Chapter 221

The evening had already set in by the time Sophie drove back to the Burke mansion. As expected, Bea was sitting on the sofa, looking rather displeased.

“Grandma Bea, where’s James?”

Sophie thought Bea would call James back home, but it seemed like Bea wanted to have a one–on–one talk with her.

“He is still in a meeting. I asked him to come back later.”

Sophie remained silent beside her.

Bea said, “I heard from Marian that lately, you’ve hardly been at home, and even when you are, you leave after just a short while. What is it? Have you found somewhere else to live?” There was a hint of accusation in Bea’s tone.

Sophie smiled and replied, “I thought I shouldn’t stay idle, so I went out and found a job.”

“Ridiculous!”

status. How can you just show yourself in public like this? If you go out to work and others find

in her life, but she already had enough money to last several generations. How could she ever fear running out

thought the same in her past life, believing that with the backing of the

family, and James

the desperation of poverty, she would never allow herself to go through it again.

chair and sat opposite Bea, who was taken aback that Sophie dared to sit before

don’t be angry. I’m only working in our family business and managing our company. There’s nothing shameful about it. What you should be worried about is not me but James. After all, S

Corporation? I’ve lived more than half my life and never heard of it! How could it possibly push the Burke family out of several projects? Even if this small company has its moment and causes losses for Burke International, we can afford it! We don’t

know Burke International is a major enterprise. A few hundred million in losses is nothing much, not a big

did you say? A few hundred million?” Bea

and said, “Yes, a few hundred million. You didn’t know?”

S Corporation opened a commercial street, disrupting Burke International’s new commercial mall plan and leading to its opening without any visitors. Moreover, James had cut off several companies that had partnerships with Burke International, ending their collaborations. Those companies turned to S Corporation to collaborate on many projects in the same industry…”

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