Being Pursued By Ex-husband
Chapter 462

Chapter 462

Bianca turned and pinched Cecily right after Samuel left. "Are you out of your mind? Our company'ssituation is bad enough as it is, and here you are, making things worse! Why did you offend thosepeople?"

Gasping in pain, Cecily looked at her mother pitifully. "I didn't do anything to offend them!"

"Why did he show up at our house if you didn't do anything?"

Cecily stammered, hesitant to tell the truth. It wasn't until Bianca slapped her gently as a warning thatshe explained the ins and outs. "W-When I went to the auction last night, I saw Sophia and Samuelthere, so I told Xena and the rest about this. I've already warned them that this information should bekept between us! I didn't expect them to spread the rumors!"

Bianca looked at Cecily with mixed feelings of disappointment and frustration as she hit the latter."There's no point trying to explain anything now. Mr. Schild has made himself clear. Go get ready. Weneed to apologize to Sophia."

Cecily was reluctant to do so. Sophia had caught Cecily and her friend badmouthing her yesterdaynoon, and now that something similar happened, Cecily was naturally unwilling to meet Sophia.Besides, Sophia had already warned her yesterday. Hence, the consequences would be dire if theformer found out that Cecily was the culprit behind this rumor.

Bianca was enraged when she didn't receive a response from her daughter. "What are you waiting for?Do you think Mr. Schild is joking?"

Seeing that her mother was about to strike her again, Cecily dodged quickly. "It's not that I don't want to

apologize to Sophia, but I was gossiping with Xena and the others while we were having lunchyesterday and Sophia caught us red-handed..."

Bianca's face flushed bright red with rage. "I can't believe you! I've already told you to be mindful ofyour words! Oh, you brats are so ignorant! I swear you're going to be the death of our family sooner orlater!"

Cecily was aware that she had made a mistake, so she didn't dare say anything in retort. Both Samueland Sophia weren't people that the Young family could afford to offend.

She glanced at Bianca. "What should we do now, Mom?"

"Oh, so you're looking to me to solve your problem now? You're pissing me to death!"

Although Bianca was livid, she was always rational when it came to such crises.

Cecily was foolish enough to badmouth others and spread rumors. What's worse, she got caught red-handed, and the subject of her gossip found out about everything. This matter is tricky. Samuel evenshowed up personally to demand an explanation, so an apology is inevitable. We'll see what happensafter we apologize and act accordingly.

"Post an apology statement on Instagram first. Tell Xena to disseminate your apology statement thesame way she spread the rumors about Samuel and Sophia."

Bianca paused before continuing with a frown, "Meanwhile, let me think of a gift for Sophia to expressour apologies."

If this had happened five years ago, they could've gifted Sophia money, a handbag, or a car becausenobody knew she was secretly loaded. Everyone thought she married Alexander merely because shewanted to climb the social ladder. But now, things were different. Sophia was not short of money, so itwould be difficult to replace her a suitable apology gift. Besides, she wouldn't appreciate the gift no matterhow expensive or precious it was, for she was never a materialistic woman.

Bianca continued to consider their options. A good gift must be something that suits the liking of therecipient, but now, it's difficult for us to ask around about what she likes because she doesn't havemany friends in the circle. We don't know where that celebrity friend of hers is right now, and neitherare we worthy of talking to Charlize Johnson.

Noticing that Bianca was having a headache trying to come up with a solution, Cecily hesitated beforesaying, "Mom, why don't we give her a handbag as an apology gift?"

"Does she like to collect handbags?"

"Remember the bag I got last night at the auction? Samuel wanted to give it to her before I won the bid.I didn't know at first but found out when I was paying for it. Besides, all women like handbags."

Bianca almost passed out when she heard Cecily's words. She staggered and slumped on the couchwhile the housekeeper hurriedly brought her medicine over to her.

Bianca swallowed the pill before shooting her daughter a cold glare. "Why are you still standing there?Go get that handbag and bring it to Sophia as an apology gift."

Cecily's expression changed drastically. "Mom, are you asking me to give that bag to Sophia?"

"Of course. You snatched that bag from her and badmouthed her behind her back. Do you think youhave a better solution other than giving that bag to her?"

"But... I spent more than three million to purchase that limited edition bag. There are only three of themall around the globe!"

