m sorry Mr. Li, I''ll clean it up now. I''m so sorry!"


    As Sophia walked away, Colin frowned.


    In the bathroom, Sophia put her wrist under cold water. In that moment, she lowered her head and


    allowed her tears to fall into the sink.


    A minuteter, she brushed away her tears with the back of her hand. Determined not to show any


    weakness, she put on a professional appearance and went into the cleaning room.


    Despite the painful burn on her wrist, she cleaned the mess at the door of the meeting room.


    After she was done, Sophia went to the infirmary on the third floor and sought treatment for her wrist


    injury. The woman doctor told her, "Here, we can only give you basic first-aid. You still have to go to the


    hospitalter. If you start feeling feverish, you will need to go to the hospital."


    Sophia nodded, "I see. Thank you."


    After leaving the infirmary, Sophia went to the supervisor of the secretarial department to ask for leave.


    ording topany policy, she should ask the manager of the secretarial department when she


    needed time away from work. But the manager was in a conference upstairs, so she asked the


    supervisor instead.


    Hearing that she was going to the hospital and seeing her apparent wrist injury, the supervisor quickly


    agreed.


    Sophia felt very unwell. Without changing clothes, she took her handbag and hurried to the hospital.


    Sophia was apprehensive. She was not familiar with Country Z.


    She had never been to Z Country before. And ever since her arrival, she had been working at SL


    group. Sometimes, she even worked nights.


    She had no time to go shopping at all. Sophia stopped a taxi and told the driver, "Sir, the nearest


    hospital, please."


    Sitting in the car, she closed her eyes and tried not to focus on the pain.


    Two minutester, her phone rang. Colin was calling.


    Sophia didn''t want to see his name, let alone see him in person!


    But when she thought of Wendy, she let out a sigh and answered the phone call, "Mr. Li."


    "Bring me the established contract of our agreement with Lien''s Group."


    "I''m not in office right now. Would you please ask others to help you with it? It''s in the first drawer of my


    desk." Sophia''s voice was low since she felt exhausted.


    "Not at thepany? Sophia Lo, it''s working hours now. Where are you?" Colin asked in disbelief.


    Sophia rubbed her throbbing temples and was just about to answer Colin when the taxi stopped. The


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    driver reminded her, "Miss, we''ve reached the hospital."


    Sophia opened her wallet and paid him.


    After getting out of the car, Sophia put her mobile phone back to her ear and exined helplessly, "Mr.


    Li, I have asked the supervisor of the secretarial department for the rest of the day off."


    Colin didn''t speak. He just hung up.


    Sophia shook her head. She found Colin''s behavior to be rather rude.


    She went in and registered. While waiting for the doctor, she checked her bank bnce.


    One digit, two digits, three digits, four digits, five digits. Ten thousand two hundred and seventy six


    dors and eighty.


    Sophia looked at the bnce. This was the money her mother had saved for her. It was supposed to


    be fifty thousand. Before the ident, she had bought an expensive shirt for Payne Tai. It had cost her


    thirty thousand.


    She had never worn such expensive clothes!


    At the thought of the shirt, Sophia closed her eyes.


    In the end, Payne had shredded the shirt with a knife, stamped on it, and then proceeded to throw the


    remains into the trash-bin in front of Dorothy.


    A tear slid down the corner of her eye. Sophia hurriedly wiped the tear away.


    To Sophia, it seemed like she was more sentimental than usual. She cried so easily. Perhaps it was


    because she was sick.


    "Sophia Lo, you''re next!" a nurse said.


    Ten minutester, Sophia sat in the emergency room. One nurse was caring for her burns, while


    another was starting an intravenous drip.


    When they left, Sophia closed her eyes and allowed sleep to take over.


    Sensing movement, she opened her eyes.


    It was Colin.


    "What now? Mr. Li had toe along in person to see if I was lying?" She knew he was not a generous


    person and was still angry about what happened in the meeting room.


    Hearing her bitter words, Colin frowned slightly and turned away without saying anything.


    Sophia held her breath at theck of his response. Sure enough, he hade to see if she had been


    lying to him.


    This man was unbelievable!


    With a mocking smile, Sophia closed her eyes again.


    Five minutester, Sophia heard footsteps at the side of her bed. Before she could open her eyes, she


    felt herself being lifted into someone''s arms. As soon as she saw who hade to her bedside,


    Sophia''s eyes widened with surprise.


    It was Colin! And he was holding her in his arms.


    "What are you doing?"


    Her slightly red and swollen eyes were wide with fright, and her round face made her look cute.


    A nearby nurse picked up her IV bottle. She followed Colin and Sophia out of the room.


    Colin didn''t say anything. Sophia continued to taunt him, "So after seeing me in the hospital, you are


    taking me back to work?"


    "Colin Li, I need to know what you are thinking! I''ll tell you what. Unless mother says so, I won''t do what


    you want!" He couldn''t wait to divorce her, and it seemed like the feeling was mutual.


    For two people who didn''t like each other, it was really a kind of invisible torture for them to be bound


    together.


    "Put me down, Colin. I can go back to work after finishing this IV bottle." Before she could finish,


    Sophia was silenced by what she saw.


    She was in an empty room.


    Colin put her down on the hospital bed, and the nurse locked the IV bottle onto the stand.


    So he had left toplete her admission procedures?


    Somewhat embarrassed, she covered her face with the thin quilt he had put over her. When the nurse


    left, she whispered, "Thank you, Mr. Li."


    "Don''t tter yourself. If you can''t be home on time, mother will ask questions. And I''m tired of


    answering her questions."


    "......" The mixed feelings Sophia had felt, left along with her gratitude.


    Sophia did not speak again, and she found herself too sleepy to keep her eyes open. The room was


    quiet, and she soon fell asleep.


    From the bed came the sound of Sophia''s rhythmic breathing, and Colin, with his hands in his pockets,


    walked from the window to the front of the bed.


    Sophia''s eyes were closed, her round face was slightly pale from the difort she was feeling, and


    her lips were parted slightly.