loved engrossed himself in his phone. She was getting ants in her pants and said again, âTheo, are you listening to me?â
Theo tooked up and asked, âDid you get all your documents sorted?â
A pang of guilt flashed in Sophiaâs eyes. âUm⦠Itâs kind of a pain to get it done overseas, so it might take some time to get here.â
She had pretended to lose her documents before, so she couldnât go with him to cancel the marriage certificate. She had been dragging her feet for a long time now.
Her passport and other documents were also âlost,â and it would be difficult for her to return home to handle it.
Theo replied, âGet it done as soon as possible.â
Sophia nodded. She thought about it for a moment and said, âTheo, I donât actually mind keeping things as they are. Like this, I can help you and Ellinor dodge some bullets. I donât think anyone of us will mind.â
Theo said coldly, âI mind.â
Sophia felt awkward and forced a smile. âAre you worried Ellinor will get the wrong idea? I get it. Iâll go home and nag my dad to pult some strings to help me get my documents faster.â
Theo was preoccupied, staring intently at his phone as he waited for Ellinor to respond to his earlier comment.
Sophia saw that the man was not in the mood to deal with her, so she took the hint. âUm⦠Theo, youâre busy! I wonât bother you; Iâll head out.â
âHold on.â
Theo looked up and stopped her.
Sophia stopped in her tracks, a look of surprise on her face. âWhatâs up, Theo?â
Theo pointed with his chin at the gift box on the table. âTake your chocolates with you; I donât eat that stuff.â
Sophiaâs face froze, and she forced another smile. âItâs OK; you can give it to Ellinor. Let her try it;
every girl likes chocolate!â
âIf I want to give her something, I donât need to give her someone elseâs stuff. If she wants to eat it, Iâll buy it for her myself.â
Sophia felt rebuffed and had to pick up the box of chocolates. âYouâre right, I wasnât considerate enough. Iâll take it with me. Iâll come to see you when I have time.â
Theo nodded slightly. âNext time we meet, I hope your documents are all sorted.â
Sophiaâs face turned ugly. In other words, he only hoped to cancel the meaningless marriage certificate the next time he saw her, if there was nothing else, he didnât want to see her.
Despite feeling low, Sophia still forced herself to remain composed. âAlright, Theo, donât worry!â
Sophia left.
Theo stood by his desk, staring at his phone for a while, but didnât wait for Ellinorâs reply.
He adjusted his tie, feeling restless.
He picked up the phone on the desk and dialed his secretary.
âGet some guys in here to haul my chair out, chuck it, and bring in a new one.â
The secretary was a bit puzzled but didnât dare ask why. She just accepted the order. âOkay, Mr.
Blanchet.â
Soon, a new office chair was brought in, and the old one was carted out and discarded. Chapter 1305 He left a comment under the tweet. âDonât sweat it, Iâm here.â
Sophia was left out in the cold. She watched as the man she ia deliberately rubbed off the lipstick on the comer of her lips with her finger.
âIâve gotta thank ya for the opportunity you created for me. If you hadnât pissed off Theo yesterday, I might not have had a chance to get close to him. Ever since Thea chose to give being with me a shot, heâs been different towards me. The moment I walked in just now, he stood up, came over, and kissed me. He totally smooched off my lipstick!â
Did Theo just step off camera to kiss Sophia?
Ellinor felt sick to her stomach.
Theoâs ambiguous attitude towards her was just to keep her steady and protect their child.
He might still have feelings for her, but it was not like she was the only one.
This could be deduced from the fact that Sophia could freely come and go from his office.
Ellinor gave her a slight smile. âThen congrats on finally stepping into his life. But, given your outgoing personality, playing the shy card doesnât really suit you. Being direct might be more your style, Ms.
Sophia.â
Sophiaâs face froze, and then she laughed. âEllinorâ¦â
Beep!
The video call was cut off.
Sophia stared at the phoneâs black screen, huffing in anger.
Although Ellinor seemed indifferent, she didnât believe that she was unaffected.
In truth, Theo didnât accept her invitation to go upstairs last night. He just had his driver take him away.
But the truth didnât matter. As long as Ellinor kept misunderstanding and refusing to forgive Theo, their conflicts would deepen and they would gradually drift apart.
Just then, Theo pushed the door open and came back in. He had just gone out to meet an unexpected visitor.
After walking in and seeing Sophia sitting on his desk, he frowned and said coldly, âWhat are you doing here? Who let you in?â
Sophia immediately stood up, putting on a calm smile.
âTheo, youâre finally back! I just came in less than a minute ago. When I arrived, I saw that your secretary was away. I knocked on your office door, and when there was no answer, I just came in to check.
I got a bit tired since Iâm wearing high heels and even twisted my ankle when I was climbing the steps, so Iâm just sitting here to rest for a bit.
Theo, weâve been friends for many years. I just sat on your chair; you wouldnât mind, would you?â
Theo looked at his office chair that she had been sitting on and then at his phone on the table, which now no longer showed Ellinorâs face. He asked sternly, âDid you touch my phone?â
Sophia shook her head. âNo, I didnât! Your phone was off when I was sitting here. I thought it was odd that you had your phone in the pencil holder, but since I know you donât like people messing with your phone, I didnât touch it.â
Theo gave her a look. âHmm, what did you want?â
Without even glancing at the gift box in Sophiaâs hand, Theo strode over, took out his phone from his pocket, and looked at the call duration he had with Ellinor âYou donât need to go out of your way to bring me these things.â
Sophia sighed with a selfâpitying tone. âTheo, I meant well; I was concerned youâre working too hard.
Canât I come and share some food with you? Are we still friends?â
Theo opened Ellinorâs profile and glanced at it. He saw she had posted a tweet a minute ago.
âWhen I was little, I was afraid of ghosts because they looked scary.
Now that Iâm older, Iâm afraid of people because theyâre only polite on the surface.â
Theo narrowed his eyes. Who was she talking about?