Chapter 48

Looking into James‘ eyes, Sophie knew it was futile to resist any longer. If she continued to challenge Jarnes, he might just have someone forcibly take her back home today.

Sophie took a deep breath,

She can bide his time, she thought, better to bow now than never

“I understand,” Sophie said. T’ll be home at least twice a week, is that okay?”

“Three times a week.”

“You!”

Sophie was about to erupt in anger, but upon seeing the look in James‘ eyes, she managed to restrain herself.

Studying for her Master’s at Eastwood College wasn’t too demandin, so visiting home three times a week was certainly manageable, and James must have confirmed it with the dean before making such a demand.

Sophie adjusted her attitude and offered James an extremely forced smile, “Three times it is then, Mr. Burke, any other requests?”

and I’ll have Lee

took another deep breath, continuing to smile. “No

“Not for now”

be more demands

attending Eastwood College had given James more leverage over her. After all, she couldn’t let Bea know she was attending Eastwood College. Her mother–in–law was

to attend to. I’ll have Lee take you back to

if he suddenly remembered something, he

James bring up Harold out of the blue?

before she fainted. Could Harold

school by Colt. She had expected to see Harold in class but to her Surprise, everyone was there except him.

on in.”

out to Sophie, who was zoning

back row. She had intended to catch Harold’s attention and possibly get closer to him, but

the Burke family were always at

James‘ wife did have its advantages, but

school, she had done quite a bit of research on this and knew what a typical day for a graduate student at Eastwood College entailed. These few days, these graduates

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