The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 438 Trouble Far from Over

"What's up with that Sophia? Can you fill me in? Relax, I'm not trying to stir the pot. It's just that I've noticed she's been hanging around my brother Dean a lot lately. He's my only family, and he's still young and naive. He doesn't know much about Emerald City."

Archibald was setting the stage to get Emily to open up.

Emily caught on to his intentions.

After a moment of thought, she decided to be straightforward with him.

"I get it, and I understand. Her last name is Brown. You're smart, so you probably guessed some of it already. She's my half-sister, my father's illegitimate daughter with another woman."

Archibald snorted in response. "No wonder."

"What do you mean, 'no wonder'?" Emily was puzzled by his reaction. She looked at Archibald, who seemed visibly angry.

Was there more to the story?

"She doesn't act like a lady from a wealthy family. Look at her, always clinging to Dean like she's afraid someone will see her. She has no class at all.

"Sneaking around like that is disgraceful! Even if I didn't disapprove as his brother, my parents would never have allowed their beloved youngest son to mix with a woman like her!"

Hearing Archibald's harsh words, Emily realized he must have noticed the tension between her and Sophia. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare speak so ill of Sophia.

"So... is Dean dating Sophia?" Emily took the opportunity to ask the question that had been on her mind.

Archibald turned the steering wheel, making a sharp turn, and replied with frustration.

"How could he? I just pulled him aside to ask him that. He swore to me that Sophia is just someone he met while having fun. She likes to stick around him, but he has no interest in her. It's never serious.

avoid any trouble. If he

as stern as

could understand. She had seen Michael treat Veda the same

children without parental guidance, growing up and having

Veda was

As for Dean...

own judgment, but she could tell that Dean didn't genuinely

was far

the need to warn Archibald. "Dean wanted to start a studio... Sophia won't

that Archibald wouldn't know the final answer, but it was worth

was sharp enough not to be fooled by Dean and Sophia, who were just starting

strong smell of smoke

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was Dean, sitting in the driver's seat of the BMW Archibald had given

constant display of brand logos on his clothes, the random music blaring in the car, the sparkling steering wheel cover, and the

these flaws, but knowing Dean's temper, she didn't dare speak

accustomed to someo like

set her sights

man she couldn't win over would be snatched away by that wretched Emily. Sophia couldn't swallow her anger,

spreading like invisible black smoke, filling her surroundings and

still doing here? Get

a shout from Dean made Sophia

to be here breathing in secondhand smoke? Dean, why do you always

thought you

and you just obey? Do you have any backbone? Forget it, talking to you is a waste of time. I'd be better off figuring things out on