Female Novel
Chapter 425
Sophia let slip a chuckle before replying, “Is that so? I was expecting to meet you during such anoccasion.”
What Sophia said was rather confrontational, but Isabelle didn’t seem to mind at all, as she retainedher smile while saying, “How long have you been here? I just arrived. There are so many guests, but Iknow none of them, so it’s making me feel a little awkward.”
While Isabelle spoke, Sophia was observing the white gown Isabelle wore. She seemed otherworldly inher gown, which was befitting of her temperament. In comparison, Sophia thought she seemed tacky,but that was a fact she didn’t deny; she thought that she was destined for the life of a common folk whoneeded to work hard to earn her wages.
John approached Sophia to stand by her side. “We just arrived as well.” While John spoke, Loganwalked up to them with a sullen look on his face upon noticing Isabelle’s presence, as he disliked bothIsabelle and her mother. Besides, he was never one to hide his emotions, so people could easily get toknow who was on his blacklist by observing his facial expressions. He stood beside Sophia as well, buthis words were directed at Isabelle. “Why are you here?”
He sounded even more confrontational than Sophia, but Isabelle tried her best to respond in a casualmanner. “I came with my father.”
After hearing what she told him, Logan examined her from head to toe before saying, “This gown looksnice on you. It suits you. Why would you even think of taking some other person’s gown? With someeffort, you can always find one that fits you.”
Although Logan supposedly didn’t mean anything else, his words came out slightly twisted, which he
didn’t seem to notice himself, but both Sophia and Isabelle could detect the underlying implications inwhat he said.
With a half smirk, Sophia suggested, “Let’s not stand here, as we’re getting quite some attention. Weshould go to the reception hall instead.” She knew that Isabelle was trying to attract more attention bycalling out to her loudly earlier, so she figured she should comply with that by moving to an even morecrowded location.
The four of them garnered a lot of attention as soon as they entered the reception hall. Sophia wasJohn’s ex-wife, while Isabelle was supposedly his girlfriend, and the three were accompanied byLogan, who was notorious for his bad temper. The fact that the four of them were together made forsplendid gossip, which was why the crowd around them were huddled among themselves whileglancing at Sophia. They all seemed to be expecting a good show.
Sophia wore a smile while wondering if they assumed Isabelle and her would fight in public. As theywere both civilized individuals, they wouldn’t do it in public even if they were to start a brawl. Truth betold, Sophia disliked the fact that Isabelle would put on a smile regardless of if she liked the individualshe was facing.
Compared to her, Sophia much preferred spending time with someone like Logan, whom she couldeasily read, as it was safer to associate herself with that kind of person. People like Isabelle were goodat disguising themselves, so their shady actions might even go undetected. Even someone like Matildawas easier to deal with compared to Isabelle.
Upon reaching that conclusion, Sophia could no longer hold back the question in her mind, so sheturned to look at John. “I have something that I’ve been meaning to ask you.” novelbin
Instead of giving her a reply on the spot, John gestured at the seats in the lounge area beside them, soIsabelle and Logan went over. After that, John looked at Sophia while asking, “What’s the matter? Whatis it that you would like to know?”
Sophia didn’t follow Logan and Isabelle. Instead, she moved closer to John before asking, “Are yourparents…?” She didn’t finish her sentence as she assumed he would know what she was trying to ask.
However, all John did was stare at her in silence. Sophia didn’t want anybody else overhearing theirconversation, so she moved even closer to him before repeating her question. “Are you parents reallydivorced?”
A smile tugged at the corner of John’s lips. Neither Logan nor Isabelle were close to them, so the factthat John and Sophia stood so close to each other garnered the attention of quite a number of people.