Chapter 6
“What are you ladies gossiping about now?” A familiar hand encircled Sophia’s waist as Ethan’s voice sounded in her ear.
Their friends exchanged knowing smiles. “Look at that–he can’t bear to be away from you for even a moment!”
Ethan smiled, about to speak when the banquet hall doors suddenly flew open.
A figure spotted Ethan and rushed toward him like a hurricane.
Ethan’s body was tightly embraced by her.
“Ethan, I thought I’d never see you again!” the woman cried.
Ethan stood frozen, but when he saw that Veronica was barefoot, her face showing signs of injury, the smile in his eyes vanished completely as his arms instinctively tightened around her.
“Who is that?”
“I don’t know. What’s her relationship with Ethan?”
Whispers suddenly filled the air.
Ethan’s eyes immediately darted to Sophia.
The moment Veronica appeared, Sophia’s fingers had curled into tight fists.
Today was her birthday. She had only wanted to see her friends one last time before leaving for good.
Yet even this moment had to be ruined by Veronica.
All her dignity crumbled in an instant.
Ethan watched as Sophia swayed slightly, his eyes flashing with urgency. But before he could say anything, Veronica buried her tear–streaked face against his chest.
Ethan’s gaze swept over the red marks on Veronica’s neck and the scattered red spots, instantly inflaming his anger as he demanded:
“Who did this?”
Hearing his question, Veronica trembled and looked up at him, answering in a voice only the three of them could hear, “It’s… it’s my uncle! He said you were just playing with me, and he wanted to-”
“He’s dead!” Ethan snarled.
Ethan quickly removed his jacket to cover Veronica’s body, then picked her up.
Sophia instinctively grabbed the arm of the enraged Ethan.
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Just Sydde was about to speak, Fabar’s piercing eyes silenced her,
“ople, 1‘ make up your birthday celebration later. You’re a woman too–can’t you empathize?”
sophie’s words couple in her throat. After a moment, she laughed bitterly, “So this is how you see me?”
Erber’s face tepeed, and Veronica clutched his shirt tightly,
He suediately hardened jus tone,
then puded peut Sophie and strode out of the banquet hall.
be they left, the room erupted with gossip,
“Sex that? All that ‘love‘ was just for show!”
What good is pretending to be loving? Beauty fades, and fresh young buds arrive one after another, Can Sophia cut them all
Their words fell on Sophie’s ears like boiling water.
She mechanically maintained her smile as she saw off one group of guests after another.
Under her friends‘ concerned gazes, she preserved her last shred of dignity. This slap that Ethan had delivered to her face–she would cover and conceal it herself.
When the crowds dispersed, leaving only the fragrance of flowers.
She collapsed to the floor like a kite with cut strings, crumbling after being caught in a violent storm. All her grievances erupted at this moment as she lay on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
The man who had promised to protect her for life had deceived her entire existence!
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Chapter 7
When Ethan returned, he carried a gift and Sophia’s favorite cake.
He apologetically opened the cake box for Sophia, only to discover that someone had already taken a portion.
Looking embarrassed, he explained to Sophia, “Veronica hadn’t eaten breakfast and said she wanted some cake. I gave her a little piece. You don’t mind, do you?”
Sophia’s heart was too numb to feel the pain anymore.
Ethan knew she had a cleanliness obsession, yet he still gave cake meant for her to Veronica.
She laughed mockingly and looked at Ethan with cold, emotionless eyes. “What if I said I did mind?”
Sophia picked up the cake box and the gift then threw them directly into the trash.
Thirty minutes earlier, she had received a video from Veronica.
In the video, Veronica thoughtfully took out a pearl necklace that Ethan had once bought for Sophia at an auction, suggesting Ethan give it to her instead.
And Ethan had actually listened and brought the necklace home to humiliate her!
Seeing Sophia’s rejection, Ethan’s face darkened immediately, and his tone chilled.
“Veronica has had a difficult life. I see myself in her–nothing more. I just want to help her. How could a spoiled princess like you possibly understand what it’s like to depend on others for survival?”
The bedroom door slammed shut as Ethan went inside. Sophia stared at his retreating figure, letting out a small laugh, though her eyes filled with desolation.
So in Ethan’s heart, she was just a spoiled princess.
He had forgotten how this “princess” had rolled up her sleeves to fight the boys who bullied him, had written his detention essays over and over, had stood up to defend him when his mother questioned and scolded him, and had resolutely protected him against the tyranny of the Fuller family!
Ethan initiated the cold war, but this time, she had no desire to reconcile.
Veronica’s text messages quickly arrived:
“How did you like the gift, Mrs. Fuller?”
Sophia’s gaze fell on the cake box in the trash, her eyes showing no emotion.
Trash belongs in the trash can.
Mrs. Fuller–since you like the title so much, I’ll give it to you.
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