“Oh? Just what are you going to do exactly?” asked Corinne curiously.
“Why don’t you take a guess?” retorted Sophia provocatively.
Corinne sipped her milk absent-mindedly. “Well, I don’t want to. Just do whatever you want. You don’t have to call
me to tell me.”
Not getting the reaction she wanted from Corinne, Sophia felt like she was punching the air.
“Corinne Carew! Don’t you know my father is the infamous Ad—”
Corinne hung up before Sophia could even finish her sentence.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSophia’s face darkened when she heard the disconnected dial tone. She then angrily threw her phone down onto
the floor. No
one ever treated her so rudely before.
Her attendant picked up her phone, wiped it clean, and passed it back to her.
“Miss Sophia, please don’t get so angry. Your father is going to punish us again for not taking good care of you
when he sees
you this unhappy.”
Sophia gritted her teeth and took her phone back. She then tapped into the chat box she shared with Jeremy to
check whether
he replied to her. She had sent a long message to Jeremy, professing all of the feelings she held for him over the
years. There
was no response at all.
‘That ruthless b*stard! How can he not reply to me after I spill my heart out to him?’ thought Sophia angrily.
...
An hour later, Sophia arrived back home—Adam Manor.
A middle-aged man was fishing in the pond inside the manor’s compound.
A servant ran up to him and reported, “Mister Adam, Miss Sophia is back!”
Hearing this, Adam quickly handed his fishing rod to his attendant and rushed over to welcome his daughter back
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmhome.
Sophia did not look happy at all. She quickly got out of her car while her attendant chased after her with her
luggage in tow.
Adam frowned with worry when he saw how unhappy Sophia looked. “What’s wrong, sweetheart? Why do you look
so unhappy? Did someone hurt you? Who is it? Tell me, and I’ll teach him a lesson!” Adam was dressed in casual
wear. He was over 50 years old but looked to be 40 only since he made sure to take care of himself well. Sophia
threw herself into her father’s arms and started crying. “Dad... Jeremy doesn’t want me anymore! He wants to cut
ties with me because of some country bumpkin girl...” Adam had never seen his daughter cry like this before, so he
was understandably sad and angry. “Silly girl! Didn’t I tell you that