Next One Is a Babe

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Sophia thought her days were fairly tiring.

After standing around for a while, she turned around to enter the living room.

Matilda was standing at the entrance. She smiled at her and said, “What’s up? Are you feeling…”

Before the word ‘bored’ left her lips, Matilda saw a man riding a motorcycle over to them at a very slow speed. The man had a helmet on, so she couldn’t see his face at all, but she could see that he was holding something in his hand.

As he rode toward them, he turned to look at Sophia in the courtyard.

Matilda instinctively felt that something wasn’t right. Thus, she quickly ran toward Sophia, who had her back to the man and didn’t notice him at all. Matilda had no idea how she did it, but she rushed over and turned to block Sophia’s body.

At that very moment, she saw the rider throwing something over at them from the corner of her eyes. With no time to think, Matilda immediately held Sophia and protected her from the attack.

All she could feel was something sharp hitting the small of her back. Although it didn’t hurt much, it would have terrible consequences if it were to hit Sophia on the same spot.

Sophia was startled by Matilda’s actions. Before she could turn around, she heard the motorcycle accelerate and then the sound of it speeding away.

Then, Sophia quickly turned around and asked, “What’s the matter?”

Holding her waist with one hand, Matilda put the other hand on Sophia’s arm. “Help me into the house first. I was hit by something.”

When Sophia lowered her head, she saw half a brick on the ground. This half of a brick had obviously been buffed carefully in advance as it had many sharp edges.

Sophia hurriedly helped Matilda into the living room, then she lifted her clothes. The small of her back was swollen and inflamed. Also, there was a small area on it that was bleeding slightly. Since Matilda was wearing clothing that was quite thin, it was natural for her to be injured from the impact.

Sophia frowned. “What really happened? Did someone come by the door just now?”

Matilda let out a sigh as she waved for Ms. Cannon to get some medicine to disinfect her wound. Then, she replied, “Well, there was a motorcyclist who obviously came for you.”

Sophia was stunned by this. “But John has arranged for bodyguards to surround this place, right? How could this happen?”

Matilda chuckled. “Even bodyguards can’t know this kind of thing in advance. It’s alright now. Fortunately, nothing serious happened.” She looked at Sophia’s belly. “If that brick had hit you, this baby...”

When she said this, Sophia and Ms. Cannon fell silent.

After some thought, Sophia quickly grabbed her phone to call John, but John called her first.

Just as she picked up the call, John’s voice came over. “Are you alright? I heard that something happened at home.”