"Oh, is that a no? Okay then. I'll get your dad to cancel all your credit cards tomorrow!"

Without a doubt, Bianca had grasped Cecily's weakness. The younger woman dared not say anythingfurther and ran upstairs to grab the handbag she had just received. She then placed it back into itspackaging before returning downstairs with it.

Bianca's grim expression eased as she said, "Take out your phone and post an apology online."

Worried that her cards would be canceled, Cecily handed her phone to Bianca obediently.

After posting the apology statement, Bianca returned Cecily the phone before saying, "Go getchanged."

The mother and daughter changed into presentable outfits before rushing to Odyssey to apologize toSophia.

Little did they know that Sophia was not present at Odyssey at the moment. She went over to SunshineGroup after finishing her lunch.

When the mother-daughter duo arrived at Sunshine Group, a sullen-looking Sophia had just stepped

out of the lounge after napping for a bit.

Sophia was massaging her temples when someone knocked on the office door. "Come in," she said.

"Ms. Yarrow," Yvonne voiced. She knew Sophia would always be in a foul mood after waking up, soshe usually wouldn't talk to her within five minutes after Sophia's break time.

However, today was an exception. Bianca and Cecily suddenly showed up, announcing that they werefrom Hollard Corporation and had important matters to talk to Sophia about. Left without a choice,Yvonne reported to Sophia, "Mrs. Young and Ms. Young from Hollard Corporation are requesting tomeet you. They said they have something crucial to discuss with you."

Sophia arched her brow in puzzlement. "Hollard Corporation?"

She searched through her memory before finally recalling who was the chairman of HollardCorporation.

"All right. Let them in."

"Noted, Ms. Yarrow," Yvonne answered and left the office before instructing Belinda to make Sophia acup of cappuccino for the latter to refresh herself.

Soon, Yvonne entered Sophia's office with Bianca and Cecily in tow. "Ms. Yarrow, Mrs. Young and Ms.Young are here to see you."

Sophia glanced at them, smiling. "Ms. Leighton, please make them both a cup of coffee."

"Sure, Ms. Yarrow." Yvonne tactfully left the room upon hearing that, knowing Sophia wanted someprivacy.

Sophia, Bianca, and Cecily were the only ones left in the office by then. Sophia got up from her officechair and walked over to the couch. "Mrs. Young, Ms. Young, please take a seat."

Bianca felt relieved when she saw the constant smile on Sophia's face. "All right. Thank you, Ms.Yarrow."

Cecily followed suit and expressed her gratitude before the three sat in their respective seats in thereception area.

Sophia glanced at Cecily with a smile. "We meet again, Ms. Young."

Guilt crept into Cecily when she heard Sophia mentioning her name. She shuddered before answering,"Hi, Ms. Yarrow."

Sophia retracted her gaze after one glance at Cecily and shifted her focus to Bianca. "Mrs. Young, Iwonder why you took the time out of your busy schedule to meet me."

Sophia's soft and gentle voice caused embarrassment to inundate Bianca. The older woman shovedCecily and urged, "Cecily, tell her why we're here."

Cecily froze momentarily before placing the bag in her hand on the coffee table and pushing it towardSophia. "Ms. Yarrow, I came specifically to apologize to you in person. I'm so sorry for ruining you andMr. Schild's reputation with my blunder. This is an apology gift. Please accept it."

Sophia, on the other hand, was unaware of the rumors about her and Samuel. However, she knewimmediately from Cecily's words that Cecily must have said something she shouldn't have.

Sophia remained silent. She took out her phone and texted Samuel.

Samuel responded immediately without revealing any details about the rumors. He merely told Sophiathat Cecily badmouthed her and that she could forgive Cecily if she wanted to, but if she was reluctantto let the matter slide, he could replace a way to help her settle the score.

Sophia didn't probe further when she noticed that Samuel was unwilling to tell her everything andcontacted Charlize instead.

Charlize was livid when she first found out about the rumor, but she didn't tell Sophia about the matterbecause she knew how upset Sophia had been after Alexander's accident. She didn't want to add moretrouble to her friend's plate.

And so, Sophia unraveled the whole matter by simply asking Charlize some questions.

After that, she put down her phone and stared at Cecily while wearing a half-smile. "You're still young,so I suppose you have a pretty good memory. You must still remember what I said to you yesterday,right?"