Chapter 27

“Where is she?” Lawrence inquired the moment she answered the call. “They informed me you sent doctors and took her…”

“Have you heard the news?” Sofia asked. “That doctor is not someone wel could trust.”

“Sofia…”

“My mother is safe,” Sofia stated, her voice cold. She stared at the fireplace in the living room. She chose not to work this time and simply stayed in the house with him. Tomorrow, the meeting would happen, and Alexander suggested that she stay at home instead of going to the office. The arrest of Dr. Mulach would make everything more dangerous, as it would make Lawrence suspect that she knew something.

“Please do not expect me to trust you after what happened, Father. It was you who recommended Dr. Mulach. You cannot blame me for doubting you,” Sofia said.

“I, too, was not aware that he is someone like that.”

“I heard that he had arrest warrants all over the world,” Sofia said. “It’s hard to believe that you knew nothing about it.”

“Sofia-”

“I only asked my doctors to test my mother’s blood,” Sofia said. “If I find something… Dr. Mulach will rot in prison!” Sofia hisset. Then she ended the call without waiting for Lawrence to say another word. She placed her phone on the coffee table as she balled her hands into fists, trying her best to stop them from trembling.

Since Lawrence came into her life, this was the first time she had raised her voice at him. This was the first time that she actually talked to him like this. The experience was jarring. She could not stop her lips from

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trembling, and her heart was racing like a horse. Yet, it was necessary. She held her other hand and closed her eyes.

She knew her face had already lost its color.

“You want one?” a mellowed deep voice interrupted her stupor. She lifted her gaze and found Alexander standing nearby, a wine glass in hand.

“I need something stronger…”

smirked and then handed

warm up her insides. “I didn’t know that the great chairman of Beaumont Empire would offer me some whiskey

as he sat beside her. “Only when I am with

only

“What is?”

you like beautiful women…” Daniel never told her anything about Alexander. Aside from the fact that

fact that Alexander was never linked to a woman

this man a thousand times

her words

“Strange…” he uttered.

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is?” she asked

were listening to gossip

was not,”

“Really?”

gossip about you? I already have a lot

“Is that so?”

wine glass that was still in his hand then she drank its contents too. She could already feel her cheeks heating up. “Some people talk…” she uttered. “I must have heard

smirk as if… as if he

“I- Nothing.”

Miss Lockhart?” he leaned closer. Almost immediately, the smell of his aftershave and a subtle hint of his perfume filled her

He was

push him, but her hand. refused to move. Her

he asked, his

no interest in women,” she

you believe them?” he asked, his gaze

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her feel exposed.

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