Being Pursued By Ex-husband
Chapter 143

Chapter 143

Kayla was dragged away by her friend. Before she withdrew from the heat of the argument, her facewas inundated with displeasure. If it hadn't been for her friend, she would've spat even harsher words.

As for Sophia, she had been getting all sorts of mean words from different people. Hence, Kayla'swords were nothing to her.

“There's bad blood between her and me. I'm sorry to have put you through that, Mr. Swain.”

Horatius huffed in response. “It's okay. I just didn't expect you to be so sharp-tongued.”

Sophia didn't reply to that. Instead, she smiled and uttered, “Let's go, Mr. Swain.”

The duo exited Mirage, only to replace that it was raining outside. As they hopped into the car, Horatiusasked for her address. “You don't look so good. If you're really tired, you can take a nap first. I'll wakeyou up when we arrive.”

“Thank you, Mr. Swain,” Sophia merely agreed with him before turning her head sideways to lookoutside the car window.

The sky was pouring, and the weather wasn't so pleasant.

While they were on the road, they kept running into red lights. Noticing that Sophia tilted her headsideways, Horatius presumed that she had fallen asleep, so he didn't make a sound.

Just then, a black sedan slowly came to a halt next to their lane. Sophia was stunned momentarily, forthat car resembled Alexander's.

A dozen seconds had passed. The traffic light turned green, and the car started to move again.

Sitting in the back seat of that black sedan, Alexander caught sight of Sophia in the passenger seat ofthe sports car next to him. As Alexander's driver gradually stepped on the accelerator, that blue sportscar darted forward and vanished into the far horizon within two seconds.

Meanwhile, Felix had finished his report. However, seeing no response from Alexander, Felix couldn'thelp but call out, “Mr. Xenos?”

To his surprise, Alexander suddenly turned to look at him with a frosty gaze.

Felix's heart skipped a beat when he saw that. Even his body stiffened.

“Are there any recent projects from Onyx Builders?”

That abrupt question came as a surprise for Felix. He froze for a bit before jolting back to his senses.“Word has it that Onyx Builders is planning to build a water park. Mr. Swain also came to Jadeboroughtwo days ago to conduct an on-site inspection.”

Alexander frowned. “Did he already know Sophia before this?”

Felix was stumped and put in a tight spot.

“I'm not sure, Mr. Xenos.”

Wearing an impassive countenance, Alexander looked at him and ordered, “Go and replace out.”

Horatius had always been suave and casual. He was so comfortable in his own skin that, for therecord, he could get in and out of a relationship within three days, changing at least three to fivegirlfriends in a year.

On top of that, he had no specific criterion for choosing a girlfriend other than stunning looks.

Even after witnessing Sophia in Horatius' car a while ago, Alexander decided not to dwell on it.

Of course, he knew that Sophia was not a shallow woman. Still, being a man himself, he believed thatSophia would be attractive enough to captivate Horatius' heart.

The thought of it was sufficient to upset Alexander.

Ever since their divorce, she was as though a jewel that had been cleaned and polished, revealing herdazzling inside while garnering more and more attention and admiration from everyone.

As for Alexander, he was simply one of her suitors, the least favored one, though.

For the first time in thirty-two years of his life, Alexander felt a sense of looming crisis.

In the meantime, when Sophia got back to the mansion, it was already past one in the afternoon. As aman of his word, Horatius didn't disturb her further after having lunch and sending her home.

Sophia, too, was honest, for she hadn't had a good night's sleep on the previous day, so she wasindeed sleepy.

Not long after stepping into the house, Sophia drew the curtains and tried to catch up on sleep.

She had been following a stringent routine, so she would always sleep well. Even so, the night beforewas different. Not only had she had nightmares, but she had even woken up in the middle of the night,which was why she felt sluggish the whole morning.

In the blink of an eye, she slept until five in the evening. Sophia opened her eyes, only to be welcomedby the darkness in the bedroom.

On the bedside table, the notification light was blinking on her phone. Sophia turned sideways andreached out to feel the phone before grabbing it.

There had been a call from Yvonne earlier at three. Perhaps it was because Sophia didn't answer thatYvonne followed up with a text on WhatsApp, indicating the purpose of the call.

