Sophia shook her head blankly. "No."
Colin berated her, "You're so careless!"
Feeling wronged, she burst out, "You're the one who suddenly closed the door and hit my tray!"
"Are you blaming me?"
Sophia nodded in response. "Yes!"
Colin was speechless. He threw a cold look at her. "Should I apologize to you?"
"No! You don't have to. But please don't kick me out." Sophia looked at him hopefully.
Colin turned away and said, "You don't need to do this for me."
There were servants in the house. She didn't need to do it and tire herself out.
But Sophia misunderstood him, and thought Colin didn't like the food she prepared. Depressed and silent, she crouched down and picked up the bowl and spoon from the floor. They didn't break because of the carpet.
Getting cleaning tools from downstairs, Sophia swept the mess on the floor.
She replaced the dirty carpet with a new one.
After changing his clothes, Colin went out and saw Sophia cleaning up and stopped her immediately. "Let Ms. Qin do that!"
Ms. Qin was currently in charge of cleaning up the villa.
"No, I can do it. I've put a new carpet on the floor and I'll wash the dirty one."
Colin threw her a glance and said lightly, "You're not good at it."
...
When Ms. Qin was asked to clean up, Sophia went downstairs to wash the dishes. She had cooked the last few sweet dumplings for Colin and had nothing left to eat now.
After finishing up in the kitchen, Sophia washed her hands and went back to her bedroom.
She closed the door and threw herself on the bed wearily. Then she got a message from Hugh on WeChat, "Are you happy?"
Sophia held her cell phone, contemplating how to answer him.
Was she happy? She didn't know the answer either.
To reassure Hugh and prevent him from worrying, Sophia replied, "I'm very happy. You should be happy too!"
When Sophia was about to fall asleep, Hugh replied after a long time, "I'll be happy if you're happy."
... Realization dawned on Sophia.
She had forgotten that Hugh was in love with her. But she didn't know how he felt about her now.
Sophia stood up from the bed and took a quick shower before going to sleep.
The next morning, when Colin passed by Sophia's room on the way downstairs to breakfast, he found the door open and the bed neat and empty.
When he got downstairs, Ms. Liu was working in the kitchen and told him, "My Lady had an early breakfast and went to the office."
...
At the SL Group
Sophia looked at the ten copies of the company policy she had made, wondering why she hadn't handed them to Colin.
Colin didn't ask her to do it. If she had known it earlier, she wouldn't have done it.
Oscar Zhu, one of the secretaries, accompanied Colin to the morning meeting. Sophia was busy with her work until lunch time.
Stretching, Sophia put the files away and went to the dining hall.
Everyone was gossiping with each other quietly. Sophia knew exactly what they were talking about without having to listen to them.
The news that Colin and Leila were spotted together in the United States had been the topic of discussion for several days. The whole company had secretly been talking about it.
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