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My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 831

Sophia was at the side, taking videos of the father-daughter duo using her phone.

Occasionally, a model would excitedly come and ask Michael for a photo.

Harry secretly took a front shot of Michael, added mosaics over Carmen, and was about to make a surprise promotion on Twitter when suddenly, Sarah came barging in angrily to the backstage from the front. As soon as she stepped foot inside, she started swearing up a storm. “Those little shi*s! A female celebrity is shooting a shower gel commercial naked in the hotel next door. All of the reporters have headed over there.”

Sophia glanced at the surveillance footage in front of her. Sure enough, many reporters had gone next door. The media area was quickly becoming empty, and even some of their customers were attracted there as well.

But which celebrity would choose today of all days to shoot the shower gel advertisement? And why would they choose to shoot their commercial in the hotel next to their venue without any warning?

It seemed that the celebrity must be someone famous, else the reporters wouldn’t have rushed off so quickly.

Very soon, Stanley learned what was going on. When he came back, he was filled with indignation. “I have found out what the situation is about—it is Faye Edwards and Irene Weber!”

In the past, Stanley would respectfully call her Aunt Irene, but now, he didn’t use any honorifics when saying her name.

Irene knew that they were having a product launch today, but she still arranged for a shooting to take place next to them. This was obviously done intentionally!

Ever since Irene came back from abroad two years ago, her temperament had changed drastically. Without her military rank, she had released all her inhibitions and had also starred in large-scale erotic dramas, so her shooting a shower gel advertisement naked was not unexpected.

After making some more enquiries, they learned it was an advertisement for a bath product under a big international brand, whose agent in Cethos was Sandra Mitchell.

And so Sandra Mitchell, Faye Edwards and Irene Weber, the three women that Sophia had a grudge against, got together.

This was done deliberately to make her press conference a failure!

Sandra had also picked an appropriate time to give Sophia a call and lorded it over her. “Scarlett, I heard that today Pourl is launching a new product, right? How is it going? It must be jam packed with ​​people!”

Sophia’s face was icy cold. “Yes, there are so many people here,” she replied icily.

She hung up the phone unceremoniously and took a look at the front. Their customers were still there, but many reporters had left. However, the big-name reporters didn’t leave. After all, they were personally invited by her, and it would be rude to leave halfway through.

Sophia had also used her connection with the Michel Family and invited some ace reporters from major international fashion magazines. Naturally, these reporters would not be attracted by some vulgar shower gel advertisement.

All in all, it was just not as crowded as before.

Michael also learned of this news and sneered inside.

This was a trick he had used before.

Previously, at Richard Harper’s engagement banquet, he held a charity dinner next door and attracted all his guests.

He patted Sophia’s shoulder. “It’s okay,” he said. “The only ones who left are some two-bit reporters. To think that they would want to take nude pictures of someone else, they really have no standards. It’s fine even if they’re gone. I called a few friends to come over, and they’ll be here soon.”

Meanwhile, Cooper had half of the people from the Mitchell Family who were in the fashion industry to come.

Linus wanted to come himself, and since it was a slight effort, he brought a group of important VIPs from the fashion world here. No one would refuse Linus Michel’s invitation once he opened his mouth. The Michel Family also had members who were big shots in the fashion world and since this was their patriarch’s order, they needed to come.

This time, Pourl and L/K had collaborated to produce a series of new products, so people from L/K were also here. Hence,there really was no shortage of people at the scene. A few vulgar journalists from some tabloids being absent wouldn’t have any impact on the event.

The product launch proceeded as planned and was about to begin. Before it started, various big shots from the fashion world came as promised, and every single person who received an invitation attended the event.

Pourl’s customers were all pleasantly surprised. They never expected that a store selling dog collars would have so many celebrities from the fashion world come to their product launch. Many of them were internationally renowned fashionistas, and you couldn’t invite them to attend your events even if you paid them.

Of course, whether it be the customers or guests, today’s biggest surprise was still to come.

At the same time, at the hotel next door, Sandra came to supervise the shooting of the commercial. In truth, she was only here to see Scarlett and Pourl becoming a joke.

So what if they collaborated with L/K? If no one attended the event, they wouldn’t be able to proceed as they planned!

