Charles tried to lower down his voice because he didn't want to disturb Linda's rest. But the tone of his voice was as cold as ice.
Sophia Liu got goosebumps all over her body as she heard Charles's words. She was so frightened that she dared not move, not even a little bit, and stayed standing on the floor. She had never heard Charles speak in such a threatening manner.
"Mr. Mu, I'm sorry. Sophia didn't do it on purpose. Please give her one more chance. Please?" Sophia was still in shock, so she didn't utter anything. Leo Liu, instead, opened his mouth to help Sophia beg for mercy.
"You have the nerve to apologize for her? You are her manager, yet you've failed to manage your artist's behaviour. You also have to pay for this. You didn't do your duty as her manager. Why did you let her sneak into my room?" Charles scolded Leo furiously.
"It's my fault. All my fault, " Leo bowed down and went on apologizing to Charles.
However, Charles's anger didn't subside. His eyes fumed with fury, and his face completely darkened. He was radiating a cold aura that pierced through Leo's bones. Then, he slightly moved his lips to speak, "Since it was all your fault, then I don't think you are capable enough to be her manager any more. You can quit now."
Leo's heart sank as he heard Charles's words.
He understood that Charles had meant that he was fired.
But as long as Sophia would be able to continue her career, he would accept the punishment. He would be fine even if he couldn't stay by Sophia's side. He would do anything he could to help Sophia. Leo took a glance at Sophia and then slowly closed his eyes. He had stayed by her side for so many years. And she had come this far in her career. It might be the right time for him to leave her. Leo was already getting tired of being with a woman who he deeply in love with but would never love him back.
"It had nothing to do with Leo. It was me who wanted to do it, " Sophia finally opened her mouth.
Not knowing why, when Sophia heard that Charles wanted to deprive Leo of his position as her manager, she felt distressed. Deep in her heart, she didn't want that to happen; she didn't want Leo to leave her.
In the past few years, Sophia thought she had always been so annoyed with Leo. He was such a busybody who usually intervened in her business.
If Leo wasn't her classmate and ex-boyfriend from university and if he hadn't worked hard for her, Sophia would've wanted another manager. But now that he was about to be replaced, Sophia suddenly felt that she really didn't want him to leave.
"Sophia, you..." Leo stammered.
Linda looked at the farce with keen interest. She kept observing Leo's facial expressions. She sensed that Leo loved Sophia a lot. Judging from the look in his eyes as he gazed at Sophia, Linda was sure that Leo had feelings for Sophia.
Every time Sophia spoke, Linda noticed that Leo would attentively fix his eyes on Sophia, without moving them away from her. That was what a person would do to his or her lover.
Sophia clenched her teeth and completely shut up.
"Excuse me. I'm kind of curious. Miss Liu, how did you enter this room?" Linda suddenly inquired Sophia.
It seemed that Charles didn't know that Sophia would be in his room, so Sophia had deliberately let herself in it. If she couldn't enter the room from the door, Linda wondered how she got in.
Sophia glanced at Linda, who was casually sitting on the sofa. A dash of jealousy flashed through Sophia's eyes. She remained silent because she didn't want to talk with Linda.
Linda was Charles's legal wife. Aware of it, Sophia somehow felt quite inferior in front of her.
She intuitively disliked Linda. Linda was the stumbling block that stopped her from getting together with Charles.
Sophia looked at Linda's belly. Charles must be the father of the baby in her womb. Her belly was already so big. Sophia really envied her. How she hoped that she could have Charles's baby...
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