Arthur, however, ignored Sophia and proceeded to clean up her wounds with at sterilized Q-tip. When he went on to apply the antiseptic, she hissed in pain. and gasped softly. ‘Ow, that hurts!”

The way she yelped was so suggestive that Arthur stopped and shot her a freezing look, as though angry that hist testosterone decided to react to her voice.

At present, neither of them noticed the fuming figure that stood on the second floor landing with her hand on the banister. Emily had been awakened by the ruckus downstairs, so she came out of her room and Sophia’s soft moans of pain. sounded. She then decided to head. downstairs only to see Arthur helping the girl clean her bleeding shins.

One could call it first-aid, but to Emily, who was so blinded by jealousy she could hardly think straight, Sophia was a cunning vixen who had resorted to such cheap acts to win over Arthur’s attention.

“What happened, Arthur?” Emily asked aloud, pretending as if she had been woken up by the commotion as she continued her way down the rest of the steps.

Sophia hurriedly rolled down the legs of her pajama pants and apologized, “Did we wake you, Miss Jennings? I’m terribly sorry for that.”

“Did something happen to you?” Emily asked, meeting the other girl’s gaze confrontationally.

“I fell and scraped my knees earlier, so Mr. Weiss helped me stop the bleeding,” Sophia answered frankly.

you’re not bleeding anymore, then go

by the wrist and warned through gritted teeth,

Sophia was the only one who could hear

much untoward hatred Emily had for her. She wanted to tell her that she was a natural klutz

of the staircase and said, “I don’t think I

said, handing her the bottle of milk he had

he heard gone footsteps coming down from the third floor, and as for the milk, it was

was furious. So, Artie would rather rendezvous with

Is that it? Looks like I’ve severely underestimated how much Sophia means to

over the side of the bed. Elliot had already called Larry, the vice president of Bourgeois, and asked him

that, leaving Anastasia to wait for Larry’s arrival at home. When the clock struck 10, Larry and his

on the couch. She’s blossomed into a whole new person now, one that must not be overlooked

started out in Bourgeois. Elliot had asked him to persuade her to accept

bring her the information on the property as well. However, completely unfazed by the otherwise-tempting gift, Anastasia

a feeling that she could very well become his superior. As it

first few times they met, Anastasia looked wiser and more focused now, with

President Young, it’s

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