Sophia bumped into Lukas when she came out of the lounge. There were plenty of notable guests that night, and Lukas only came up when he finally found some free time.

When he saw Sophia standing in the corridor, he guessed that Alexander had to be chatting with Perrin privately in the lounge.

Lukas still did not like Alexander because of Sophia's disastrous three-year marriage. As her older cousin, Lukas did not wish to see Sophia returning to a time like that.

If Sophia was not his baby cousin, Lukas would have admired Alexander.

Alas, that was not possible. Being a family meant they would be unreasonably biased toward their own.

When Lukas saw Sophia standing before the railing, he walked over to her and asked, “Alexander's inside?”

“Lukas,” Sophia greeted, surprised to see him. She then nodded. “Mhm. He said he wanted to have a private talk with Granddad.”

Lukas glanced at the tightly shut door. “Aren't you afraid that it'll go wrong?”

A laugh escaped Sophia. “I don't think Alexander will push his luck that much.”

Lukas turned back to her and stared at her for a while. “You trust him quite a bit.”

Sophia could hear the disgruntled tone in Lukas' words, and she stiffened. “Lukas, can I ask you a question?”

“What is it?”

“If I weren't married to Alexander for those three years, or if I didn't get a divorce from Alexander, would you still dislike him this much?”

It was a straightforward question to say the least.

Lukas knew that Sophia was smart, but he was still surprised with how Sophia managed to keep a clear head despite being in the middle of the matter.

“I won't deny that he's an outstanding man, but an outstanding man does not equate to an outstanding significant other.”

Sophia nodded in contemplation. Then, an even more straightforward question came out of her. “So, Lukas, will you be an outstanding significant other?”

Lukas, who was trying to convince his cousin to give up on Alexander, turned speechless at that.

Sophia cocked her head and watched him for a while. “Lukas, no one's perfect.”

A rare smile went past Lukas' lips. “There's no use in you trying to convince me on that. I've never been the largest obstacle between the two of you.”

Sophia chuckled. “I know.”

She just wished that her family would be able to accept Alexander.

Right as the two of them were chatting away, someone suddenly opened the door behind them.

Sophia instinctively turned around. When she saw Alexander walking out of the room, she smiled and said, “You're done?”

Alexander gave Lukas a glance. “Mr. Dawson.”

As he spoke, he walked over to hold Sophia's hand and nodded.

“Lukas.”

Just as Lukas returned the nod to Alexander, Perrin called him.

“I'll be taking Grandpa downstairs. You should head down too.”

“Then we'll be going down first.”

“Okay.”

Lukas glanced at Alexander again but he said nothing else before turning and entering the lounge.

“Grandpa.”

Perrin turned toward him and uttered, “Alexander told me some things earlier.”

Lukas raised his brows a little. “He's a silver-tongued businessman. Don't step into his trap.”

Perrin scoffed. “I've lived for over eighty years, and I've seen more things than he has. Does he really think he'll be able to dismiss how he has hurt Sophia just with a few words? He can dream on!”

“What do you have in mind, then? It looks like Sophia really likes him.”

“There are so many smart young men around, and Sophia's such a pretty girl. Who knows who she'll end up with, really?” A smug grin grew on Perrin's lips as he spoke. “Doesn't the boy from the Swain family want to court Sophia?”

Lukas pursed his lips. “Horatius is too much of a playboy.”

Perrin shot a glare at Lukas. “You know so many people, but are none of them a good match for Sophia?”

“I don't think anyone is a match for Sophia.”

She's so smart and pretty. Besides, she's kind too. Personally, I don't think anyone's worthy of her.

Previously, he had introduced her to Zayne, but that was only for the sake of pissing Alexander off. Furthermore, with Zayne's personality, Lukas knew that he would not be able to get together with Sophia in the end.

Perrin agreed with Lukas. “Yes, but we still need to get someone to protect Sophia.

Lukas could only hum in agreement.

Old people always felt that young people should start a family and have their own careers.

“It's almost time. Let me take you downstairs.”
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