"To welcome you, I have booked a special room in the hotel just for you. Let's go there now." Both Sophia and Aaron were surprised by Colin's endearing words.
When did Colin decide to welcome Aaron like this? It was really strange of Colin to be something of this very nature. Aaron was simply a staff member in the SL Group. But Colin, the boss of the company, just became unusually generous to him. It was completely unheard of!
Sophia immediately refused the offer. It was too much. "No, thank you, Colin. We just want a simple dinner. That's too much..."
"I've arranged everything well. I would be so disappointed if you refuse me." Colin retorted in a very serious tone.
In short, he had arranged everything and made sure that Sophia didn't have any choice but to agree.
Sophia opened her mouth but couldn't say a single word. It seemed impossible to refuse him. His influence on her was just overwhelming.
Putting the briefcase aside, Colin glanced at Sophia indifferently, "Why are you acting like this? Am I not part of the family?"
Sophia quickly responded, "Of course. We have no relationship now. We shouldn't even be together right now."
Putting his hand on the back of her head, Colin forced her to look at him. "You're my ex-wife. There's still a connection between us! We have to remain good friends with each other!
Ex-wife... "Be ashamed of yourself! How could you say that when you're also connected to a lot of women? For example... Brody's mother? Who is she and where is she?"
Finishing her question, Sophia's heart was beating so fast. She wasn't sure if Colin would get angry upon the mention of Brody's mother. But she had always wanted to know who that woman was... To her surprise, it turned out that... Colin didn't get angry at all. That was strange. He just said in a gentle tone, "Yes, I still have a connection with Brody's mother. But you shouldn't worry about it too much."
Sophia was not happy on what she just heard. Why could he take this for granted? How could he just let his son's mother be irresponsible?!
Aaron became so curious about the couple's conversation. Who was Brody? And who was Brody's mother? Curious as he was, he didn't ask anything because this was a matter between his sister and brother-in-law. He'd better stay out of this. He didn't want to involve himself and cause trouble.
Sophia moved further away from Colin, and looked out the car window. Colin and Aaron were talking about important matters in their business, seeming not to care about how frustrated she was at the point.
In no time, they arrived at the hotel. Because of the dim light in the car, Colin hadn't notice Sophia's swollen face yet. The moment they entered the reserved private room, Colin got a closer look on Sophia.
Disregarding the waiters around them, he pulled Sophia closer into his arms and raised her chin.
Though the swelling on her face wasn't that obvious, he still could sense the pain that Sophia was feeling now. "Who did this to you?"
Everyone was surprised when they saw how Colin acted very protective on her.
Embarrassed, Sophia pushed his hand away and whispered, "Thanks to your fiancée."
"What else did she do to you?"
Sophia's expression turned sour at this. How could she enumerate all the bad things that Dorothy did to her? She could go on and on all day with this.
Sensing that the couple will argue about this, Aaron asked the waiters, "Let's go and select a good bottle of wine."
The waiters understood what Aaron meant and left the scene. Aaron went with them, leaving Colin and Sophia alone in the room.
"Go ahead! Tell me everything!" Colin stared at Sophia in a very serious and firm manner.
Taking a deep breath, Sophia sneered, "She's doing everything to ruin my image. I can't stay with you anymore. Dorothy just saw us enter the apartment together and wanted to publicize this so that she could destroy my reputation. If she had caught us in bed, she would probably pour vitriol on me and chop me to death! That was how angry she was to me."
Colin frowned as he took out his phone and dialed a number. Before the call was gotten through, he asked Sophia again, "How many people did she call? Where did she do this to you?"
"... Just two men. In my office at the Pei Group Company." What would he do? Sophia felt anxious as Colin's eyes had turned fiery and intimidating.
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