Chapter 180 I Will Run Away With Sophia


    "Yes!" Ambrose answered dauntlessly.


    Colin found himself utterly speechless. He paused for a while and then tried to put his idea across the


    table. "Okay. There are two options for you. First, you can make her your girlfriend. And that will be


    easy for everybody. Then the second thing is I can make her... your mother."


    ... Pondering about what is happening and what will happen, they both stayed silent for a while.


    Finally, Ambrose broke the silence and shouted as loud as he could, "Grandma! Your son ising


    after my girlfriend!"


    Colin hissed at him, "Shut up! You''re ruining everything!"


    Ambrose knew everybody was already asleep. Yet, it didn''t stop him to say it loud. He did that on


    purpose.


    Ambrose grabbed Colin''s arm and turned serious. "Colin, I am telling you. Sophia Lo would be mine


    sooner orter. You know I could do that and I''ll make sure I will. So stay away from her!"


    The son sternly warned his father. But the father had other ns in mind. Suddenly, Colin got hold of


    Ambrose,id him down on his legs and spanked his bottom three times...


    Pak! Pak! Pak!


    "Nooooo! Waaaa!" Ambrose seemed to burst into tears and spitefully blurted out, "Colin... you are my


    enemy now! You stay away from me too! Huhuhu..." Ambrose felt very sad and blue. Never in his life


    had he imagined that his beloved Daddy would want to grab from him the woman he loved.


    Colin put Ambrose down on the bed and said, "So, do you really want to have a fight with me over a


    woman? You know, it will end badly for you, Ambrose."


    Ambrose pretended to be weeping as he tried to wipe the tears that hadn''t evene down. He


    nodded heavily and said, "Yes! I think you should give up, or I will fight you through the bitter end. You


    are 34 years old already! You are an old man now! How can youpete for a girl with a young man


    like me? Aren''t you too old for chasing girls? Young men always triumph over old men in this sort of


    thing.


    ... Why were they both falling in love with that woman? What did he see in Sophia that prompted


    Ambrose to fight against his father rather than giving up?


    Colin tucked Ambrose into the bed again and said, "Just go to sleep!"


    "No. I don''t want to! "If you don''t give up, I will run away with Sophia! And you will never see me again!"


    Ambrose tried to threaten his father. Ambrose was thinking about running away with Sophia. If only he


    could be with Sophia, he would not fear anything at all. He was not afraid of what Colin would do to him


    because he knew that he can survive any challenges.


    Colin yfully pointed at Ambrose''s nose, fixed his eyes on his and said, "Go to sleep now, or I won''t


    let you see Sophia again. You''re in way over your head."


    ''Fine, but this is not over.'' Ambrose bravely said to himself. Then he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.


    For now, they will call a truce. But both of them knew that this truce was just temporary.


    Colin was fretting endlessly over Sophia and Ambrose. When he got back to his room, he threw his


    phone on the bed and untied his tie rather hastily.


    "Now that you have decided to marry another woman, I would distance myself from you. You give me


    no other choice..." Colin could still clearly remember what Sophia said to him. Why did these words


    bother him so much? In reality, he should not care about this anymore.


    They were already divorced. He could marry whoever he wanted to be with. It was none of her


    business to poke about what he would do from that point on. ''Distance myself... so she had decided to


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    give up on me? She would just quit that easily?'' Colin said to himself, sneering while thinking of


    Sophia''s lovely face.


    Maybe he was just overthinking everything. The present issues in his life have caused him so much


    anxieties. Maybe Sophia did not even like him.


    ...


    In the CEO Office of the Pei Group


    Jonas and Hugh were ring at each other. Neither of them will back down. Jonas pounded on the


    table angrily, and shouted, "Aren''t you my own damn son? What are you thinking by bringing Sophia to


    ourpany? You, of all people, know that she is an enemy! Do you actually believe that she would


    appreciate you giving her the opportunity to work here? You''re absolutely wrong! She is not that simple-


    minded! How could we ever trust that woman again?! Now, she has suddenly be our chief


    designer. It only took her two months to get that position. Don''t you see what she is doing? Don''t you


    see why she wanted to work for us? She works hard just for the position. Just for the sake of being


    promoted! She doesn''t really want to help us!"


    Hugh just sneered at Jonas but stayed quiet for a while. Even if Sophia was here for another purpose,


    Hugh would not care about it. He believed that the Pei Family owed her a lot, and they just refused to


    admit that fact. Finally Hugh replied in a cold manner, "So? No one in ourpany works harder than


    her! She has earned her ce in ourpany."


