Being Pursued By Ex-husband

Chapter 445 Whatever You Say

At Claudius' remark, Sophia dipped her head and chuckled softly. Whirling around, she went into the walk-in closet and changed before emerging again.

She still wore a maxi dress this time, but it was much more elegant and casual compared to the one Katherine wanted her to wear together that night.

The light apricot floral chiffon dress paired with a dark blue denim jacket on the outside gave her a casual sense of being on vacation.

She had no makeup on, merely lipstick.

The maple red lipstick complemented her dress perfectly. Despite the lack of makeup, her complexion had improved considerably.

Claudius had just hung up the phone when he was greeted by the sight of Sophia walking out the instant he lifted his eyes.

His ebony eyes flickered, and he complimented her generously, "You're absolutely gorgeous."

A smile bloomed on Sophia's face. "Thank you."

Snagging her phone, she left the room with Claudius.

Claudius stayed on the top floor, while Sophia was only two floors below his room. The elevator remained empty until it reached the restaurant on the third floor, and a few people entered.

As Sophia was tall and slender with fair skin and Aplothian features, those who stepped into the elevator reflexively took a second look at her.

Epeans with chiseled features, bright hair, and blue eyes appeared exceedingly romantic and alluring when they stared someone in the eye.

The Epean who entered the elevator was very much open, staring at Sophia as soon as he stepped in.

If it were any other women, they would have long since been hypnotized.

However, Sophia merely smiled faintly before lifting a hand to tuck the scattered hair by her cheek to the back of her ear. Then, she turned and looked away.

Probably because of her unresponsiveness, the Epean man retracted his gaze and conversed with his friends in Ustranasion.

Listening in, Sophia and Claudius gathered that the men were talking about a seductive blonde girl they had met last night.

The conversation was somewhat scandalous. On instinct, Sophia stole a peek at Claudius, only to notice that the man was also looking at her.

Mortified, Sophia withdrew her gaze and pinned her eyes on the elevator floor display.

Fortunately, the elevator arrived at the second sub-basement shortly. It was a little past eight at night, and a crowd had only started thronging the casino.

was a huge place, and Sophia only managed to

had they entered the casino than Claudius' bodyguard handed them

the chips that were worth over a million in Anglandurn currency in the basket. She could not help arching a brow. "How many

Claudius replied while taking

"What would you

even won a tidy sum, but she merely left her chips

softly. "Can I

side. Joe was bewildered for a moment, but he swiftly understood the man's meaning. "Of course. I'll go and get it

"Thank you."

at least eight hundred

wavered for a moment before answering

"Sure."

of the cards in its players' hands to be below twenty-one. A player was allowed to stop asking for cards midgame. When all the players had done so, the dealer would flip over the hole card and continue drawing cards until the hand total exceeded seventeen points. If the dealer went beyond twenty-one points, it meant that he lost, and the players would win double their bets. Otherwise, it would be a comparison of values whereby the person with the highest value would win. If the values drew even, it

the sake of acquiring a company in the

and extraordinary looks. The moment they took their

adding none to cards with values of seven, eight, and nine, and subtracting a point to cards with values of ten, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace. All the points were to be totaled. The larger the figure, the fewer cards of lower values had appeared previously, and the more beneficial it was to players as there was a high possibility for the dealer obtaining a

deck of cards contained fifty-two cards in total. Sophia and Claudius had incredible memories, and they both had a rough idea

was of a high value, and she could easily go over twenty-one points if she were to continue

two rounds, she

won almost every single one. Therefore, it was no surprise that someone had his sights on

a tall and slender girl with blond hair and blue eyes came over and asked, "Hello, sir, miss. The gentleman over there would like to play a few rounds with you both. Do

discovered that the man was

gaze and turned to look at

decide is

She dipped her head slightly before looking up and replying smilingly in Ustranasion,

chips in her small basket. Sophia threw him

"Hello, Ms. Yarrow."

away. Sophia scrutinized the middle-aged man in front of her,

"Silas Cadogan."

never met Silas before, she was all too familiar with that name. "Nice to meet

serves, the chairman of the company that competed with Odyssey for the project in February this year was named Silas Cadogan. Ah, our meeting today is more or less

his early fifties. It was rumored that he abandoned the education field to venture into business. Wearing a

shifted his gaze to Claudius beside Sophia. "And of

man's face, Sophia could tell at a single glance that he

long since died. Yet, Silas was addressing Claudius as "Mr. Xenos" right off the bat, sounding even more confident than Sophia did when she first laid