"Now that I’m back, do you think there’s still a place for you?" Sophie asked.
Janice sat there, listening to Sophie, feeling uncomfortable all of a sudden.
If only one person raised such a question, she would not care.
However, there had been people who questioned her again and again, so she couldn’t say it didn’t matter.
But even so, she would not show it.
She snorted coldly and said, "Is that so? If you think you have a chance, why do you have to go through all the trouble to say this to ? You could just go straight to Christopher and snatch him back."
"Do you think I wouldn’t try to?" Sophie gritted her teeth.
Neither woman was prepared to back down. Their gazes were fierce and intense.
"Let’s wait and see."
Finally, Sophie stood up and left in a huff.
Janice waited until her figure was far away before falling limply back into her chair.
When Lucy returned to her seat, she only saw Janice sitting there alone. She frowned and asked, "Where is Doctor Valen?"
"She left." Janice replied coolly.
Lucy nodded. "Oh, then let’s go back. I just received a call from the station that there will be a big news tomorrow morning."
Janice nodded when she heard this, and then she stood up and walked out. "Can I get a free ride in your luxurious car?"
The two of them walked out of the restaurant and Lucy asked with so embarrassnt.
Janice looked at Lucy. Although she wasn’t in a good mood, she still smiled and said, "What do you an ’free ride’? I’ll send you ho."
Lucy raised her eyebrows. "Thank you, Janice."
After Christopher received Janice’s call, he drove back to the Batemans house in a hurry.
"Sir."
When Uncle Charlie saw him, he hurried to greet him happily.
As soon as Christopher entered the room, he asked, "Where is Sophie?"
Uncle Charlie was stunned, then said, "Miss Sophie has gone out."
"Out?"
Christopher frowned, turned around, and was about to leave.
"Halt!" A dominant voice suddenly sounded.
Christopher stopped in his tracks.
Nathan took a step forward and snorted. "What do you take this place for? You co and go as you please."
Nathan sat on the sofa in the living room with a cold face.
Only then did Christopher turn around. "Or else what?"
His face was also cold.
Both father and son stared at each other for a few seconds.
Nathan looked away first.
"Move back here. Your room is still kept for you."
As Nathan spoke, he picked up his cup and took a sip of water.
Christopher snorted. "You must be joking. I’m married. Of course I have to stay with my wife."
Hearing that, Nathan put the cup back on the table heavily.
"Are you still going to be stubborn about this?"
"You are the one being stubborn," Christopher retorted.
"You..." There was a flash of anger in Nathan’s eyes, but he suppressed it. He raised his eyebrows slightly and changed the topic. "Have you thought about how to celebrate your grandfather’s birthday next week?"
Christopher raised his eyebrows. "Grandpa said that he doesn’t want to celebrate."
Nathan didn’t say anything further, and he just stared at the cup on the table as his eyes narrowed gloomily.
Christopher did not stay any longer. He turned around and walked toward the door.
He had just arrived at the main door when he ran into Sophie, who had just returned from outside.
"Brother?"
When Sophie saw him, her eyes imdiately lit up.
...
When Christopher saw Sophie, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes. "I was just looking for you."
Sophie was delighted. It was rare for her to be back for so long without Christopher looking for her even once.
She said with a smile, "Then let’s go out for a walk and talk."
As she spoke, she turned around in high spirits.
"No need. Let’s talk right here." Christopher said.
Hearing this, Sophie stopped walking and looked back in embarrassnt. "As you wish."
She lowered her head and crossed her hands nervously, her heart beating wildly.
Christopher stared at her, Janice’s question still in his mind.
"Hubby, do you... really hate Sophie?"
Yes, he hated her, or rather, he used to.
Now he just felt indifferent about her.
"Stay away from Janice."
He said coldly.
Sophie, who was originally joyful at seeing him, heard his words, and got a dose of reality.
She raised her head to look at Christopher in disbelief. He had co looking for her just to warn her to stay away from Janice.
How could he do this?
"Chris, how can you treat like this?" Sophie bit her lip and her eyes turned red, feeling wronged.
Christopher didn’t even look at her.
Sophie’s heart was filled with determination.
She sobbed and said, "Chris, I know. What happened three years ago made you hate , but it wasn’t my fault. At that ti, we..."
"Shut up." Before she could finish her words, Christopher interrupted her coldly.