Irene and Faye, two A-list celebrities, were shooting a naked shower gel commercial, so obviously, many reporters wanted to take photos of them!

Of course, there was no way Faye would really strip down completely as she still had to marry into a wealthy family. She didn’t have to show too much to the cameras because it was just a gimmick, after all.

Even if it was just a gimmick, Faye and Irene’s fame couldn’t be underestimated. As she stood at the entrance of the hotel, she could see many reporters swarming over to where she was from next door. Many of the reporters who had learned of the commercial beforehand drove directly over and didn’t bother to go to Pourl’s product launch.

This is what you get for picking a fight with me!

When Sandra was about to return to the hotel, she suddenly saw a limousine passing by the entrance of the hotel. The crest of the Michel Family was printed on the car, and the car stopped at the entrance of the hotel that hosted Pourl’s product launch ceremony.

A few Caucasian bodyguards got out of the car and opened the door cautiously. Then, a blond, blue-eyed man who looked like an elven prince got out of the car. He looked up at the hotel, and his raised side profile almost overwhelmed everyone because he was extremely handsome.

When Sandra saw the man, her whole body went limp and she was in stunned disbelief for two seconds… Wasn’t that Linus Michel?

After Sandra won the world championship of the Universal Games, she once represented Cethos along with other outstanding youths to accompany the president to visit abroad and attended a grand banquet. Those who attended the banquet were the heads of the world’s major financial groups and members of royal families. However, the only person she remembered from the event was a blond, blue-eyed, handsome and prince-like man, whom she often thought about as well.

She had thought he was the prince of a European royal family, but she learned that he was the second-in-command in the Michel Family—Linus Michel was a man who was more important than any prince.

After glimpsing him back then, Sandra had been dreaming about him for all these years, but she didn’t expect that Linus would appear here!

And judging from where he was headed, he would be attending Pourl’s product launch ceremony!

How did that b*tch manage to invite the second-in-command of the Michel Family to her event?

Sandra watched as Linus was respectfully invited into the hotel by Pourl’s host, surrounded by his bodyguards. And with a crack, she broke the nail she had just got done.

She turned away sullenly and went into the hotel, but unexpectedly, when she entered the hotel, she heard the reporters madly spreading news amongst themselves.

“What? The fashion leader renowned in Europe and America is here?”

“The vice president of the Michel Group, Linus Michel, is here?”

“What?! Taylor Murray had also arrived?!”

“That’s right. And not only Taylor Murray, but also Ethan Winston. Take a look, Winston just tweeted! So Murray didn’t get fat after all!”

……

“Oh my god, this is big news! We need to hurry over and take a look!”

The reporters swarmed back to where they came from. Very soon, Sandra’s place became empty as everyone had gone next door to see if Taylor Murray was fat or thin.

 

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Faye and Irene, who were shooting the commercial, could also see that there were suddenly fewer reporters.

What was going on?

They immediately inquired about the ins and outs of the incident, and it turned out that Taylor Murray was at the product launch ceremony next door!

The reason they had agreed to shoot this commercial today was naturally to disrupt Scarlett’s new product launch ceremony next door, but they didn’t expect that Taylor would appear in person!

Although he was one of Pourl’s shareholders, he had not been seen attending Pourl’s annual new product launches over the years. Why did he suddenly appear today?

Was it because of Scarlett?

Irene and Sandra both knew the background of Michael. He was the grandson of Mark, and his father was Theo. No matter how bad of a situation he was in, he would never be a kept man.

Did he choose to catwalk during Pourl’s product launch today to create buzz for his comeback?

No way. Irene, who grew up with Michael, could see that something was different this time.

She had heard that Mark recently intended to let Cooper’s daughter, Scarlett, get married with the children of the Fletcher Family. Could it be that Scarlett had taken a fancy to Michael?

In that case, was Michael also interested in Scarlett?

Irene was so angry that her entire face was distorted.

Michael, you would rather fancy a woman of unknown origin than give me a chance!

Sandra also sensed that something was different this time. Michael was Mark’s grandson, and Cooper was Mark’s godson. After Cooper came back, he managed to persuade Anthony and his men in a very short time although he had no support. It was impossible for him to have done it on his own, so he must have received help from the Fletcher Family.

