Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 521

Chapter 521: Chapter 521: A Sudden Stepfather

Seeing how nervous she was, Sophie Thorne smiled reassuringly and said, "Honestly, most of the jobs aren’t very technical. They don’t require advanced research skills or a lot of work experience, so you don’t need to worry so much."

The truth is, the hiring situation has gotten so ridiculous simply because there are no other job opportunities.

Some of these jobs are actually very simple—anyone with a basic nine-year education could do them. But with so many applicants, the hiring standards have been pushed sky-high.

Just the other day, Ronan Rhodes was complaining to Sophie Thorne that the hydroponics lab had originally just wanted to hire someone to organize files—a job a high school graduate could do. But the day the notice went up, they received over five thousand applications.

In the end, they ended up hiring a master’s graduate from a prestigious overseas university who was fluent in three foreign languages. It was jaw-dropping.

So, since the job itself wasn’t difficult, it wouldn’t be a big deal to pull some strings and get Nina Summers hired.

Besides, Sophie Thorne had her own motives. ’Since Nina Summers is Melody Summers’s cousin and Winnie Summers’s own niece,’ she thought, ’that makes her practically family. What’s wrong with hiring one of your own for your own company?’

Hearing Sophie Thorne’s words, Nina Summers still felt apprehensive. The thought of competing against a group of top-tier elites made her scalp prickle.

Melody Summers patted Nina Summers’s shoulder. "Alright, don’t just stand here in a daze," she said. "I have a computer in my room. Go whip up a few resumes and start preparing—"

Nina Summers scurried upstairs, leaving Melody Summers and Sophie Thorne alone in the living room.

Melody Summers idly tapped her finger on the glass fish tank and asked softly, "Sophie Thorne... is there something you wanted to tell me...?"

Startled at being addressed by her full name, Sophie Thorne was taken aback. She replied instinctively, "...Tell you what?... Wait, why are you talking like that?"

Melody Summers didn’t answer. She just turned her head and stared silently at Sophie Thorne, her gaze filled with a strange sort of resentment.

’I was so blind. I thought Roman Rhodes was just visiting the Summers Family every day, bringing gifts to repay Miss Lowell for her past kindness. But looking back, his entire attitude toward Winnie Summers was just... off.’

’From all the little gifts he kept bringing to the way Mom went from telling me everything to suddenly having secrets... all the suspicious signs pointed to one possibility: something was going on between her and Roman Rhodes.’

’I was so blind. I was so biased from the start that I never even considered it could be romantic.’

’If Nina hadn’t told me a few days ago that something was up with them, I’d still be completely in the dark!’

’But...’

’If even Nina could see something was going on between Mom and Roman Rhodes, how could Sophie possibly have missed it?’

’Thinking back on all that weird stuff Ronan Rhodes said at the banquet... Ronan and Sophie must have known all along. They were just hiding it from me.’

Sophie Thorne felt her own scalp prickle under Melody Summers’s resentful gaze. She instinctively rubbed her hands together and asked guiltily, "...You... you know, don’t you?"

’Sophie had always thought that while Melody was smart about most things, she was exceptionally blind and slow when it came to romance. Otherwise, she never would have picked a boyfriend like her last one.’

’So if even Melody has figured it out...’

’Does that mean Roman Rhodes finally confessed to Winnie Summers?’

At this thought, Sophie Thorne couldn’t help but sigh. ’About time.’

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