It turned out that when Sophia decided to press on the matter regarding Delilah's and Rupert'smisconduct, Rupert's wife contacted Aidan to see Sophia, hoping to reach a reconciliation with her.They even stated that they wouldn't want to burn this bridge, for they were relatives after all.

Seeing that message, Sophia let out a sneer. Why didn't they see me as their relative when theyaccepted the bribery and guilt-tripped me?

In truth, Delilah and Rupert had accepted five hundred thousand from Bethany without a secondthought. They only thought of bringing up their familial ties after things blew up. Perhaps they hadforgotten that Sophia was no longer the feeble girl in the past, much less a pushover.

What the heck are they thinking about? They must be daydreaming! Dream on!

Sophia gave Yvonne a two-word reply: Ignore them. After that, she put down the phone and went toprepare a simple dinner.

Earlier that day, she had left her car at Sunshine Group when she went out for lunch with Horatius.Hence, Sophia intentionally set the alarm to wake herself up half an hour earlier than the previousmorning, so she could use the extra time to hail a taxi to get to work.

Nevertheless, the second she stepped out of the mansion, Horatius was already there waiting for her inhis car.

As soon as Horatius saw her, he honked the car horn and called out through the half-open car window,“Hop in! I'll send you to the office.”

Sophia lifted her brows slightly before approaching him. Closing her umbrella, she slid into thepassenger seat and asked, “What brings you here, Mr. Swain?”

“Yesterday, I promised to send you to work in the morning, didn't I?”

Sophia was surprised to learn that he really meant it. “I thought you were joking.”

Upon hearing that, Horatius arched a brow. “How could I ever bear to let a beauty like yourself squeezethrough the crowd on the bus just to get to work?”

“Thank you.”

Sophia purely let out a chuckle. Deep down, she was unfazed at his comment.

From her perspective, Horatius had more romantic partners than acquaintances, so flattery wouldundoubtedly come naturally to him.

I'd be naïve to take his word seriously.

“Have you had breakfast?” queried Horatius.

“Yes. What about you, Mr. Swain?”

“I got up a little bit late, so I didn't have enough time.”

That answer made Sophia feel somewhat embarrassed. “Take a left turn at the junction ahead. There'sa mall that sells breakfast just three hundred meters away.”

“All right.”

Horatius glanced at her and asked, “Did you sleep well yesterday?”

“Yeah.”

“I figured. Your complexion also looks way better now.”

Sophia assumed that he was singing her praises, thus flashing him a faint smile to gesture a response.

Since they departed earlier that day, it was still early when they arrived at Sunshine Group.

After dropping Sophia off, Horatius bade her goodbye and drove off at once. Sophia then heaved asigh of relief.

She was actually very worried that Horatius would have feelings for her. After all, she didn't want to beon bad terms with him.

It was rare for Sophia to reach the office around eight in the morning. The vast majority of the staffmembers hadn't arrived yet. As Sophia flipped through some documents, the staff members began toappear one after another.

Most of them were shocked to see Sophia that early that day.

Coincidentally, Sophia's gaze landed on Yvonne's assistant as she raised her brows slightly and said,“Yup, it's yours truly.”

Looking nonplussed, Yvonne's assistant then greeted her, “G-Good morning, Ms. Yarrow.”

Sophia nodded and requested, “Tell Ms. Leighton to see me when she's here.”

“Noted, Ms. Yarrow.”

On the day when Horatius would be holding a banquet, Sophia signed an agreement with Robert forthe second round of shares acquisition. With that, Sophia would offer an additional fifteen million inexchange for fifteen percent of Robert's shares in Magic Sense.

Prior to that, Sophia had already possessed twenty percent of the shares. Therefore, she then had a

total of thirty-five percent of the shares, which was equivalent to that of the founder of Magic Sense,Robert, rendering Sophia one of the major shareholders.

Laying her hands on those shares, Sophia was pretty satisfied with that. Owing to that, she was in astate of euphoria the entire day.

She didn't even wish to attend the banquet at first. Yet, the reluctance within her seemed to havedissipated.