Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 469

Sophie handed her phone to James, saying, "The video evidence is all here. It's your call."

James took the phone. His brows furrowed, and his voice was deep. "I came back for you. I can only rest easy knowing you're safe."

"Thank you, Mr. Burke, but if you truly wish for my safety, please proceed with our divorce as soon as possible."

After all, Bea had done so much simply because James refused to finalize their divorce.

"After the divorce, you want to be with Colby?"

"Yes."

Sophie's straightforward answer pained James.

She watched James, her tone indifferent. "I thought I made myself clear last time. You should understand how I feel. Our marriage was a mistake from the start."

"Nichole's child is gone. Can't we..."

jerked her hand away, disgust gradually tinting her gaze. "You think, just because her child is gone, there are no barriers between us? James! Wake up. The obstacle between us has never been

shoulders, urgency and confusion in his eyes. "Then tell me, what is the obstacle between us? Why did you choose Colby over me? I know I've neglected you, but it was because we had no feelings

go!" Sophie pulled away from James, staring into his eyes. "James, I chose you once, and you

more, but Sophie coldly interrupted, "James, you must be aware of what people in Devonport say about me. They say I'm desperately chasing after you. They say

weakened. He had heard such rumors before. People even mocked Sophie in his presence,

those words to

never

Sophie because she was always annoyingly behind him, always copying Nichole's dressing style. He assumed it was his grandmother's doing, a ploy to make him like Sophie more, to use her to

red dress, and it was the first time he saw Sophie not trying to be someone else. She was confident, radiant, dignified, and elegant. That was also the first

in the past.

"Mr. Burke, you must have many matters to attend to. I won't disturb you any

"I will never agree to a divorce. I won't let

James, you look nothing like the head of the

With that, Sophie left.

himself. Of course, he knew he didn't look the part of a head

International. Now that Russell Enterprise had gone bankrupt, Sophie had lost her qualifications as his wife long ago. The Burke family should