"What's wrong? Why are you being so mysterious? If you have something to tell me, just tell me. We're friends." Grace found that she had become more and more devious with Connie recently. Not knowing why, after the "family dinner" that day, Connie seemed to be angry with her. She didn't often came to the mansion but talked in a unfriendly tone. Today, Connie asked Grace out because she thought Connie had calmed down. Grace didn't expect Connie's words to be so moving.
With a worried look on Connie's face, she handed her phone to Grace and urged, "get yourself ready."
Grace took the phone and saw the headline on the website. This news directly revealed many Sophia's private affairs. She also saw her son's photo. As expected, Grace's face darkened. With a livid face, she threw the phone on the table violently.
"Oh my God! My dear Grace! Please don't do that. I've told you to prepare yourself for it." Connie picked up the phone and checked if there was anything wrong with it. She then pretended to comfort Grace and said, "you don't have to pay too much attention to it. After all, a lot of news are trying to attract some attention that we didn't know it was true or not... However, as the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. If there is no such thing, the reporters dare not write it so abruptly... " It seemed that Connie was speaking in Sophia's way, but she was actually hinting that Sophia wasn't simple!
"This is an illegitimate daughter and her superior position. The reporters are really disrespectful. How can they let this little girl be seen in the future?" Connie turned on her cell phone again and said while watching the news.
"She want to see someone? It's not easy to plot against such a young girl like Sophia! She is so shameless and still wants to see people?" Enraged, Grace spluttered. She had thought that she might have a prejudice against an outsider when Victor fought with her for Sophia. 'Now it seems that I have thought too much!' Sophia was just a bad woman! A woman who was eager to cling to power and influence could be sparrow flying on the branch to become a phoenix one day!
Connie offered a cup of ice coffee and put it in front of Grace's mouth. "Calm down. It's not worthwhile to get angry for such a woman. Drink some coffee first," Connie said, trying to coax her. In fact, Connie already had some pride in herself.
Her plan went so smoothly that she believed it wouldn't take long for Xiao family to get familiar with Sophia. No matter how hard Victor tried, Xiao family's fame wouldn't allow Sophia to go in.
"I don't know why Victor would be infatuated with such a woman and revolt me in public. He is so unreasonable!" The more Grace said, the angrier she became. Then, she snatched the phone from Connie, pointed at the news and said, "look at what they wrote. The CEO of the YS Group can't resist the temptation of women, so he changed the seat for the woman whose surname is Sophia. They work together every day... '"
"Why did these journalists write this? It's ridiculous!" Connie pretended to be angry and felt wronged for Victor and Sophia.
Grace tried to calm herself down after taking a few deep breaths, but she was too angry to control her emotions. "It's them who have no sense of shame! How dare they... "
Grace was really enraged by Victor's behaviour this time. She didn't care if Victor would make a fuss about Sophia in the past. After all, it didn't matter as long as Xiao family lived together. But now, they dared to hit the front page of the news! In the information age, people could know all the news in the world without leaving their houses.
Xiao family was a family business which was well-known not only in S City, but also in the whole country and even in the world. But now, the heir of Xiao family was not because of the headline of the enterprise strength, but because of romantic news, which would make others laugh at it? The reputation of Xiao family's generation was almost ruined by this unfilial son Victor!
When Grace thought of this, she felt angry and guilty. She felt guilty to all of Xiao family's ancestors...
"Grace, don't just get angry. They have not got married yet and they have become the headline of this kind of thing. If they get married in the future, is it going to meet everyone in entertainment news every two or three days?" Connie intentionally changed the topic of conversation to Sophia, which made Grace feel more disgusted with Sophia.
"Get married? We Xiao family are not detainment, take in all kinds of women! " When Grace spoke, there was a softness in her voice. She took hold of Connie's hand, and said with guilt, "Teresa is the only daughter-in-law that I have accepted. It's really a pity for that foolish boy to have abandoned Teresa..." After comparing Teresa and Sophia to each other, Grace was more and more fond of Teresa.
Connie sighed and replied, "I don't dare to tell Teresa about it, but no matter what, I'll try my best to keep it from her. I thought she would be so sad that she can't help it. I didn't expect that the silly girl would say something like 'how is Victor now'. Is he feeling bad now? She does really like Victor since childhood... " When Connie spoke, she observed the expression on Grace's face.
Grace shook her head and said firmly, "don't worry. It's late now. I won't let Victor disappoint Teresa. Let's go back." When Grace checked the time, it was almost dinner time. Since she knew about the news, she was not in the mood to stay outside so leisurely as before.
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