Chapter 769: Chapter 772

Mark had never approved of Michael being together with Sophia from the start. He had always been merely putting up with it in the past. Hence, it was only natural that he had his eyes set on a different path now that there was a better choice. On the other hand, Cooper had never considered Michael. He is too old, and he has a generation gap with my daughter. How could it possibly work out? It’s impossible! I believe Michael is merely a few years younger than I am.

Looking at Carmen, who was busy fooling around with the dog, Michael felt extremely anxious. Carmen must have sensed Michael’s anxiety because she took the initiative to approach them before asking Cooper and Mark, “Grandpa, forefather, are you guys looking for a new daddy for me?”

Cooper nodded. “Mm-hmm, I will find you a brilliant and handsome new daddy. I promise you’ll be happy with him.”

Carmen appeared especially happy. “I want to have a look too! I want to pick my new daddy!”

Michael was rendered speechless when he heard that. Traitor!

Upstairs, Sophia was in the bedroom, and she had a guest today too. Sarah did not expect that Lucile was actually Sophia. She was excited despite being in a confused state. Nevertheless, after learning that Sophia had lost her memories, Sarah brought out her photo album and started telling her stories from the past. Fortunately, Sarah had the habit of collecting photographs. In fact, she would print out all the important pictures to place them into a photo album.

“This is the company that we built together. Stanley, Sean, you, and I. Look, look! This is how it used to look like when our company was newly established. At that time, we rented an office space, and there were a little over ten people on our team. Besides, the majority were still students. This is the first time our first game showed results. This is our celebratory party. Look! Stanley was drunk, and you scrawled all over him.”

Sophia looked at Sarah’s photo album, but it seemed as if she had never seen any of these pictures.

However, each photo felt deeply familiar, as though she had seen them in a past life.

Nathan was here too, and he was moved. However, he had not uttered a word all this while. Sophia had her arms around Sarah’s young son, who had a distant and unreadable expression.

Sophia started to familiarize herself with the people from her past all over again. After going through the pictures of Plum Technology, Sarah brought out pictures of Pourl, the pet luxury brand, while explaining to Sophia, “This is ours too. Currently, we have expanded to owning dozens of shops. They are located in different cities throughout Cethos. We even have a few branches in Bayside City, and the main branch is just opposite my cat café… Plus, this is our university’s military training. Look, just look! It’s the three of us—Sean, you and I! Stanley was in the Superb Company at that time, and so he didn’t hang out with us!”

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After a series of introductions, Sophia seemed better-informed, but she still seemed confused. Hence, she spaced out while staring at the photo album. It turns out I’ve had such a brilliant entrepreneurial history. I had so many undertakings and so much… money.

The next day, Michael snuck in since he received news that Cooper wouldn’t be at home in the morning, and only Linus would be around. He brought some of Sophia’s stuff from the past, including her previous phone, bags, and things like that.

Cooper wasn’t at home, and so he instructed Linus to keep an eye on Sophia to prevent Michael from taking every chance he could get to harass his precious daughter. However, Cooper couldn’t have guessed that Linus was feeling guilty toward Michael, and so he let the latter in.

In the living room, Michael sat beside Sophia, handing over her things for her perusal, while Carmen was playing with the dog. Linus started retreating tactfully. Previously, Phantom Wolf kidnapped Sophia on the lower ground floor in the shopping mall. Later, they only managed to find her bag and phone.

Michael placed those things in front of her. “This is your mobile phone and wallet. Have a look at them.

This is your driver’s license and various certificates that you’ve obtained.”

Sophia switched on the mobile phone and unlocked it using her fingerprint. The phone model was from three years ago, but it didn’t look especially out-of-date at present. She opened her phone records, but she just couldn’t recall anyone from the list. Therefore, she turned automatically to Michael, who was sitting beside her, to ask, “Who is Principal Jones from Riverdale High School?”

Michael answered her, “Well, that’s a long story. You were born in Riverdale, and Riverdale High School is the best high school in Riverdale. You lost your mother after she gave birth to you, and so your grandparents took you in. Later, both of them passed away too, and so your uncle took you in. You passed the exam and succeeded in securing a seat in Riverdale High School. You wanted to continue with your education, but your uncle wouldn’t let you. Therefore, you went to Principal Jones’ house to ask for his help…”

Michael scooted nearer to Sophia stealthily while chatting with her. He got closer and closer. At that moment, being able to chat with Sophia while sitting right beside her was almost as perfect as a dream-

come-true from Michael’s perspective.

After listening to the story of Principal Jones, Sophia felt touched. One day, I have to meet this person. Then, she pointed at another person while asking Michael, “Who is Richard Harper?”

Michael explained without missing a beat, “He’s your ex-boyfriend. Once upon a time, you managed to enter Riverdale High School with Principal Jones’ help. You focused on your studies because you wanted to change your fate through education…”

Linus came out to check on them from his office intermittently. Each time, he would see the two of them chatting away happily, whereas Michael would be staring adoringly at Sophia. Michael knew everything about Sophia, down to the most mundane details. Hence, Linus knew that Michael must be truly in love with her. Not every man could have their hair turn white overnight over a woman.

After introducing Richard, Michael started talking about Kayla, Xyla, Natasha, and the rest of Sophia’s peers.

“You placed a few women with infectious diseases in the brothel that Richard patronized. Therefore, he was infected, and he passed on the disease to his wife, Xyla. That couple infected the entire household, and they are still in prison now. Furthermore, you substituted Natasha with an illegitimate daughter.

That’s not all—we adopted two pandas from the Panda Foundation. If you are interested, we could drop by tomorrow to have a look at them.”

Michael knew everything about Sophia, and the wealth of information was always readily at his fingertips.

He even knew the cup size of her bra and her favorite tampon brand. Michael knew all about it, and he would take the chance to visit her every day.

Whenever Cooper returned, Michael would leave, and when Cooper left, Michael would show up. He would always come looking for Sophia, as if he was adopting guerrilla tactics. Even when Cooper stayed home, Michael would still drop by to bring over Sophia’s belongings in batches.

The first day, he sent over an orange cat. “This is Sophia’s cat, named Chrysanthemum. It has a long meow.” The next day, he sent over another orange cat. “This is Simba; it is Chrysanthemum’s husband.”

The third day, he sent over another orange cat while explaining, “This is Chrysanthemum and Simba’s baby, Tumba.”

It took him a few days just to send over all the cats. It was always a different cat every day, but the cats would run back to Michael after it had been passed over. Hence, Michael might send over the same cat after a few days. This went on until Cooper lost his cool. “How many cats exactly do you have at home?”

Michael chuckled in response. “Sophia especially adores cats. Initially, I had about a dozen of them at home. In the last few years, they gave birth to more kittens, and so there are more than twenty now.”

Cooper knew his goal—Michael wanted an excuse to visit Sophia. Therefore, Cooper stated, “You don’t have to send the cats over anymore. I’ll go over to your house to pick up all the cats.” I’ll take them altogether; I’d like to see what else he could possibly have left to send over.

Michael agreed straight away. “Sure. You are most welcome. You are welcome anytime.”

Cooper brought his subordinates to Michael’s house because he wanted to move Sophia’s belongings out to make a clean break. On the other hand, Sophia followed Cooper to Villa No. 8 as well because she wanted to have a look at her previous home from the past.