My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 588

The lady was talking to Linus in a whisper when Michael walked up to her with a wine glass in his hand and clinked glasses with her cordially. The lady turned to face him, and they started to talk and joke.

The lady was young, and the golden-yellow evening dress she was wearing made her stand out a lot among the female guests dressed in different colors, like a poinciana that bloomed proudly among the colorful flower bed. Her gorgeous beauty was so aggressive that nobody dared to look her in the eye.

Her eyes still shone with the pride of a queen even when she was talking to Michael. Sophia didn’t know if it was because of a comparison she drew or if it was because of Michael himself, but she couldn’t help feeling that he lowered himself to an obsequious degree while talking to her.

Michael was undoubtedly proud, but he humbled himself in front of this lady, for she was the one whom he had once chased after but couldn’t marry in the end.

Irene despised Sophia. She had always thought that Michael’s relationship with Sophia wouldn’t last long, for she believed that what he loved about the latter was merely her youthful body and appearance.

As for Lucy, Irene was absolutely jealous of her; she could only be jealous of Lucy since she knew that she was inferior to the latter.

Sophia merely gave a bitter laugh without responding to Irene.

Sophia had seen Lucy’s name on the list of the invited guests long ago.

Lucy Edwards was the eldest daughter of the Edwards Family, but she didn’t belong to Faye and Joe’s branch of the family. Instead, she was the eldest daughter of the main branch of the Edwards Family, which was famous in Bayside City for being one of the world’s richest families. Being 26 years old this year, she held a Ph.D. degree in management science and was the Vice President of the Edwards Group. Besides being a highly intelligent top achiever, she was a well-known iron lady. Being the daughter of the head of the Edwards Family’s clan and the Chairman of the Edwards Group, she was also her father’s indispensable assistant. Being a female businesswoman whose presence was as imposing as a queen’s, she got herself inducted to Bayside University’s Wall of Alumni with her capabilities.

She was a million times more competent than Natasha, the idiot. After joining the Edwards Group at 15 years old to learn to manage a business, she carved out a niche of her own at 26 years old and was among the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest women.

She was also Michael’s ex. It was said that she was Michael’s second fiancée, but her engagement to him had been nullified for all kinds of reasons. Rumor had it that the Edwards Family called off their engagement after she was involved in a car crash, but there were also rumors that the Edwards Family considered Michael unworthy of marrying her. In other words, Lucy dumped him!

Out of the four most prominent families of Bayside City, the Fletchers was a military family; the Winstons ruled the underworld; the Mitchells were influential worldwide; and the Edwards Family was among the richest families of the world. Lucy wasn’t as famous as Natasha simply because the former kept a low profile.

Michael and Lucy began dating not long after Irene ‘lost her memory’ back then. The pair soon got engaged before breaking up shortly after that, ending their relationship with lightning speed.

Meanwhile, Lucy seemed to be amused by Michael’s jokes. She pressed her lips into a smile, revealing a beautiful face, thus enabling Sophia to see her face clearly and discover that she bore a striking resemblance to Elizabeth.

Michael stared at Lucy with a trace of sadness and hope in his eyes, as if he saw somebody else in her.

It was as if he wished that Lucy could speak to him a little longer.

Sadly, Lucy and Elizabeth had different destinies despite having the same looks.

How could Michael not humble himself in front of the person who was the very image of Elizabeth, his mother?

“What is it? You are jealous of her, but you feel that you can do nothing, don’t you?”

Irene’s frosty voice could be heard. She could still capitalize on the memories of her and Michael’s tender youth, but what did Sophia have?

Sophia was young and beautiful, but so was Lucy.

Moreover, Lucy had a prominent family background and business management capabilities that would put most women to shame, both of which Sophia didn’t have.

Sophia didn’t answer Irene’s words. She lowered her head and gently took a sip of the red wine in her glass, only to find that it tasted bitter.

Irene stood behind her as they jealously watched Michael talking happily to Lucy.

Even so, Irene thought that she herself was better than Sophia. Lucy was the substitute he found for himself after losing her, whereas Sophia was another substitute he found after his engagement with Lucy fell through.

As the legitimate eldest daughter of the Edwards Family’s direct line of descent, Lucy’s personal wealth was estimated at hundreds of billions. On the other hand, Sophia was but an illegitimate child of a bastard son who belonged to a distant branch of the Edwards Family. Therefore, she had no comparability with Lucy.

What an irony that he spent money and bought a young bride for himself after being unable to marry me!