At an early age, Dexter was introduced to the real business world by his father, who clearly wanted him to inherit the company. Now that Dexter was gone, everyone wondered if Old Mr. Bailey could survive the blow.

 

At the mention of Old Mr. Bailey, Logan was reminded of Elder Mr. Bailey and grimaced. “That old man is quite ancient. After sending away his grandson, I’m afraid that he might not be able to stand the blow and pass on as well.”

In Sophia’s memory, Elder Mr. Bailey was not a mentally weak person. Even though he was at a ripe old age, he still looked tough and hardy. In his younger days, he must have been a decisive and determined person.

In his solemn eyes, one could detect a hint of unrelenting look, from which one could imagine that the family death was only a setback and not a fatal blow to him. On the other hand, Old Mr. Bailey’s situation was concerning.

The topic of Dexter’s passing was too heavy and dampened the mood, so they promptly dropped it at this point.

After downing two glasses of wine, Ian turned to look at Sophia. “Are you really not planning to remarry John?”

Having faced the same question multiple times, she felt helpless. Every time she told them that she had no such plans yet, they would be confused by the answer.

To be honest, she believed that it was fine not to remarry. Marriage was nothing but a piece of legally binding paper. Even with that paper, her previous marriage with John didn’t work out. That was the reason she gave up hope on the ceremonial aspects of marriage.

 

for now, I do not have any plans for remarriage. I’d rather stay this way for the time being because I’m quite comfortable with our current way of interaction. If we get along well,

of marriage once in life. I genuinely have no interest in getting myself

Ian smiled and replied, “Your decision is, technically, not very

 

along and asked Ian why he was heading back sooner than expected. After all, he had first told

the wineglass in front of him as he let out a long sigh. “It’s even harder for me to

took a

“It’s best for me to leave.” He added, “Before I came back for the break, I was scheming and plotting. I would be lying to say that I’ve never had a dark side. Everything on earth is nothing more

noticed that John was really good to Sophia. In response, she glanced at him occasionally with an annoyed but affectionate

his dark thoughts. No matter how he schemed and plotted to break them

friendship if I continued. I suppose I’ve always been a rational man who knows how

true that he felt unfair and dissatisfied. However, if he allowed for those negative feelings to reign and mess things up to the

over his situation last night. After much deliberation, he made the decision to leave. At least, back at the

 

 

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