Female Novel
Chapter 180
“Where does it hurt?” Sophia blinked as she stood on her toes to touch John’s forehead. There wasnothing abnormal about his temperature, but John took a step back to avoid her touch. He had a hardtime pinpointing where in his body exactly felt uncomfortable, as his entire body just didn’t feel right.
Sophia realized upon him backing away that her gesture had crossed a line, so she giggled to relievethe awkward atmosphere while taking a few steps back. “Have you gone to a doctor?”
“That won’t be necessary, as all I need is to get some rest.” Upon holding the bottle in hand, he walkedtoward the stairs. Sophia gave a hum in response without saying much else. However, John stopped inhis tracks after taking a few steps on the stairs before lowering his gaze to look at Sophia. “You seemto be on good terms with the second young master of the Morgan Family.”
“Yeah, that much is true.” There was a pause in Sophia’s movements before she nodded with muchseriousness, as she figured the fact that she went to his company to support him meant that they wereon good terms. Ever since she met him, she had regarded him as a friend, while their relationshipwould definitely have improved after what happened back in his family’s company, so she would saythat they were on good terms.
“You only knew him for a brief time, so I don’t think you know how complicated his family is,” Johnscoffed as he said.
While maintaining a serious expression, Sophia nodded in response. “I know about that, as Ian told meeverything. He has a few half siblings, and he is an illegitimate child. I know everything.” A sighescaped her lips after saying so. “His situation is complicated indeed. I used to think your family iscomplicated enough, but it doesn’t compare at all to the Morgans. Even though you have an extensivefamily, they could at least get along, while that’s not the case at all for the Morgans...”
“I never expected him to tell you all this.” There was amusement in his gaze as he stared at Sophia insurprise.
“Huh?” Sophia didn’t even register the ridicule in his tone. “Yeah, we don’t keep things from eachother.”
He continued to walk upstairs as he spoke, “Sophia, I realized by now that I underestimated you.”
“Huh? What do you mean?” A frown could be seen on her face, but John headed straight for his roominstead of answering her question. Moreover, he locked the door behind him, which confused her, asSophia wouldn’t go check on him regardless if he locked it.
Sophia watered the plants after spacing out for a moment, then retreated to her room. After taking ashower and drying her hair, she lay in bed for a nap with a full stomach. Such was the luxurious life sheonly ever dreamed of.
She dozed off after a while, whereas John got out of his room to go into the yard. There were flowerpots that were arranged in two rows, in which planted all kinds of flowers. A frown formed on his faceupon checking his surroundings, but he wasn’t actually worried about the scandal despite it gainingmomentum.
What concerned him was the fact that he would be reminded of what happened after he was druggedwhenever he came across those articles. He would then recall what happened between him andSophia in the lounge, and the memory grew even more vivid the more he thought about it, which wasn’thelping his anxiety at all. novelbin
Upon retrieving a cigarette from his case, he left it dangling between his lips without lighting it. Hewasn’t in fact addicted to cigarettes, nor did he like the smell of cigarettes, as it was more out ofnecessity that he smoked to blend in when he was socializing. In the courtyard he stood while gazingupon the entrance of the house, as the sight of when Ian sent Sophia home was all he could think of.