    No one could deny Sophia''s effort. She always was thest one to leave the office. She gave her


    everything for thepany. All of her designs were perfect because she would not allow any ws to


    ruin the group''s image. She would even cancel her personal ns if she needed to work beyond the


    office hours.


    Jonas became very angry at what Hugh just said. He furiously pointed his index finger at him and


    eximed, "Sooner orter, you will make a drastic mistake and thepany will copse because of


    you. And before that happens, I will destroy Sophia first!"


    Three years ago, Jonas exerted great efforts to destroy the rtionship between Sophia and Colin. He


    simply could not run the risk of Sophia getting a fresh start.


    Hugh looked at Jonas without any expressions on his face. He was already getting tired of this. It was


    just going back and forth, back and forth. "Jonas, if you dare do this, I will leave thepany. Even the


    family."


    Sophia had studied abroad and worked for Eason as his apprentice for 3 years. On paper, it sounded


    like a wonderful job, but actually it was not. Sophia would always spend time alone in the studio to do


    some reading and researching. She sometimes lost herself in the work and often forgot to eat and


    sleep. For what? She wanted to be the best in what she did.


    Back then, she had no experience. In order to find the inspiration in designing, she spent lots of time


    doing marketing research, even on the hot days of summer. Every night, she stayed upte to analyze


    how people won awards from previouspetitions. It inspired her to carve her own path to sess.


    That was all he knew. She studied harder than what people thought of her.


    She worked with all her strength to get here. So, he would not allow anyone to destroy her, even his


    own father.


    Jonas was infuriated and could hardly breathe. Why does he have such an ungrateful child? Then


    Jonas hushed his voice and continued, "Do you think that Sophia would appreciate what you''ve done


    for her? All she is thinking about is Colin. Don''t you know that yet? Why do you still keep on helping


    her? No man other than Colin would have a ce in her heart!"


    There was an obvious sadness in Hugh''s eyes. "I don''t care. I just want her to be happy and to get


    what she really deserves. That''s all."


    Dong!! Jonas hurled the ashtray against the wall and roared, "Get out!"


    Hugh walked out of the office with sullen eyes.


    The secretaries outside the office were frightened as they lowered their heads and stayed silent. They


    didn''t dare look up and just kept doing their own business. They had seen Hugh and Jonas fight


    against each other several times already, but Jonas never lost his temper except today. Something


    must have gone terribly bad.


    After a while, Sophia was made aware that something was wrong. She could sense that her colleagues


    had been hostile to her and she was set up by someone...


    Today.


    Jonas called all the designers together in one ce and said, "Ourpany won''t tolerate thieves.


    Even if that thief is good at her job, she can''t stay! Be warned!"


    There was dead silence in the meeting room. Then someone figured out who Jonas was talking about


    and everyone started to murmur. They kept looking and sneering at Sophia. Sophia was not angry at


    what Jonas said. At least that was how she portrayed herself in front of everybody. She smiled at him


    instead, and said, "Jonas, you must have some evidence showing that I''m stealing others'' design,


    right? Show it then."


    "Of course!" Jonas retorted quickly. He had thought about it thoroughly.


    Now the whole thing had been reported by the media, and everyone has been paying so much


    attention on this issue. Three years after Sophia''s divorce, she was once again under the limelight.


    She was Eason''s disciple. It would reflect badly on Eason''s reputation.


    In just a short span of time, her stature was diminishedpletely. Many people left their bitter remarks


    in her Weibo. Someone even said that he was d Colin had given up on her and that she was a


    giarist.


    "Okay then! Bring out your evidences. Let us see them." said Sophia. Sophia looked straight into


    Jonas'' eyes, just like Jonas would fix his eyes on her.


    Jonas withdrew his gaze and ordered the secretary to put the giarized designs on the screen.


    There were 12 fashion designs presented on the screen. These were the alleged designs that Sophia


    was used of stealing.


    "Yuki, could you tell me when you finished these designs?" Sophia demanded to know. She looked at


    the woman standing in the corner, who seemed livid.


    Yuki stood up straight and responded quickly, "I finished them in two days."


    Sophia nced at her boss'' fierce gaze, and realized that Yuki was just following his order.


    However, herputer was hacked by someone half an hour ago, and she lost all her files. So she


    could not use them to prove herself. She was at a dilemma. Luckily, she still knew how she could show


    them the truth.


    "Jonas, please wait for a moment. I need to make a phone call." Then Sophia called someone despite


    hearing Jonas''s loud protest from behind her.