Chapter 778: Chapter 781

Sophia paused for a moment before she continued, “Also, I own this entire row of shops and the row across where your store King is. We have signed a one-year contract with your store, which I won’t be renewing. When it expires, please move out immediately.”

When she took back her assets, she found out that this commercial area was developed six months ago.

Not only that, it was developed by a company that was under Michael. When she learned of this, she bought two rows of shops through connections and now, they were all developed.

Not only did she get back her capital, the shops’ value had also increased a lot. As such, she was making a profit every day.

Michael discovered the assets in Kuwait a few years ago and opened up a company specifically to manage the money. When Sophia ‘died’, Michael had transferred all of her assets to this company for efficient management. In recent years, the money accumulated and Sophia got a handsome amount of money upon her return.

Upon hearing her statement, Bill became embarrassed beyond words. His bright smile vanished from his face before he said grimly, “You’re kicking us out? I’ll have you know our boss is—”

“Lucy Edwards, Miss Lucy, the vice president of Edwards Group. I know.”

In one breath, Sophia finished the rest of Bill’s sentence. After putting down the puppy, she stood up and a powerful aura radiated from her petite body, her blue eyes stormy.

In Cethosian language, she spoke each word clearly. “I’m not selling this shop and I’m not renewing your tenancy. When it expires, please move out; I don’t care if your boss is Lucy Edwards or the King himself.

Also, Bill Winterford, it is embarrassing that a copycat like you could make a living in the Cethosian fashion industry. In Cethos, we have a name for people like you—foreign trash.”

As Sophia spoke, Bill became angry and embarrassed. His handsome face contorted in anger as he rudely pointed his finger at Sophia. In a tone that was more blunt and threatening than when he was on the phone earlier, he snarled, “Miss Lucile, I hope you won’t regret what you said today!”

Sophia, however, looked straight at him and retorted, “Don’t worry. I keep my promises, especially to copycats. I won’t go back on my word.”

Then, Bill stormed out of the store.

Everything became quiet in an instant.

Calmly, Sophia sat back down and continued reading the store’s work log and the operations over the years, on and off petting the Husky.

Feeling uneasy, Ivan came over. “You know, Lucy Edwards is the investor in King—”

He was worried about the consequences if Lucy found out about what went down today.

“Don’t worry. Even if the sky falls down, I’ll handle it,” Sophia reassured.

Still, Ivan was concerned. He did not know much but he knew that Michael used to be a superstar and had some power. However, now he had grown old and his popularity had declined. Moreover, although Sophia’s father was back, he was just the has-been head of the Mitchell Family.

Not only that, there were rumors saying that Cooper was abducted and forced into coal mining for twenty years and had been rescued just recently.

In the afternoon, Linus came to the store to pick Sophia up after work.

“How was work today, Sophia?”

Realizing Linus had arrived, Sophia shut down her computer. “Uncle Linus, you’re here! It was alright; I’m still getting myself familiar with the operations in the past years.”

Even though Sophia had been addressing Linus as ‘Uncle Linus’ for quite a while, Linus still felt a little strange. They were sworn siblings born on the same day in the same year, but now he was being referred to as an uncle.

Meanwhile, Judge—who was still under anaesthetics—was carried away by Linus, while Sophia followed behind with the two puppies and they left the store together. They got into Linus’ car that was parked downstairs and went home.

When they were back in the neighborhood, Sophia unconsciously glanced at Villa No. 8. Although the lights were on, it does not seem like Michael had returned.

If he had, he would have called her.

On second thought, why should he do that?

Back home, Villa No. 2 was warmly lit. Cooper had been home for a while and as soon as Sophia walked in, she saw him cuddling Carmen as they watched TV.

They were watching the hit variety show ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’. Carmen loved this show and her biggest wish was to be on this show with Michael.

Lately, parent-child reality shows have been particularly popular in Cethos, with many celebrities and their families participating in them. Some would bring their babies, while others without a baby would go as far as to borrow one from someone else to participate.

Similar to ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’, there was another show called ‘Where Are We Going, Sis?’, featuring a few unmarried female celebrities and a group of babies.

In ‘Where Are We Going, Sis?’, the most popular female celebrity looked similar to Sophia. Her name was Lucy Edwards.

Cooper, who had been forced to watch ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’ the entire afternoon, breathed a sigh of relief when Sophia came back. Upon seeing Sophia, Carmen dashed into her arms.

“Mommy, you’re home!”

At that moment, Sophia picked her up and took off her face mask before giving her a kiss.

What a good girl!

After only a day of not seeing each other, she felt like she had been separated from her for years.

With the anaesthetics still in effect, Judge was carried inside by Linus. Judge’s tongue hung out of its mouth, its eyes were hazy and there were even tears in the corner of its eyes. Judge’s chin hung from Linus’s shoulder as it whimpered.

Linus gently comforted Judge. “It’s alright, Judge. Don’t cry anymore. Look at this!”

As Sophia walked in, she saw a few large luxury dog kennels in the living room, all designed to look like a villa. Reaching into the kennel, Sophia realized it even came with an automatic massage function.

“Huh?”

Then, Linus put the dog into the kennel. “Look, Judge. This is the villa that Sophia and your dad made for you. Aren’t you happy?”

In an instant, Judge was so excited that its grief of being neutered was gone in a flash. It rolled around in the kennel happily.

Leaving Judge in the kennel, Linus said to Sophia, “I heard your discussion with Stan about neutering Judge two days ago and preparing a villa as a compensation. So, I hired someone to make one that could be dismantled.”

Hearing this, Sophia felt touched yet embarrassed at the same time.

The whole thing about the villa was just a lie to make the dog feel better as it would not remember it anyway. Or, they could just bring home all the discounted collars from the store. She did not expect Linus to remember this and even make a dog villa for Judge.

Furthermore, Judge had been sleeping on the carpet for years at Michael’s house pitifully, without even having a bed. Judge also ate the other dog’s leftovers and played with old chewed up toys. On top of that, it had puppies too. All in all, it was relatively heartbreaking.

Uncle Linus is the best!

If I can’t find a husband in the future, I’ll just marry Linus, Sophia thought.

He was not Cooper’s blood-related brother anyway!

After admiring the kennel, Sophia held Carmen and sat next to Cooper.

As soon as she sat down, Cooper muttered, “Would you like me to chop off Bill Winterford’s hand?”

Obviously, he heard about what went down at the store today.

Upon hearing this, Sophia couldn’t help but scowl. “Dad, you need to stop with the violence. There’s a child here!”

Carmen also pouted in dissatisfaction. “Grandpa, you can’t talk about violence in front of me. It’s harmful to my health!”

At once, Cooper fell silent for a moment before rephrasing his question in a gentler tone.

“Would you like me to turn him into delicious roasted eggplant with minced pork?”