Cooper was very likely to marry his daughter into the Fletcher Family to stabilize his relationship with the Fletcher Family. Did it mean that he wanted Scarlett to marry Michael?

What a scheming fellow…

However, this was also expected by Alex. Cooper wanted to make a comeback, and the safest and fastest way was to marry his ugly daughter to someone from the Fletcher Family. If he could please Mark, he would be able to get the support of the Fletcher Family.

However, Sandra would never allow Cooper’s daughter to marry into the Fletcher Family successfully!

Irene and Sandra looked at each other and reached a consensus. They had only one purpose—to stop Scarlett from marrying into the Fletcher Family so easily and to disrupt Scarlett’s product launch event.

Irene was doing it because of Michael, while Sandra was doing it for the internal conflicts of the Mitchell Family.

But now, the question was, who was going to get involved?

Sandra didn’t dare to go. She was not afraid of Scarlett, but she was afraid of Michael. Although he was a star who was now past his prime, he was still Mark’s grandson, and Mark even personally gave flowers to Michael at the New Year Dinner Gala, which was a great honor!

Irene didn’t dare to take the risk and stir up trouble either.

But right now, the opportunity was here…

Only Faye was not in the state of mind yet. The reason why she promised to come to shoot this shower gel advertisement today was because she deliberately wanted to go against Scarlett. Plus, Nicole was at the event next door and she wanted to prove that she was the superior star, which was why she was here.

Halfway through the shooting, Faye got her makeup reapplied. The makeup artist carefully applied makeup on her face which had stiffened in anger, while the assistant loudly tried to flatter Faye.

“Miss Faye, don’t be angry. He’s just an obsolete male celebrity who has become a kept man. He has nothing to be proud of. How can he compare to you? Let’s post a few more posts criticizing him when we go back! His film hasn’t been released yet, so let’s try to get it down!”

The assistant’s words were heard by Sandra and Irene.

The two exchanged glances, and it suddenly dawned on them.

It seemed that Faye still didn’t know the true identity of Taylor, and the hateful posts on the Internet must have been made by the retarded Faye…

In recent years, Faye had gotten lucky and became a national beauty. She was one of the top A-list celebrities in Cethos, and she was invited to act in many international blockbusters. She felt that she had surpassed even Lucy, so she was extra arrogant.

After all, Faye was from the collateral side of the family. All she wanted at that time was to break into the social circle of elite ladies, so she kept flattering Lucy and Sandra.

Perhaps we should make Faye, that retard, go stir up trouble?

Making up their minds, the two went to Faye with ill intentions…

On the other side, at the entrance of Pourl’s product launch ceremony, a large group of reporters swarmed in but were all stopped by the staff at the door. The event had already started, so no one was allowed to enter.

The group of reporters at the door kept yelling, and suddenly, a few bodyguards in black suits came to fend off the reporters.

The bodyguards then stood in two lines opposite each other and guarded a few gorgeously-dressed women as they came in.

The woman walking in front was the fragrant Faye, who had just finished shooting the shower gel advertisement, followed by Sandra in a black chic pencil skirt and Irene in a satin cheongsam.

The three appeared grandly at the door of the product launch, but they had no invitation letter, so they were naturally stopped by the staff.

Sandra asked, “What? Is Scarlett afraid? Is it because she’s afraid that I will mess up her product launch?”

Hearing this, the staff asked his supervisor about what should be done. The person above responded immediately, and the staff respectfully let them in.

At this time, the catwalk had already begun. There were a lot of people who left the venue just now, so there were some vacant seats. Thus, the next few people who came in were randomly assigned seats.

After sitting down, the three of them searched for their own targets. As soon as Irene came in, she saw Maddie, whom she despised, but she did not dare to approach her because Maddie was carrying a retired military dog.

Sandra, on the other hand, was looking for Linus, but she saw Linus sitting next to Cooper and surrounded by celebrities.

As for Faye, her target was Taylor.

Then, the catwalk continued on. The models invited here were all international supermodels, and they were all wearing intricate L/K branded clothes. Each model was walking a dog, and the dogs were wearing Pourl accessories.

