Being Pursued By Ex-husband

When Samuel called Alexander, the latter was having a meeting.

Once he saw who the caller was, Alexander rejected the call without hesitation. Even though he's already in his thirties, Samuel is still as childish as before. He will call me even for the most trivial matter.

However, Samuel was persistent as he continued to call again and again. He would not stop calling until Alexander answered his call.

Consequently, Alexander's countenance fell. He then swept a cold glance at Felix. The latter felt shivers running down his spine and thought something had gone wrong with the new proposal. At once, he asked cautiously, “I-Is there a problem, Mr. Xenos?”

Alexander picked up his phone and uttered, “Stop the meeting for a moment. I have to answer a call.”

Hearing that, Felix heaved a sigh of relief and gestured to the others to put the meeting on pause.

The enormous conference room fell into silence instantly. In the meantime, Alexander walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window with the phone in his hand. “Do you not want that sports car?”

A few days ago, a limited edition sports car in Alexander's garage caught Samuel's eyes. As a result, he kept coming over to Alexander's company after working hours to pester Alexander like an unwanted piece of gum.

Annoyed by his incessant irking, Alexander promised to ask someone to transfer the car to him. It was only then that Samuel stopped doing his shameless actions.

At the moment, Alexander was suppressing his anger. He had prepared to say he would retrieve the car as soon as Samuel opened his mouth before hanging up the phone. I have to let him witness my fury.

Yet, Alexander did not merely boil with rage upon hearing Samuel's words.

“What? Repeat what you just said.”

“I'm at the sales center of Eden Residences! Sophia is purchasing a house with her boyfriend!”

Alexander thought he had misheard Samuel at first but confirmed what he heard was right that second time.

In a flash, his body froze, and his expressionless face was getting colder. “When did she have a boyfriend?”

He tried his best to remain clear-headed, but he had almost crushed his newly-bought phone barehanded, proving his effort was not too successful.

“It's that guy! Joshua Lewis from Technology Innovations!”

At the same time, Samuel, who was providing Alexander with information, turned sideways instinctively and had his back facing Joshua and Sophia when he saw them walking out.

Sophia glanced at Samuel indifferently and was unbothered. She then averted her gaze and looked toward Joshua. “What's next? Buying a ring?”

Admittedly, she thought her presence was needless on that day. Joshua already has ideas in his mind, but he still wants me to come along. He's showing off his affection for his partner before me straightforwardly! Argh. I should've picked my friends carefully.

Joshua kept the housing contract and nodded in response to Sophia's question. “Yup.”

As soon as he heard those utterances, Samuel became stunned. He told Alexander, “T-They're going to purchase a ring now. Alex, I'm warning you. If you play cool again, prepare to immerse yourself in alcohol while embracing me and weeping.”

“Help me follow them and see where they're going!” Alexander's face had further darkened at that point.

“How about you?”

Before Samuel received an answer, the call had already disconnected.

Samuel glanced down at his phone and had a thought. People can't be too scummy indeed!

Meanwhile, concerning Sophia's relationship with Joshua and Katherine, they had known each other since childhood. Back then, Joshua was quite taciturn and always had a cold appearance. Conversely, Katherine had an entirely different personality. Hence, Sophia had never imagined they would end up being together.

During the early stages of that relationship, Sophia put a damper on Katherine's spirits by reminding her that Joshua was not a suitable boyfriend candidate due to his personality and that they would not even have had a friendship if not for her efforts.

Since Joshua was too frigid and greatly influenced by his parents, Sophia was worried he would commit domestic violence at one point.

Much to her surprise, Katherine was still in good shape after all those years. Joshua's conduct toward Katherine was also antithetically different from how he treated others.

On top of that, Joshua had prepared everything for their imminent marriage.

He told Sophia to choose the style of the ring with him, but in the end, the chosen ring was also specially designed according to Katherine's ring size and preference.

Sophia only needed a single glance to tell that the ring was custom-made by Joshua for Katherine. She flashed a half-smile at Joshua and questioned, “Did you bring me out today to trigger me intentionally?”

“Nope.” Joshua tilted his head and looked at Sophia before proceeding, “Kath doesn't have any family members left, but she has always treated you like her younger sister. I know what your concern is. I brought you along today to tell you that you don't have to worry, because I have her here in my heart. If I mistreat her someday, feel free to take her away from me.”

Those words startled Sophia for a moment. She then chuckled while staring at him. “Despite saying that many magniloquent words, your true purpose is displaying your love for Katherine before me.”

Upon hearing that sentence, Joshua also giggled. Shortly afterward, he received the packaged ring from the salesperson and asked Sophia, “Lunch together?”

In response, Sophia shook her head while smiling. “If we have a meal together, I'm afraid this surprise will lose its effect in all likelihood.”

Even though the paparazzi marking her had decreased during that period, someone might still be out there observing her.

The current Joshua was different compared to before. In addition to that, they had not only gone to the sales center but also picked rings. If they ate together, others might label Sophia as Joshua's girlfriend anew.

“Let me send you home, then.”

“It's okay. I want to stroll around for a while.”

Without making any further comment, Joshua nodded and left.

Following his departure from the shop, Sophia turned around and looked at the salesperson. “Are there rings for singles?”