Pursuing Her (Sophie and Tristan)

Chapter 157 Everything Is Ready

her right on the lips.“You’re awake.”“Yes.”Sophie was still a little dazed after being kissed so suddenly, and Tristan could not resist pinching her face gently when he noticed it.“Do you have any idea how enticing you look right now? It’s enough to stir one’s desire to have their way with you,” he murmured.She’s simply too alluring!“I’ll go and check whether my grandfather is awake or not,” Sophie said quickly. I wonder whether he ate anything last night. Anyway, he must be hungry by now.Tristan could not help but laugh when he saw her scurry off.He then had his assistant buy breakfast from The Crown, and the latter brought back plenty of food. Since Josiah relished a lively atmosphere, everyone gathered in his ward to have breakfast with him.Just as they were eating, Arius arrived.“I can’t believe you didn’t invite me for breakfast. Isn’t that a bit too much?” Arius complained. He still had one other surgery scheduled that day. It was a very tough surgery, so he had come to ask Sophie to join him and learn from it.“Ari! You’ve not had breakfast yet, haven’t you? In that case, come and join us. Tanny bought lots of food!” Josiah called out. The Crown’s breakfast was delicious, and he had eaten a lot.“You’re the only one who thinks of me,” Arius said to Josiah, going over immediately to eat breakfast with the elderly man.After they finished their meal, Tristan had to leave for Lombard Group as there was some business he had to attend to personally.Since Josiah wished to take a stroll, Morgan went with him while Arius led Sophie away to prepare for the surgery.Having heard that Arius would be performing surgery at the hospital that day, Constance had arrived early that morning to wait there. However, it never crossed her mind that she would meet Sophie, who was wearing a surgical gown.“What are you doing here?” Constance asked darkly, her expression souring as soon as she saw Sophie.She harbored a deep dislike for Sophie and felt the latter’s appearance signaled misfortune for Mason.“Does that have anything to do with you?” Sophie answered bluntly. She had no wish to be polite to Constance.Constance fell silent at her words.If it were before, there was no way she would have backed down so easily after receiving such a retort.But now, she dared not say anything else because of Tristan.Meanwhile, Arius thought Sophie had sneaked away when he did not see her after changing into his surgical gown. Coming out to look for her, he spotted the woman who had bullied Sophie the other day.The second Arius saw Constance, his expression turned grim.Why does this woman keep showing up everywhere?“Why are you here?” he demanded brusquely.“Come on. Let’s go in,” Sophie piped up. She had only stepped out to make a phone call, not expecting to bump into Constance.Nonetheless, that’s all unimportant. At this moment, I couldn’t care less about Mrs. Laird.Arius snorted coldly.“Who are you? Why do you look at her with such a haughty and imperious expression?” he asked Constance. The way she looks at Sophie just irks me.Furious, Constance responded in a threatening tone, “I’m telling you, you no-name doctor. You’d better show me some respect. Otherwise, I’ll have the hospital director fire you.”Is every Tom, Dick, and Harry qualified to mock me now?Arius was both amused and enraged.“What am I going to do, Sophie? I’m quaking in my boots! It took a long time before I finally got this job. My whole family relies on me to put food on the table. If I lose this job, I’ll starve to death!”Sophie did not respond. Instead, she quietly watched Arius put on his act.Constance was irate. “Why you—” “How dare you doubt my abilities? Do you think you can intimidate me, you old hag? If you can get the director to fire me, I’ll get on my knees and grovel!” Arius continued, interrupting her.Would I, Arius Gullifer, be afraid of others threatening me?“You—” Constance began, her entire body trembling with rage.Incensed, she snarled, “Sophie Tanner, look at that piece of garbage next to you! I’m calling the director right now!”“I didn’t hear that wrong, did I, Sophie? She dared to refer to me as garbage!”“Watch your words, Mrs. Laird,” Sophie warned. “Don’t make the