L/K and Pourl had teamed up to create matching fashionable outfits for the owner and pets. This was an ingenious idea, and it was sought after by celebrities after its release.

In the second half of the catwalk, a child model around the age of three came out, walking childishly. Although she was not professional, her walk was full of vigor. Walking a dog, she was very eye-catching the moment she appeared.

It was that lolita who was very popular on the Internet!

Unexpectedly, she was Pourl’s model!

Seeing her walking in the show, Faye’s eyes lit up. She indeed had great potential, and she must find a way to poach her. She had already decided to participate in the next season of ‘Where Are We Going, Sis?’, but her child partner’s performance was really unsatisfactory. She had to find the right child star before they started shooting for the next season, otherwise the ratings of ‘Where Are We Going, Sis?’ was destined to be beaten by the ratings of ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’.

After making up her mind, Faye began to scheme…

After walking around the stage with the dog, Carmen was very satisfied with her own performance. Halfway through, she turned her head and walked around again, making the guests laugh.

After Carmen went backstage, it was Harry’s turn as expected.

He attended Pourl’s product launch every year, so unsurprisingly, he came here with his giant poodle again.

It had been three years, and he brought along this dog every time. This year, Harry was still as amazing as ever. Both him and his dog were eye-catching. However, they had been the final act for many years now, so everyone was already tired of seeing them. Everyone just wanted the catwalk session to quickly end, so that everyone could go meet more celebrities.

Unexpectedly, after Harry finished his runway walk, everyone didn’t come out together to end the show. At the end of the T-shaped platform, a slender figure appeared. He walked from among the dark shadows into the brightly-lit area, causing his blurry figure to increasingly look clearer and clearer. The colorful lights above the T-shaped stage shrouded the figure, slowly delineating the outline of his figure, and a familiar face appeared in everyone’s eyes.

The lively press conference turned quiet at that moment.

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The man on the platform walked down the runway while holding a mighty husky under everyone’s gaze. He was chic and cool, and his walk was professional and handsome. He walked to the place where the spotlight was, stopped, and looked around the venue for a few seconds. A smile that was both righteous and evil appeared on his lips, and his whole body was full of the domineering aura and the elegance of an Eastern gentleman, which was in harmony with his outfit today and the temperament of a dog.

It wasn’t until he walked up the runway that everyone regained their senses, and there was sparse applause. In the blink of an eye, it was as if a stone was dropped into the lake water, arousing a thousand waves. Then, thunderous applause could be heard.

That was Taylor!

Taylor did not die, and he was not fat either!

Many of Taylor’s fans in the room were extremely excited!

They all stretched out hands which were holding their mobile phones, frantically capturing every frame of his smile and every movement.

The atmosphere of today’s conference reached a climax.

Taylor walked once around the stage and walked backstage. However, within three seconds, he reappeared. This time, he was not holding a dog, but a fair and beautiful hand.

Taylor was holding a woman’s hand and slowly entered everyone’s sights again.

The woman wore a yellow dress with a high-necked design. The skirt was ingeniously matched with a hollowed out design. It was tailored to fit her body, and it outlined her beautiful curves. A fair and smooth arm was exposed, while the other arm was wrapped in cloth. The exposed arm integrated with the whole outfit under the ingenious design, so it did not stick out like a sore thumb.

The woman had long black, wavy hair. A few strands of hair were hanging by her ear, and a few fell on her forehead, hanging over her eyebrows. It covered her imperfections without obstructing her facial features. Her hairstyle and makeup were perfect.

When these two appeared together, it immediately caused a big commotion.

That woman was…

When the woman appeared, everyone looked at Faye in the audience, and saw that Faye herself was stunned as well.

After the two of them walked down the T-shaped platform, Michael bowed gracefully to the beautiful black-haired woman, then retreated gracefully, giving her the stage.

The woman adjusted her microphone, and she said with a British English accent with her elegant and mysterious voice, “Hello everyone, I’m Scarlett. You can also call me Lucile.”

Scarlett… She was Scarlett!

Scarlett, the daughter of the resurrected former family head of the Mitchell Family, Cooper!

