Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

Chapter 58

James had never been on quard around Ben, the woman who had raised him since he was a child. However, Sophie knew all about Bea’s manipulations

In their past life, it was Bea who had orchestrated her union with James. At that time, Bea had slipped a drug into the red wine, without even informing Sophie beforehand.

That’s why Sophie had deliberately avoided drinking any wine just now

“Am I just bring paranoid?” she wondered after a fruitless search

Late at night, as Sophie lay tossing and tuming in her bed, she faintly heard some noises coming from downstairs.

Ever since James started coming home more often, he had prepared a quest room for himself, and they continued to sleep in separate rooms every night.

Sophie opened her door and saw that the light in the kitchen downstairs was on. She followed the stairs down and saw James, loosely clad in a bathrobe, drinking cold water straight from the fridge.

“James?” Sophie called out softly.

The dim light in the room barely illuminated James, who seemed to stiffen at her voice.

bed?” James‘ voice was

sensed something was wrong. She noticed a flush on James‘ cheeks, an unnatural, alarming

her. James had

you… are

not moving. This

voice barely

his words, Sophie swiftly ran back to her own room. She wasn’t foolish enough to provoke

sound of shattering glass

door again, only to see James collapsed on the floor, unable to stand.

“James!”

the floor littered with pieces of

barely conscious, his cheek

second, he grabbed Sophie’s wrist. Sophie’s heart skipped

Sophie’s hand, his throat dry and his body feverishly hot. Her delicate,

this what you wanted?” James rasped

the drug, pinned her to the floor, his gaze fixed