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.

to explore less than a third of it last

entered the casino than Claudius' bodyguard handed them a basket of chips. "Mr. Claudius,

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

replied

"What would you like to

and even won a tidy sum, but she merely left her chips on the table to

matter, Sophia snorted softly. "Can I get back the

a moment, but he swiftly

"Thank you."

hundred thousand, enough to buy Katherine two

before answering Claudius'

"Sure."

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 would be considered a tie, and the

had played the game once for the

were Aplothians with outstanding auras and extraordinary looks.

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

memories, and they both had a rough idea

hole card was of a high value, and she could easily go over twenty-one points if she were to continue drawing cards, she could still do

two rounds, she won a

almost every single one. Therefore, it was no surprise that someone had

blue eyes came over and asked, "Hello, sir, miss. The gentleman over there would like to play a few rounds with

Sophia discovered

and turned to

decide is

once more. She dipped her head slightly before looking up

basket. Sophia threw him

"Hello, Ms. Yarrow."

out Sophia's name right away. Sophia scrutinized the middle-aged man in front of her, but she had no recollection of him. "Sorry, but

"Silas Cadogan."

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

the project in February this year was

he abandoned the education field to

he shifted his gaze to Claudius

man's face, Sophia could tell at

was convinced that he must have 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