Rumor had it that Cooper’s daughter was ugly and hideous, but the woman in front of them had a very beautiful face, a face that everyone knew previously as Sophia!

Sophia, Taylor’s original wife and Faye’s sister, had died in a fan stampede three years ago. She had died with her unborn baby!

But how could Cooper’s daughter be Sophia? !

Cooper had been in exile abroad all these years. His daughter was born abroad, so it was impossible that Sophia was his daughter!

Under the surprised gaze of everyone, Sophia had already started giving her speech. She was the newly appointed person-in-charge, and not long after she joined, she had grown Pourl into a major international brand. Today, she had also invited many foreign journalists from fashion magazines to come over to watch the show. Thus, she spoke fluently and with a English accent, which was a special accent for the royal family and nobles.

Everyone was attracted by her beautiful and elegant accent and her grasp of the English language.

No, this was not Sophia.

She did not sound the same as her, and their temperament seemed to be a little different.

Scarlett should be the third generation of mixed race, and her appearance looked more like a foreigner. Even her eyes were blue, and she didn’t look like she was wearing circle lenses at all.

Sandra and Faye exchanged glances in shock. They thought that she was Sophia, but they didn’t feel like the woman was similar to Sophia. Except for their similar facial features, they weren’t alike at all. Sophia couldn’t speak English fluently, what more with a British accent.

Plus, didn’t she die three years ago? Her father was the fat man, Joe, whom she had confirmed her blood relations by the practice of dripping blood. How could she appear here as Cooper’s daughter?

They were probably just similar in terms of look. Perhaps she deliberately had plastic surgery to look like this!

As the original wife of Best Actor Taylor Murray, Sophia’s face had long been used as the standard for cosmetic surgery. There were a lot of internet celebrities who looked like her in Bayside. Sandra had also seen her hospitalized after having plastic surgery.

Everyone looked at Scarlett on the stage, and now they finally understood why Taylor would come back suddenly and was rumored to be taken care of by Scarlett, the wealthy woman.

It turned out it was because Scarlett and his dead wife were so similar.

This man must have been crazy in love…

Sophia’s face had not completely recovered. There were still some fine marks on her forehead, and there were very obvious scars on her arms and neck, all of which were cleverly covered by Michael’s stylist. Today, she looked extremely delicate and elegant, and she was also very satisfied with today’s look.

She was like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, and like a phoenix reborn from the ashes.

Backstage, Michael silently stared at the woman who seemed to be illuminated by all the lights in the world, her eyes full of tenderness and admiration.

His little chica was no longer a little chica, but a phoenix that had soared into the sky…

Sophia explained Pourl’s design concept today in English and won another round of applause.

Sure enough, this was Cooper’s daughter. She had her father’s demeanor.

Amidst the applause, Pourl’s product launch this summer ended. Everyone started to interact with each other at will with free flowing wine and champagne. The men were holding dogs, while the women were holding cats. Through the interactions of their pets, they could get to know the people they wanted to.

Sophia and Michael appeared together. Michael was so fair that his skin seemed to shine, and he looked like a loyal kept man as he followed behind Sophia while flattering her.

With an elegant and domineering expression, Sophia walked freely among celebrities from various countries, and greeted different people proficiently in several languages.

She had truly undergone a transformation. Virs-18 had destroyed her body and appearance, and although she was recovering well now, her appearance had changed under the influence of time and surgery.

An amnesia had caused her to completely change from what she used to be. Now, she was a brand new person. During the two years in Africa, she lived in a bookstore under Quinton’s arrangement, thus she read books everyday. Moreover, she could read ten lines at a glance, and she remembered everything she read. At one point, there were not enough books in the bookstore for her to read. Reading not only allowed her to regain the language she once learned, but also gave her a completely different temperament from before.

Although some people still suspected that she was Sophia, no one dared to express their thoughts under the current circumstances. After all, the two had very different identities, and they might invite trouble by talking about it at will.

Sophia walked up to Cooper, clinked her wine glass with his and said, “Dad.”

She looked excited, waiting for Cooper to praise herself.

Cooper was also very pleased as his daughter lived up to his expectations.

He didn’t skimp on his compliments and said, “You performed well today.”

