Pursuing Her (Sophie and Tristan)

Chapter 4 Ask For Help

crashed through Willow.“Mom, just look at her!” she huffed.“Shut up!” Right then, Josiah descended from the stairs.“Sophie’s my granddaughter, and she has the right to stay in the Tanner residence. If you both have any objection, you can scram now.”“Grandpa, you can’t do this to me. Sophie—”Josiah cut in, “Willow, don’t you understand my words?” There was a hint of warning in his tone. “Sophie, come here. I haven’t seen you for five whole years.”Sophie’s heart ached when she saw her grandfather’s white hair. Obediently, she went to him.“Grandpa, I’m here to pay you a visit.”Oh, she’s so skinny. They left her to her own devices in Horington when she was a kid, and there was no one who could take care of her.Josiah squeezed her hands.“Sophie, I wasn’t here five years ago and had no idea what happened. Now that I’m back, no one will dare to bully you,” he promised.“Thanks, Grandpa.” He was the only one who trusted her wholeheartedly in the family.“There’s no need to thank me. Morgan, go clean Ms. Sophie’s room now.” Josiah was in a jovial mood after seeing Sophie. “Charmaine, you’ll have to enroll Sophie into a school tomorrow,” he ordered.“Dad, Sophie was expelled by her school five years ago. I’m afraid no school would take her in now,” Charmaine explained.They weren’t in Horington and couldn’t pay a school to take Sophie in.“Sophie can attend Jipsdale Premier High together with Willow,” Josiah added as though he hadn’t heard her explanation.“Dad, not everyone can get into Jipsdale Premier High. It’s the hardest high school to get into in Jipsdale! Not even rich and influential people can send their children there. Willa got into Jipsdale Premier High through her own abilities.”“Grandpa, you don’t have to do this.” Sophie only came here to pay him a visit. She added, “Besides, I’m staying somewhere else. I’m not moving back.”Josiah’s face turned dark at her words.“Sophie, I promise no one can bully you here. The Tanner family needs you,” he reiterated.“Grandpa, Sophie knows nothing! All she does is fight and spend her time with delinquents.”Bang!Josiah slammed his teacup onto the table so loudly that the tea splashed out.“Willow, you are to leave right this instance if you dare to utter one more word!” Josiah fumed. “Are my orders ineffective now as I wasn’t home for five years?”He turned to Sophie. “Sophie, are you going to disobey me, too?”“Grandpa, I…” Sophie trailed off hesitantly. She would definitely ignore those words if they came from someone else’s lips.However, Josiah was the one who said those words, and he was the only one who cared for her.“Okay, then.” I’ll go to Jipsdale Premier High if that’s Grandpa’s last wish. ”I won’t stay here, though,” she said.If she were to stay under one roof with people she hated, she couldn’t promise she wouldn’t do anything to them.“Fine. I won’t force you to stay. But you’ve only returned tonight, so I want you to spend one night with me.”Sophie nodded in response.“Grandpa, it’s late. You should go to bed. I’ll stay home for the next few days to keep you company,” Sophie assured him. She didn’t want to disappoint him.“Good. I’m no longer young, so I want our family to get along with each other,” Josiah said pointedly. He then got up and went upstairs with Morgan’s help.Charmaine went to clean Sophie’s room with Morgan, so only Sophie and Willow were left in the living room.It seemed to Willow that Sophie wasn’t the same person she used to be. No matter what, I’m the only daughter of the Tanner family.“I can’t believe you had the guts to come back home,” Willow sneered. There was a hint of malice on her face that was unbefitting of her age.Sophie fished out a piece of gum from her pocket. She unwrapped the