Thinking Colin was upset for what happened the other night, Wendy pulled Sophia to sit at the dining table "Sophie, I've got your back! You've done nothing wrong."
Sophia was shocked and flattered.
She was so moved that she almost burst into tears.
At the end of dinner, Sophia went to the kitchen. She made a bowl of tomato and egg noodles for Colin, and brought it upstairs.
In the Study.
Colin was talking to someone on his phone, possibly Wade Ji. When Sophia brought the noodles in, she heard Colin say, "Refund Sophia's plane ticket, and..."
"How dare you!" Sophia yelled at him.
Colin shot her a glance, but continued, "Refund her ticket, and give her a week's leave."
Sophia put the bowl on the table and grabbed the phone from Colin's hand. "I'm going back to Z Country tomorrow!"
She couldn't afford to take any more leaves. All her bonuses would disappear!
How could she support father without her bonus?
"Give me back my phone." Colin reached out a hand.
Sophia put his phone to her ear. "Mr. Ji, I will return to work the day after tomorrow. Please don't listen to Mr. Li. Thank you!"
Wade wanted to say something, but Sophia hung up the phone.
Wade felt frustrated. Did Sophia have any idea about what she was doing? Mr. Li wanted to go out on a holiday with her!
After hanging up the phone, Sophia let out a sigh of relief and handed the phone back to Colin. "If you have to stay in A Country for a while, I can go back on my own."
After all, she had traveled alone last time. She was an expert with the airports now.
Colin restrained his anger as he tried to explain to her, "I want to take a few days off, and I want to spend it with you. We can travel abroad along with some friends of mine."
Travel abroad?
Sophia shook her head. "You can go with your friends on your own. After all, our marriage isn't real. I don't think it's proper for us to travel together."
Colin was angry and frustrated. Taking several deep breaths, he gritted his teeth and shouted at her.
"Get out!"
Sophia quietly obeyed. But before she went out of the room, she turned back, and said, "The bowl of noodles is for you. Have some for dinner."
"Fuck your noodles! Get them away from me!" Colin angrily sat down at his desk, and started sorting through some documents.
Sophia approached him and put the bowl of noodles in front of him. "Have some. It won't taste good if you eat it cold."
How could Colin have any appetite now? Trying hard to suppress his anger, he shouted again. "Take it away, I don't want your noodles!
Don't make me say that a third time!"
Sophia gave him a slightly injured look. She picked up the bowl and scooped out some noodles with the chopsticks. "Would you like me to feed it to you? Come on, at least take a bite. I made it for you..."
"Leave!" The restrained anger felt like a knot in his stomach. How could this woman be so stupid!
Sophia touched her bloated stomach. She was really full now, she couldn't take another bite. If Colin didn't want the noodles, it would be thrown away... What a waste.
She lifted the chopsticks of noodles to his mouth, and urged, "Try it. It's pretty tasty..."
Thanks to Colin, Sophia had become an awfully good cook. The noodles she made smelled really good. If she wasn't so full, she would eat it herself.
Colin raised his hand to push her away. But his hand accidentally landed on the bowl, which slid off Sophia's hand.
The floor didn't have a carpet, and the bowl broke when it hit the tiles. The contents spilled all over.
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