Sophia smiled contentedly.

In order to take care of his daughter’s business, Cooper had specially ordered several outfits for Corrado. He had snatched Corrado from Sam, so he was his now. When Corrado was free, Cooped would ask him to go to Sophia and Sarah’s dog food stores and dog chain stores to shop around to increase their sales.

Sophia clinked her glass with Linus’, and then she walked away to receive others.

Cooper glared at Michael, but did not stop him from following Sophia.

In Michael’s view, this meant that his father-in-law had begun to relax his attitude toward him. If he worked hard, he would be able to have a second child next year.

Michael followed behind Sophia with light steps.

Irene’s eyes were filled with hatred when she saw the two of them being so lovey-dovey.

 

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Why? Why?! Michael obviously belonged to her, so why did this woman named Scarlett snatch him from her? Did she think that she could enchant him just because she had the same face as Sophia? But there were dogs everywhere here, so Irene didn’t dare to do anything and could only hide in a corner. Sooner or later, Faye would teach Scarlett a lesson! Just you wait!

Sandra saw the opportunity and went toward Linus silently. “Hi, Linus, long time no see. Do you remember me?”

A few years had passed, and Sandra was no longer the ugly duckling who stammered in English all the time. She had now transformed into a white swan, and she believed Linus must be able to notice her.

Linus also saw Sandra, and he naturally remembered her. After all, she was Sophia’s cannon fodder. “Miss Mitchell! I hope that you’re well.” Linus raised a glass to Sandra.

Sandra was overjoyed, but she still stayed calm on the surface, and she inquired after the well-being of him and his pets. Linus had brought a big yellow dog over. His dog was very well-groomed, and with Pourl’s collar on its neck, it looked low-key luxurious. At this time, he was lying silently at Linus’s feet and dozing quietly.

“Wow, this Akita dog is so beautiful. Looking at its coat and appearance, it must be the offspring of a rare dog breed.” Sandra praised the dog enthusiastically.

Linus said, “…This is a Cethosian mutt.”

M-Mutt?! The corners of Sandra’s mouth twitched. The dignified vice president of Michel Group actually had a mutt as a pet?! She had already started this topic, so she had to continue talking about it no matter what. “Mutts are great… What’s its name?”

Linus said, “Its name is Blessing.”

The corners of Sandra’s mouth twitched again. Linus didn’t understand why everyone made such an expression when they heard that his dog was named Blessing. He liked this mutt. It looked fierce but it was cute. Plus, it understood humans extremely well and looked after his home. He had decided to stay in Cethos for a period of time, so he brought Blessing over. Blessing was more obedient and more clever than the other dogs at home. In addition, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with its name. In contrast, celebrities and rich ladies liked to call their dogs ‘Black’, ‘Lucky’, and ‘Lowell’. They sounded high class, but in Linus’s view, the name ‘Blessing’ was a way better name.

Sandra laughed nervously and continued to talk awkwardly, trying to find a common topic with Linus, but it proved difficult for her. “Mr. Linus, what kind of sports do you usually like to do?” It was easy for her to find common ground with him on this topic. She could talk about any sports that he was interested in as she was an athlete.

Linus said, “I’m an introvert, so I usually just play online games at home.”

Sandra responded, “Ahh… haha, I didn’t expect Mr. Linus’s hobby to be so trendy. Mr. Linus, it’s your first time coming to Bayside, so you must try some Bayside cuisine. I know of several restaurants…”

“Oh, I always cook and eat at home. I don’t like eating outside food,” Linus replied calmly.

Sandra pretended to be surprised. “Wow, I didn’t know that you knew how to cook! I wonder if I can have the honor of tasting your cooking?”

Linus frowned. “I’m afraid not. I only cook for my family.”

Sandra was speechless once again. Sophia had been eavesdropping, and she heard Linus trying to end the conversation several times. If Linus didn’t want to talk to others, he would be able to shut them up in a few words; if he was talking with people he liked, he could talk about everything and anything. She felt she had to go save him from this.

Sophia walked toward them with a glass of wine, interrupted their chat, and asked, “Uncle Linus, what are you guys talking about?”

