Pursuing Her

“What? I was just complimenting you, though. Do you want me to go back to being harsh again?” Felix didn't know what he was supposed to do.

“I think you should just keep your mouth shut,” Ysabelle replied, much to Felix's chagrin.

I keep her company while she's recording, and yet, she turns against me the moment Sophie shows up. How rude!

Since neither Tristan nor Felix knew much about singing, Ysabelle decided to seek Sophie's professional opinion instead. “What do you think of my singing, Sophie?”

“You did all right.”

Ysabelle had a great voice and had been putting in a lot of effort, so her singing had improved significantly.

Ysabelle breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that. “Really?”

“Yes, really.”

“You do indeed sing pretty well. I'll let your father listen to your album once you're done recording it,” Tristan said.

Lincoln is still against the idea of Ysabelle singing, but he might change his mind after hearing how well she sings.

“Thanks, Uncle Tristan!” Ysabelle felt very satisfied with her performance.

Uncle Tristan rarely compliments me, so that must mean my singing was decent! Looks like my hard work has paid off, after all!

“Carry on with the recording,” Sophie said.

“Okay!”

Sophie and Tristan continued observing her for a little while longer before stepping out of the recording booth.

TS Entertainment seemed to be doing well with The Wheelers, Cecelia, and Ysabelle on its side.

“You're doing a great job managing TS Entertainment.”

“I think I did all right.”

At the very least, it wasn't far from what she had in mind.

Cecelia had been given a role in a film with a really high budget and was preparing for the shoot.

Ysabelle was in the process of recording her album, and The Wheelers was preparing for an upcoming concert. So far, everything seemed to be going according to plan.

“Tristan, did you run into some kind of trouble lately?” Given how advanced internet technology had become, Sophie was able to find out even though he had kept quiet about it.

Tristan was not expecting her to say something like that all of a sudden.

“No, it doesn't exactly count as trouble. I didn't tell you because I didn't want to worry you. It's just a minor issue, after all.”

There was no problem he couldn't solve, so he wasn't really bothered by it.

He has been helping me out by my side all this while, so why won't he tell me about his problems? There's no reason to keep me in the dark if I can help out!

“I told you to let me know if you ever run into any problems. I might be able to help you out,” Sophie reminded him.

“All right, I'll let you know if I'm unable to handle it.”

Tristan wasn't actually struggling with anything as he was the one who caused those problems.

Being a businessman, he sometimes had to resort to underhanded means, and he didn't want Sophie to see this side of him.

Arius was freaking out when he heard about Sophie choosing the University of Medicine and Jipsdale University.

“What's the meaning of this, Sophie?”

He came all the way from Anglandur just to confront Sophie about it in her office.

“What are you talking about?”

“Don't play dumb with me! Didn't you promise Barney you would join the International Medical Association? Why did you choose the University of Medicine? Why would you want to stay here?”

“I never promised anyone I'd join the International Medical Association, Arius. Just like before, I only said I'd go have a look. Besides, I don't need to go to Anglandur just to study medicine.”

The medical technology in Chanaea was pretty advanced too. Since Sophie wasn't the type to glorify foreign countries, she believed it made no difference where she chose to study in.

“How could you say that? You'll be able to achieve so much more by joining the International Medical Association! You can't seriously be content with being an ordinary doctor for the rest of your life, right?” Arius exclaimed.

A talented individual like her should be working alongside an elite team of researchers to benefit the medical field!

“This is my choice, Arius. I want to stay here.”

“What do you mean your choice? I bet you're only staying because of Tristan! Life is short, Sophie. You shouldn't let your relationship get in the way of your studies and research,” Arius retorted angrily.

Sophie stared at him in disbelief.

“Arius, you're glorifying Anglandur's medical research a little too much.”

“I'm not glorifying anything. It's simply an undeniable fact, regardless of whether you believe it or not.”

“That's enough. You hardly come back these days, so I don't want to get into an argument with you over this.” Sophie felt there was no need to argue over such trivial matters.

Arius could only let out a helpless sigh in response.

Unbeknownst to them, Barney had dropped by as well.

The conversation was interrupted when Arius' phone started ringing all of a sudden.

Seconds after answering the phone, he exclaimed in disbelief, “What did you say? Where did you say you were?”