The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 374

Josephine stretched with a lazy yawn, arms high over her head.

"Good morning, Miss Sophia."

When she noticed Alex was awake, her face lit up. "And good morning to you, Alex."

"Morning, Josephine," Alex replied, unsure what else to say under Sophia's sharp, burning stare.

Josephine swung her legs off the bed, cracking her neck like nothing unusual had happened.

"I'll make breakfast for the three of us, okay?" She started toward the door as if it were any other day.

Sophia stepped in her path, eyes narrowing. "How can you two be sleeping together?"

Josephine met her gaze without a flicker of guilt. Growing up in the cramped orphanage, sharing a bed had never been a scandal.

"Oh, Alex fainted in front of the clinic, so I brought him to his bed," she said through another yawn.

"But then he got all teary and didn't want to let go. Maybe he needed a friend, so I stayed. I was tired too, so I fell asleep there. That's all."

With that, Josephine turned and headed off to make breakfast, leaving them alone in the room.

Sophia's eyes flicked between them-both fully clothed, nothing looking out of place.

She wanted to scold Alex, but Josephine's words pulled her up short.

Alex... fainted? And teary-eyed?

Could that have been because she had shot a bullet to his forehead yesterday?

"What are you doing here?" Alex asked from the bed.

Sophia moved to his side, her warm fingers brushing his forehead before she could think better of it.

"Did that little stunt I pulled yesterday-shooting the bullet to you-make you faint? Did it hurt so bad you almost died?"

Alex's eyes sharpened. This wasn't the Sophia he knew the one who lashed out first and thought later.

softer. Concerned. It

just... lately, there's been

her lip. "You're right. For both

between them before

do you think

Alex searched her face-beautiful, but

hands together tightly, panic flickering

a widow now... and if you don't

was headed. In the past, he might have answered without hesitation-yes, let's

her way into his life, everything felt tangled and

give

phone shrilled. She glanced at the screen. "I need

away.

voice came through, frantic. "Our neighbor just called-Our

"What?"

fire engines roared in

and Alex stood side by side, watching orange flames devour the

their hospital patient clothes, eyes wide

she lurched toward the burning mansion. "My money! My jewelry-my

to die?" Sophia yanked her

money and jewelry are still inside! I

fire's out of control! The money's probably already gone, but the

go in now, you're running straight to your

mother, holding her

home-our property!

tears streaming down her face as she

unreadable, had already given the order-forty guards to deal

looked like they'd

already swallowed by flames, its walls groaning before collapsing into the

any luck, it would take Henny and

tore through the air, the ground shuddering beneath their

the Mansion apart, reducing it to a heap of smoking rubble,

have been the gas-or something

furious. "My