Mr. Chairman’s Devious Wife by Brey Mitchylle

Chapter 40

Sofia was unaware of the reasons behind Alexander’s actions, but she felt a profound sense of gratitude. As tears warmed her cheeks. Sofia glanced down in an attempt to regain composure. Sensing her emotions, Alexander reached across the table and gently took her hand.

Sofia struggled to find the right words to express the mix of gratitude and confusion within her. He gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, his eyes meeting hers with understanding. I told you, Sofia,” he said softly. Tm already your husband. We’re in this together.”

Just as the moment seemed to linger, a voice interrupted from across the room. “Oh, darling, don’t listen to him,” a regal voice declared. Sofia turned to see Eulanda Lockhart-her grandmother, standing near the restaurant entrance.

Eulanda’s stern yet playful gaze was fixed on Alexander. “He’s not your husband unless I approve of him,” Eulanda declared with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.

“Grandmother!” Sofia immediately got up, surprise apparent on her face as she stared at the woman she hadn’t seen for months. Seeing her grandmother in person made her more emotional, but she didn’t know how to react.

Her grandmother was never the affectionate one-cold, authorituive, and demanding. She always seemed composed with her perfect bun and elegant clothing. Her words were sharp, and her gaze chilly.

However, the woman standing not too far away was different. Eulanda was not wearing her bun. Instead, her shoulder-length hair was down in elegant curls. Eulanda’s green eyes sparkled with a hint of mischief as she surveyed the scene.

The regal posture remained, but there was a warmth in her gaze that Sofia had never witnessed. Her perfectly styled curls framed a face that still held the grace of years past, softened by an unexpected gentleness.

Draped in a flowing emerald dress that matched the color of her eyes, Eulanda seemed to have shed the stern exterior Sofia remembered. The mischievous twinkle in her eye hinted at a playful side that, until now, had been hidden beneath layers of formality

“Are you not going to come and greet your grandmother?” Eulanda’s sudden words made Sofia flinch. This tone was the one that Sofia was very familiar with! However, for a moment. Sofia was frozen in surprise, unsure of how to respond to this unexpected transformation in her grandmother.

“Grandmother. Sofia said after a few minutes of silence. “I-1 didn’t know that you would come…” she then looked at Alexander, who was acting like a tree. Did he know about this?

you?” Eulanda’s gaze turned towards

cheek. In the past, the greeting would have ended right then and

how to react as this was the first time that her

“As heartwarming as this- my wife might need to breathe at some point.

hear him call her by her first name. As far as Sofia knew, no one, not

went back to the table. Sofia was still slightly flustered as she looked at Alexander. She was starting to wonder

Chapter 40

asked as she gestured for

safe __ she is under the care of Hugo

think that I just came here because of

with her grandmother in the past. It was always, Sofia insisting that they take Charlotte with them or argue with her grandmother as she wanted Eulanda to treat Charlotte as her

say. Sofia did not know how to handle a conversation like this with her grandmother. “Isn’t it because she is your daughter?” Sofia asked after

she never treated me like her

always loved you.” Sofia

sheered. “She loved that man

so much, perhaps even more than she loved her mother.

ask me why I chose

thought Lawrence was trying to

move the stocks just like that. She would not be able to move

was the reason behind her

as she accepted the