Since it was late in the night and there was nothing to do, they sat together as they ate and savored the taste of their cake in silence. When Sophie saw that Gabrielle seemed to be interested in Westley's childhood, she became very excited and this showed in the way she talked about it.
"Gabrielle, do you want to know what happened during his childhood?" she asked with a smile on her face. "I can tell you if you want to hear it,"
she said waiting for her reply.
She had always wanted to tell her about Westley's childhood, but the opportunity never came for her to do so.
Besides, she didn't seem interested in her husband's affairs since he had warned her to stop poking her nose in his matters. If Sophie talked too much, Gabrielle would be more disgusted and this would make her hate Westley more.
For this reason, she tried as much as possible not to mention anything about his past. She didn't expect that Gabrielle would be very much interested in knowing what happened to him during childhood. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity which she wouldn't miss for anything.
"Of course, yes. I would be very glad to listen if you're willing to tell," she told her happily. 'By the way, he is the CEO of the Morris Group and I am interested in his silly childhood stories.' She also wanted to know if there was something she could use against him so that if he intimidated her again in the future, she would use it to shut him up.
As she thought about this, a wave of excitement swept through her.
"Sure, I'd like to tell you. Mr. Morris has always been charming ever since he was a child. There are several pictures of him right from birth till he became an adult. They are all in the Morris Mansion. When next you go there, you can ask Miley to show them to you. I'm sure she will be very glad to do that." As soon as Sophie started talking about him, she couldn't stop. It was as if she was talking about her biological child.
After all, she had watched all the children of the Morris family grow up, so she naturally treated them as if they were her children.
"You mean there are several pictures of him from his childhood?" she asked eagerly. The younger version of her husband's face came to her mind. Although he would still be handsome, he must have been so cute as a child.
In one way or another, she felt like going back in time to when he was a child and pinch his soft and cute little face. It must feel very nice.
"Yes, Miley has all Mr. Morris's photos, including the first photo that was taken immediately he was born." Sophie couldn't hide her joy as it showed all over her face.
"That's great," Gabrielle said. All of a sudden, she became engrossed in her thoughts.
She remembered that she didn't have any picture of herself when she was a child. She lived the first two years of her life in an orphanage and didn't take a single picture. Then she was adopted by the Jones family. At first, Wendy took pleasure in dressing her up and taking several snapshots of her. After a while, she got tired of dressing her in different ways. Besides, the ones she took in the past were nowhere to be found. She wasn't her real daughter anyway and so it didn't matter much to Wendy if she had pictures during her childhood or not.
"Are you okay, Gabrielle? What are you worrying about?" Sophie asked as she noticed the worried look on her face when she was lost in her thoughts.
She came back to the present and smiled. "Humph... Nothing, Sophie. I was just wondering how cute he must have been when he was very much younger," she said.
"He was not only cute but also very handsome and charming. From childhood to adulthood, as long as girls see him, they liked him. Many of them fell helplessly in love with him," Sophie said proudly.
"As he's getting more attractive to people, his temper is becoming colder by the day, but this doesn't make him a bad man. Although he has a sharp tongue, he's very soft at heart. He will be very loving to the person he likes and falls in love with. Even though you may seem like just a random choice to him, he is not a casual man. He had a reason for
marrying you and he will treat you well," Sophie persuaded her seriously.
Although she listened to what Sophie said, she didn't think this man had a soft heart. He was a man of iron and steel, but if he liked someone, she believed he would be very good to her.
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