Being Pursued By Ex-husband

Sophia smiled faintly. “Didn't Mr. Xenos tell you, Mr. White? I wanted to meet your daughter because I have some personal matters to settle with her. But when I tried to arrange an appointment with your daughter, I couldn't because her schedule was too full. I could only ask Mr. Xenos to help me arrange a meeting with you.”

Tobias had always thought Sophia was not as good as his daughter, Bethany. Hence, when Sophia said that, he thought that Sophia was upset with the matter between Bethany and Alexander.

Laughing sarcastically, Tobias said, “Ms. Yarrow, if I'm not mistaken, you have already divorced Alex. So it's not your business whoever Alex dates! As Bethany's father, I've never interfered in my daughter's social life! You're only Alex's ex-wife. Who are you to meddle in their relationship?”

Instantly, Alexander's face darkened. “She has the right.”

Looking at Tobias coldly, Alexander paused before continuing, “Moreover, to be clear, I am not in a relationship with Ms. White. The reason I invited you here was to deal with the matter of what Bethany did to Sophia.”

Sophia was ready with her case as she showed the set of photos prepared by Yvonne to Tobias the moment Alexander finished speaking. “Mr. White, I'm afraid you've misunderstood me. I know I don't have the right to meddle in Alexander's affairs now that I have divorced him. But the reason for my meeting with you today was only to deal with the issue that your daughter has with me. I believe that I have not offended your daughter in any way, but I don't understand why she would go to great lengths to make the life of someone as insignificant as me difficult. I have not met Old Mrs. Sharp and Mr. Sharp for a long time due to an old grievance that is better left unsaid. The problem is that your daughter has instigated them to look for me and make things hard for me. Unfortunately, I won't let this slide, Mr. White, so I'll have to apologize in advance.”

While Sophia was talking, the corners of her lovely eyes upturned as she smiled. “I'll have to tell you one thing. What I hate the most is people who make things difficult for me.”

At first, Tobias was clueless about what Sophia was on about, but as he listened, he realized what it was in the end.

It was the recent incident between Sophia and her maternal grandmother and uncle that had spread like wildfire. Although Tobias didn't explicitly pay attention to the news, Sophia was ultimately Alexander's ex-wife. Hence, it was a given that everyone was gossiping about the incident in their social circles.

Even Tobias' wife had also blabbered something about Sophia being a vicious and cold-hearted woman last night. She said that it served Sophia right when Alexander divorced her. When Sophia was married into the Xenos family for three years, she didn't produce any heirs. Hence, Alexander must have seen her true colors when he divorced her. Tobias' wife also speculated that perhaps the incident where Sophia saved Kristen was a ploy to get Sophia herself married into a wealthy family.

Tobias had laughed it off as a rumor. After all, it sounded like one to him.

However, he had never thought that this rumor that he deemed of no concern to him was actually closely linked to him.

Sophia was thorough in her preparations. She knew who Bethany had ordered to contact the Sharp family, how much money Bethany had given them, their bank transactions, and the photos of them completing the deal. Sophia showed all of this to Tobias.

Hence, even if Tobias wanted to deny it, he couldn't because there was evidence against him.

As he looked at the photos and the bank transfers, Tobias, who initially looked angry because he thought he was deceived, started to stiffen and become pale. He opened and closed his mouth, but no words came out of it.

Although the atmosphere was extremely awkward, Sophia did not feel uncomfortable at all.

She even had the time to appreciate Tobias' rapid changes in expression before saying, “Mr. White, I believe I need an explanation for this matter.”

If Alexander weren't at the meeting today, perhaps Tobias' answer would be vastly different. He would say to Sophia in her face with something such as, “I don't need to explain to you. If you need one, I'll just say I'll do as I like! I want you to suffer because you are getting on my nerves!” However, Tobias had to refrain from doing that because Alexander was next to Sophia.

In addition, this lunch meeting was arranged by Alexander. Hence, Alexander's stance on this matter was obvious—he was on Sophia's side.

Looking at Sophia, Tobias took quite some time before trying hard to spit out what he wanted to say. “Ms. Yarrow, I need some time to verify your allegations. If it's true, then I'll have Bethany apologize to you!”

Sophia then leisurely picked up the coffee cup from its saucer and took a sip before answering, “Oh, an apology? But as of now, the incident has gotten way out of hand. Even I find it hard to put it under wraps. I don't think it's enough if your daughter apologizes to me privately. After all, I can't really forgive her if she apologizes to me in private.”

“Then what do you want?”

Noticing Alexander's attention on him, Tobias lowered his voice.

Sophia smiled. “One has to atone for their wrongdoings. My request isn't that outrageous. Now, with the matter getting out of control, the public opinion of me has gone to an all-time low. And I'll have you know, Ms. White played quite a big part in getting me there. When I saw that a lot of the netizens were led by Ms. White around the nose, I emphasized and felt bad for their plight. I want only one thing. She has to apologize publicly, and I promise I will not pursue this matter after this.”

“Are you trying to destroy her future?” queried Tobias.

Since Bethany was a celebrity, if people knew Bethany had done something immoral from an announcement, she could say goodbye to her future.

“Surely you're not joking, Mr. White? I did not hold Ms. White at gunpoint for her to do those things behind my back. Mr. White, I believe you should improve on your listening comprehension skills. As they say, you reap what you sow, so I believe this is what Ms. White is facing right now.”

“How dare—”

“She's right,” Alexander, who had been silent, piped up.

Tobias' expression changed. “Alex, can you bear to see Bethany's future destroyed like this? She's your childhood friend!”

Alexander looked at the man and scoffed, “She had it coming for her.”

In reality, the one Tobias feared was not Sophia, but Alexander.

After all, Tobias couldn't afford to offend the Xenoses, the Johnsons, the Schilds, and the Quails from Jadeborough.

Expedite was currently not in good shape to begin with. If Prosperity Enterprise refused to invest in his company, then the White family might be removed from the wealthy social circle.

Everyone knew that Alexander Xenos, the current head of the Xenoses, was friends with Charles Johnson. Therefore, with a word from the former, the latter would most certainly comply. In the end, Expedite would not be able to depend on Prosperity Enterprise as a backup plan.

Moreover, at this time, Prosperity Enterprise did not want to invest in Expedite.