Sandra felt unhappy when she heard Sophia calling him Uncle. She was the daughter of the coal miner. How could she be so bold as to call Linus ‘Uncle’?

But since Sophia took the initiative to come over, she had a great chance to embarrass her. She must teach Sophia a lesson especially in front of Linus so that she would not dare to try to get in good with Linus again. Although she already had a fiancé, Sandra had already regarded Linus as her prey the moment she saw him today!

Sandra spoke ahead of Linus. “We are discussing pets! Oh, yes, I specially brought my cat today to show it to you.” Sandra didn’t like pets, but she had pets. She then asked her assistant to bring over her pet. It was a medium-sized cat which was white with yellow stripes, and it looked like a leopard. It was very beautiful and his eyes were full of vigor. At first glance, he looked like an extraordinary spiritual beast.

“This is my pet, called ‘Lucky’. It’s a purebred leopard cat. Although it looks scary, it’s very docile and has a very high IQ.” The beautiful leopard cat immediately attracted the attention of a group of people, and they came over to look at it. It was indeed a beautiful cat!

While the assistant held her cat, Sandra said proudly, “This cat breed can only be found in one African country, and only 20 cats are born each year. The original owner of Lucky is the prime minister of a European country. We hit it off on our first meeting, so he gave me Lucky as a gift.”

Everyone was amazed. This cat had such an amazing background!

Linus, too, was watching. Well… although its name was lame, it was indeed a beautiful little cat. But he faintly felt that Sandra had other intentions besides just simply showing off her pet.

Sure enough, when more and more people came over to look at Lucky, Sandra asked Sophia, “Scarlett, where’s your cat?”

Sophia knew that she was waiting to embarrass her! If she called over her cat, and her cat was not as expensive as hers, wouldn’t she be looked down upon? She had many cats, and all of them were big orange cats. She had a few imported big orange cats such as Garfield, Sunset, and Scorchy, as well as a few large domestic orange cats.

Sophia held the wine glass elegantly and replied, “Cat? I have a big orange cat. It was there just now, but I don’t know where it is now.”

Big orange cat? How lame! Of course, Sandra didn’t let her off the hook. “Well then, why don’t you bring your big orange cat over and let me have a look!”

Sophia was in a quandary. “No thanks. My orange cat is not worth looking at at all. It’s just a common and ordinary orange cat.”

Even then, Sandra continued to pressure her. “Everyone is here today to bond over pets. You have a pet, so you should bring it over! Hurry up and bring it over so that I can take a look!”

Feeling helpless, Sophia had no choice but to ask someone to find her big orange cat. Sandra and a rich lady sneered, waiting to see Sophia’s local cat. After waiting for about ten minutes, she finally saw Sophia’s long-overdue big orange cat.

Sophia’s ‘big orange cat’ had golden, shiny hair. It was 2.5 meters in length, and it had well-developed limbs, sharp claws, and a thick mane on its neck. When it entered the hall, it opened its mouth and yawned so loud that it shocked the audience.

“Roar—”

 

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As soon as Sophia’s ‘big orange cat’ came out, the audience instantly fell silent. The whole room was silent as everyone looked at it.

The big orange cat walked briskly behind Sophia. Its golden hair was shining, and it was exquisite and domineering. He was big and had a very toned body. It was evident that it led a very comfortable and great life.

Sophia took her 2.5-meter-long orange cat to the stunned Sandra, and said, “This is Barney. It’s an orange cat. Feel free to touch it if you like.”

Sandra looked at Barney, her face pale with fright. Forgetting her image, she screamed, “It’s a lion!”

This was no orange cat. This was a lion!

It was a male lion, an adult male lion!

Sandra backed away in fright, and many of the guests were also frightened by the ‘orange cat’ and backed away.

Although lions were also cats, the difference between lions and cats was huge!

Sophia rubbed Barney’s mane and smiled. “It’s okay, it doesn’t bite. Don’t scream so loudly. It’s very cowardly, and it’s still a baby.”

As soon as the big orange cat came out, it successfully stunned the audience. After Sophia walked her cat around the venue for a while, she asked someone to bring it away.

Everyone’s exchanges continued, but every time they saw Sophia, they couldn’t help but think of her ‘big orange cat’, and the look in their eyes changed.

