Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

Chapter 37

Watching the empty palm of his hand, James suddenly felt uneasy.

After a while, Sophie spoke up. “How did you get here?”

“You’d be treated poorly coming alone, so why did you still come by yourself?”

Sophie paused before responding. “I asked you first.”

James pursed his lips, Today is Nichole’s birthday. I still need to make it there”

“Nichole’s birthday?” Sophie looked stunned, “Then why are you here?”

James always cared more about Nichole than others.

James frowned slightly at Sophie’s tone, “The Russell family’s dinner party is crucial for maintaining the relationship between the Burke and Russell families, I had to come.”

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don’t mean that.” Sophie said

catch it clearly,

deal with the difficult Jessica and other distant relatives of the Russell family by herself, and later, he didn’t even bother to give

said, isn’t it more appropriate for you to spend Nichole’s important birthday

“I don’t need reminding.”

and sensible. As soon as she heard about the Russell family’s dinner, she called me to handle things

dinner.”

moment he finished speaking, James realized he had said something

and chuckled self-deprecatingly. Nichole had been parentless since childhood,

her head,

knowing he had misspoken, James grabbed Sophie’s arm firmly, saying in a deep voice, “Nichole takes these things to heart. For the past few years, I’ve been the adult who’s celebrated her birthday with her. If I miss it this

emphasized the word

James’ arm, “It has nothing to do with me, go and be with Nichole. She’s always

she geniuely wanted him to go to Nichole, it made him feel even