Sophie could only swallow her words.
Christopher said coldly, "Nothing happened three years ago. You know better than anyone else."
"But Chris, it did happen. Why are you unwilling to admit it?" Sophie t Christopher’s gaze. Her voice beca softer and softer.
"Admit what?" Christopher narrowed his eyes. "Do you think that I’m Joey, who you can easily manipulate?"
"I didn’t..."
"You know exactly what you did. You don’t have to explain it. I’m warning you one last ti today. Don’t ntion what happened three years ago to again."
Christopher gave her one last cold glare and strode out of the gate.
Sophie just stood there, staring at Christopher’s departing figure, her sad eyes full of humiliation and remorse.
"Sophie."
There was a sudden call behind her.
Sophie knew that it was Nathan. She quickly pretended to wipe away the tears on her face, turned her head, and acted wronged. "Dad... why did you co out?"
Obviously, this move worked for Nathan.
His eyes were instantly filled with pain.
"Sophie, don’t worry. I will let Christopher bear the responsibility for you."
"Dad, don’t make things difficult for him. I don’t want him to hate in the future."
As Sophie spoke, she rubbed her eyes.
Nathan’s heart ached when he saw this, and he beca even more resolute.
"You don’t have to worry about that. I’ll arrange everything for you."
Hearing Nathan say this, the corners of Sophie’s mouth curled into a faint smile of satisfaction.
However, when she looked at Nathan, she still looked upset.
"Dad, let’s not talk about this anymore. It’s too cold outside. Why didn’t you put on a coat before you ca out? You’ll catch a cold. Let’s go inside."
"Okay", Nathan nodded.
The two of them walked into the house.
By the ti Christopher arrived ho, Janice had not yet returned.
...
He checked the ti and found that it was already past eight o’clock.
Although it was not too late, he was still worried about Janice after she asked that question.
So, he called her.
However, she did not pick up.
He tried a few tis with the sa results, and he started feeling anxious about her.
Why didn’t she answer the phone?
At this ti, Janice was also in a dilemma. As soon as she drove Lucy ho, she received Christopher’s call.
She looked at his number on the screen. She wanted to pick it up, but she also didn’t want to.
She had not figured out how to face him yet.
Even though Sophie’s account of things was obviously biased, she still felt uncomfortable about it.
She didn’t know anything about Christopher’s childhood, so she didn’t know the kind of relationship they had.
However, she could sense that Sophie was different from Denise.
At least in the case of Denise, Christopher was frank about everything.
But when facing Sophie, he was always evasive.
In the beginning, he did not take the initiative to introduce them. Later on, he refused to let her et Sophie.
It seed as if all of this proved that it wasn’t such a simple relationship between him and Sophie.
He even seed a little guilty.
She didn’t know if she should pursue the matter.
She loved Christopher and didn’t care about his past, but she couldn’t stand his past being brought up all the ti.
This was human nature. Even if logic told her that so things could be ignored or even turned a blind eye to, there was always a trace of uneasiness in the depths of her heart.
It was like planting a seed unknowingly. No one knew when it would sprout from the bottom of their hearts.
This uneasiness was definitely a ti bomb.
She didn’t want to spend the future in uncertainty.
The phone kept ringing. She was a little distracted, so she parked the car by the side of the road, leaned against the steering wheel, and thought for a while before deciding to answer.
No matter what, she had to face it, right?
"Hello," she said in a low voice.
Christopher’s anxious voice quickly ca from the other end of the line.
"Where are you?"
"I’m outside." Janice knitted her brows.
"I’ll go find you."
Christopher took the car keys and was about to reach the door when Janice said, "No need, I’m coming ho now."
Hearing this, Christopher stopped and said, "Okay, I’ll wait for you at ho." Janice didn’t start her car imdiately after hanging up.
Although she had promised Christopher that she would return imdiately, she hadn’t sorted out her thoughts.
However, she knew in her heart that she shouldn’t suspect her husband just because a woman said a few words.
She should not make a conclusion before she knew the whole picture.
Thinking of this, she started the car, and soon she arrived at their villa.
Janice parked the car in the garage. The mont she walked out, she saw Christopher walking towards her.
She paused and walked forward. "Why did you co out?"
Christopher rely stepped forward quickly and reached out to hold her tightly in his arms.
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