Pursuing Her

Chapter 180 Too Ostentatious

When Tristan had finished the work at hand, he went upstairs. Unexpectedly, he glimpsed a shaft of light from the gap in Sophie’s room door.

He walked over and knocked on the door.

Hearing the knock on her door, Sophie placed her phone on the nightstand before going over and opening the door.

“What’s wrong? Is something the matter?”

Puzzlement was written all over Sophie’s face. I wonder what else he wants at this hour.

“No, everything’s fine. I just saw that the light in your room is on, so I came to ask you what you were doing. Are you having trouble sleeping? It’s very late now.” She still needs to go to school tomorrow. Keeping such hours is too erratic, and it’ll be bad for health.

“No, I just talked on the phone with a friend. That took a bit of time, so I’m not asleep yet.”

“Oh, I see. In that case, sleep earlier. Or perhaps you’d like me to keep you company?” Tristan couldn’t resist the urge to tease her every so often.

Sophie said nothing.

Her usual response was silence.

“All right, I was just joking. Don’t take it to heart and don’t sleep too late.”

“I can’t sleep, Mr. Tristan. How about you tell me a story?”

How long has it been since someone told me a story? When we were young, Mom and Dad always loved to tell Willow stories, but they never gave me the same courtesy. Perhaps it’s because I’m too cold and indifferent that they aren’t close to me.

“So, you really can’t sleep? Did something happen that I’m unaware of? Do you mind sharing with me?”

“No, I just have a bit of insomnia. Tell me a story, will you?”

“Sure! It’s my pleasure!” Tristan was more than eager to draw close to her, so he naturally agreed when she proposed such a request.

Sophie lay down on the bed with a premier duvet over her. The duvet wasn’t all that thick, but it was exceedingly warm.

That was the best duvet, a conclusion drawn after Tristan had Felix compare the duvets of more than ten brands.

While she lay on the bed all toasty under the duvet, Tristan only had a white, thin sweater on him.

The central air-conditioning was running, but she didn’t set the temperature that high, so she had no idea whether he was cold.

“Are you cold?”

Tristan’s mouth curved into

want to huddle under the covers and chat with

Words promptly eluded Sophie.

that was remiss of me.

like a heinous man who kidnaps

found himself all too similar to such a kind of

got it. Don’t look at me with such a look in your

long as she looked at him with that

the past. He hadn’t heard that many

stories. How about I tell you about

use such a

How could someone like him have

up together with Felix and the others. Once upon a time, we

had taken place while they were

four of them forged a strong

Sophie listened to him talk about his past, she gradually

heavier, and she eventually

her beautiful sleeping countenance, Tristan pulled the

got out of bed. When she went downstairs after washing her

didn’t you sleep for a while

last night. As the CEO of Lombard Group, he should have the privilege of going to work a bit later, no? Besides,

Tristan was plating breakfast at

breakfast. I only need three to four hours of

It’s best to have at least eight hours of sleep a

she disliked, Tristan would change it all.

Sophie shrugged nonchalantly.

from him. Taking a piece of hash brown, she

dishes, only coffee and hash browns were to

never really liked

preferred a somewhat modern style

least bit pretentious. Whenever he had breakfast

went to The Crown to

from there. A round trip would take around forty minutes. Yet, he had driven over and bought her breakfast early in the morning instead

went there to buy them for you. It just took forty minutes. It’s no

ate more for