Late at night, Sophia sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out at the scenery. With Bayside City’s landscape reflected in her eyes, she stayed silent and dazed as her mind drifted away.

It was already midnight when Michael, who was out filming, returned. He walked in to find Sophia curled up into a ball on the windowsill and still in a daze.

“What’s the matter? Why aren’t you asleep yet?” Michael whispered as he stepped forward to rub her hair.

Sophia’s chin lifted and motioned upstairs as she said, “My dad isn’t asleep yet, and neither is my brother.”

When Michael came back, he saw that the lights on the third floor were still on, and so were the ones in Villa No. 2. It seemed that the father and son were still awake, and Sophia could not sleep either.

“What happened? Can you tell me about it?” Michael sat across from her, taking her hands in his and kneading them. Her hands were soft and seemed boneless, but by touching them, he could feel the scars and calluses that used to be on those hands.

Sophia’s eyebrows sank. After a while, she said, “You’ve all been hiding it from me, but actually, I know everything… Anna’s my mom, isn’t she?”

Michael remained silent. All this while, he did not tell her because he was afraid that she would be hurt.

But ultimately, the truth could not be hidden from her.

Sophia gently leaned her head on Michael’s arms and continued, “In fact, I knew about it a long time ago. I knew that she was a pawn that Jordan had placed beside my dad. I knew… But I still wanted to get close to her; I thought that I could still salvage something.”

 

Hearing her words made Michael’s heart turn heavy.

Annabel Johnson no longer remembered Cooper, nor did she know about Sophia and her siblings, but Sophia and Cooper still knew her.

 

Sophia did not say anything more. She had destroyed her relationship with the Yard Family because she wanted to get rid of any remaining hope. Afterward, she would not have the chance to get close to Anna anymore. She would just have to treat it as if she never knew this woman.

However, she still reckoned Cooper did not deserve this.

Cooper had been missing her for more than twenty years, and yet this was the result he got.

Sophia had never felt the love of a mother before, and now she had lost it, but it did not feel like that great of a loss. Cooper, on the other hand, had loved her so much…

Michael hugged Sophia and said softly, “Have a good rest. Don’t think about it too much.”

herself in the

warmth—the warmth that had appeared countless times in her dream. In fact, fragments of the past would occasionally appear in her mind, but they could not be captured clearly

neighbor at The Imperial had sent an invitation to

Are We Going, Dad?’ and had yet to return. When Sophia went there the last time, it had caused so much trouble that it was nearly impossible to shoot the reality show. This time around, Michael did not bring Sophia along

followed him for two days. Now that she trusted Michael’s ability to take care of their daughter and to deal with problems, she decided that she did not need to follow along. After all, their daughter would not starve even if she went

dressed-up, ready to

I’ll be ready

change her clothes, then hastily applied some makeup. She had been out for the whole day, so her makeup

Wagging its tail, Cash came over to him, and Linus patted the dog while he

No. 1, on

wonder what weird creature

was chasing the chicken all over the house

looked upstairs and asked, “Isn’t Dad

her makeup, Sophia answered, “Dad’s not going.

Cooper would only show up during meal

Ding dong!

rang. Maria went to check the surveillance video, then reported, “Madam, Young Master Linus,

with a

glanced at the surveillance video and said solemnly, “It’s Anna and the Yard

Anna!

and saw that it was indeed Anna and her sons. They were dressed in glamorous outfits and seemed to be here for a party. Their neighbor that was hosting the party had rather impressive connections, so it was not surprising that

was not there, and neither was

they

Callum’s dignity and had even threatened to make them a test question in the college entrance examination, so they must have come here today with

them tea. Celie, catch

also aware of Anna’s

she was

However…

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