Chapter 100: I Loved Him More
Sophia's heart clenched; she instinctively took a step towards Sean, but Vivian grabbed her arm. "You should give him a chance to choose."
Sophia turned to Vivian, whose expression was tense, as if she, too, was among those being
chosen.
Sean, initially moving slowly, quickened his pace. He walked in front of the camera; all the actors and crew members looked at him, but the music continued. He strode towards the pianist. But then, he bypassed the pianist and went straight to the painting. "Who ruined my painting?!" he roared.
Vivian froze; Sophia was stunned.
So he hadn't been.
hadn't been looking at Ye Can; he'd been observing the painting. Director Li quickly rushed forward to explain, but Sean was furious.
"This is a work by my favorite artist! You dared to damage it!"
"It was an accident. We'll pay for it."
"Is this about money? This is art!"
"Yes, art is priceless. We're truly sorry."
"Stop playing! Stop filming!" Sean yelled at Ye Can.
Ye Can, terrified, stopped playing, looking at him helplessly.
"Get out of my house!"
Vivian, having failed to get the answer she wanted, turned and left dejectedly. Sophia shook her head, then ran to calm Sean down.
"They ruined my painting!" Sean was furious.
"I know," Sophia said, pulling him. away.
"Don't you know how precious this painting is?"
"I do, but it's happened. Getting angry won't help."
"I'll get rid of them."
"Let me handle it."
was calmed by Sophia's few words. She even allowed them to continue
eyes. "Don't you know the artist who painted this is dead? It's his last work, incredibly precious..." "I know, I know," Sophia
raised an
eyes twinkled. "Honey," she
Chapter
"What?"
me seventy
"What?"
each 'honey? I just called you 'honey,' covering the
I owe
me
to pay?"
grin, Sophia became
forget about
""Too late."
rolled over, pinning her beneath him. "Tonight, my body belongs to
Sean's
quickly ceased.
day, they didn't
beach. When she
Sophia nodded.
come back. You were pretty roughed up last night," Chloe pointed to Sophia's
"Where's Qiao
whispering, "She said she's raising money to compensate for your painting." Sophia nodded, looking around for Vivian,
watch out for
steps, she saw Sean standing on the beach, wearing a white
far away, Ye Can was running barefoot after the waves, laughing. If she found a
refuse; he even examined the shells
sea breeze, her blonde hair
smile.
a pang of jealousy; the woman who didn't
heart.
she turned
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