"Miss Lawson, you are wise not to reconcile with him. You are single and free. Why don't you consider me?"
"I wonder if you are free tonight. Shall we have dinner together?"
Sophia kept silent all the time. Finally, she answered, "Mr. Riley, I did receive your flowers, but I've asked the cleaner to toss them into the trash can."
"Thank you for your kindness. I don't think I have the honor to dine with you tonight. I'm too busy. Bye."
She ended the call directly.
On the other end of the line, Roman was so furious that he almost smashed his phone.
"Bitch! If Drake hadn't liked you, or you hadn't been the daughter of the Lawson family, think I would have pursued you? I'll gain your heart and dump you. Let's wait and see!"
Sophia put away her phone with a sneer. Before she sat down and continued to work, a man stood before her.
"What's the..."
When she raised her head, she saw Drake.
They locked eyes.
Sophia was too surprised to utter a word, wondering if he had seen what had happened.
Somehow, she felt guilty.
Drake stared at her with a smile. Sophia was obsessed with his charming face.
"You accepted the bouquet upon hearing it was from Mr. Riley. After learning it wasn't from me, you dumped it. Sophia, do you look forward to a bouquet from me?"
'Without doubt, he saw what had happened.'
"What are you talking about? I would also throw the flowers into the trash bin without hesitation if they were from you."
"Really? Would you?" Drake asked as if he was confident that she would not.
"Why not?"
Sophia tried to keep calm and not let him see through her.
Drake, however, seemed to read her mind. Keeping a smile on his face, he fixated on her, which made her nervous.
After a long while, Drake chuckled without saying a word.
Sophia couldn't understand what was on his mind. She just felt pretty uneasy.
Chloe carried another bouquet, entered the room, and broke the silence. "Sophia, Roman Riley didn't give up. He sent another bouquet. He's pestering you."
However, Sophia didn't think this bouquet was from Roman, as the latter couldn't be so shameless. She was sure it was from Drake.
Sophia looked up at him, only to find Drake was still smiling. Then he looked at Chloe and explained, "It's from me."
Chloe was taken aback. Then she took the tumble and put down the bouquet. "Well, I'm too busy. Let me leave you guys alone."
Sophia stood up, held the bouquet, and walked to the door to dump it.
However, Drake seemed to have known her purpose and dragged her arm to stop her.
"I dare you to throw them away."
Sophia wasn't that stubborn. While she put down the bouquet, she said, "All right. I won't throw it away. I'll put it here and take it for a house plant. Since it was sent to me, I wouldn't mind watching it at work."
Drake was staring at her all the time. "Sophia, did you mind I'd never sent you flowers before?"
"That's all up to you. You can decide to send me flowers or not."
Sophia was intellectual, so she would never admit it.
However, Drake knew that women often said what they didn't mean. The more indifferent Sophia looked, the more she actually minded it.
"I'm sorry, Sophia. I didn't know before. I'll make up for everything that I missed in the past."
Sophia sat back down. "If there's nothing else, you may leave now. I'm still busy."
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