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!”

the daughter of the Russell family and James‘ wife! You should be aware of your status. How can you just show yourself in public like this? If

was bom into high society and had never worked a day in her life, but she already

thought the same in her past life, believing that with the backing of the Russell family and marrying James, she would have

Russell family, and James was

she would never

up a chair and sat opposite Bea, who was taken aback that

on her face, Sophie explained, “Bea, please 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

that? 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

Burke International is a major enterprise.

say? A few hundred million?”

“Yes, a few hundred million. You

her shaky stature revealing her inner turmoil. “How can we lose so much money? What exactly happened?” “It’s said that 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

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