A woman who dared to raise such a big ‘orange cat’ was indeed extraordinary.

Frightened by the orange cat, Sandra did not dare to talk to Sophia again and avoided her with her leopard cat.

However, many wealthy people came to ask about the origin of the big orange cat. It had been legal to raise lions and tigers as pets in Cethos for more than 20 years ago, but the procedures were very complicated, and the permit was difficult to obtain. The types that could be raised were also very limited, and few people dared to raise lions and tigers.

Sophia was also the first among the famous people in Bayside City to raise a lion. Many celebrities were very interested in raising a lion, and Sophia also patiently explained the origin of the lion.

Sophia’s lion had been raised by Cooper for two years, and it was one of the few legally bred lions. It was born in Africa’s largest lion-raising circle. This lion-raising circle had been raising lions for more than two hundred years. Barney’s ancestors had been domesticated since two hundred years ago, and now they were as docile as a dog.

It had taken a few months for them to get their permit, so it had not been easy for Barney to come to Cethos.

Michael frowned on one side. Another big orange cat! And this one is bigger than Bubbles!

Bubbles is the size of ten cats, while this lion is the size of one hundred cats!

Raising it will be equivalent to raising more than 100 orange cats. Oh heavens!

Sophia and the celebrities continued to exchange their experiences on raising a big orange cat.

The exchanges went on harmoniously, but Sophia suddenly saw a lot of people coming in from outside. They seemed to be emergency doctors, and an ambulance had even arrived outside.

The doctor came in anxiously, looked around their surroundings, and said anxiously, “Who called the hospital and said that he was bitten by a dog?!”

Someone was bitten by a dog?!

Because today was a luxury pet goods conference, there were many pets present, including large dogs. What Sophia was most afraid of was dogs biting people, so she had already reminded the customers to take good care of their dogs.

Those who could buy luxury goods for their dogs usually could afford to hire an assistant. Generally speaking, there should be no accidents, but once an accident happened, Pourl would be the one responsible for it, and the reputation of Pourl would also be affected.

Moreover, she did not hear any commotion although someone was bitten by a dog. Under normal circumstances, wouldn’t one call for help if such a thing happened? There was also a special medical team at the scene to deal with emergencies. Why did they have to call 911?

It wasn’t until an ambulance came that Sophia knew that there was a problem at her product launch.

“Doctor, over here!”

A girl ran out anxiously and shouted to the 911 emergency personnel who came, “My boss, Miss Faye, was bitten by a dog! She’s bleeding a lot. Hurry up and save her!”

That girl was one of Faye’s assistants.

The assistant led the emergency personnel to the direction of the bathroom. Sophia hurriedly followed, and when she reached the bathroom, she saw Faye with blood all over one of her legs.

Faye’s face was weak and pale, and she cried pitifully as if she was about to die. Then, she was carried away by the medical staff. Her bloody thigh was placed in front of everyone, and she looked miserable.

She lay on the stretcher, crying hopelessly and helplessly.

“Faye was bitten by a dog!”

“Oh my god, how could such a thing happen!?”

The guests started whispering among themselves.

Sophia looked fiercely in the direction she was leaving.

Faye, you b*tch!

Sure enough, she had come to mess up her product launch.

If she was really bitten by a dog, why didn’t she shout for help?

If she was really injured, why did she hide silently in the bathroom and call 911 for first aid? She should have a car herself. Wouldn’t it be faster for her to go to the hospital by car?

Although there were many loopholes, the news of Faye being bitten by a dog at Pourl’s new product launch still spread around. It was said that Pourl’s mismanagement and loss of control on the scene caused the popular star Faye to be bitten by a dog.

This had a terrible impact on Pourl’s reputation.

Even after Faye was carried away for a long time, Sophia still had on a sour face.

The scene was chaotic, and many guests left early. Thus, the product launch ended ahead of schedule. Sophia was busy sending the guests off, and although she was still smiling, she was furious deep down inside.

Michael had been following Sophia. Knowing the seriousness of the incident, he patted Sophia on the shoulder and said, “It’s okay. You know Faye’s secrets.”

If she released Faye’s secrets, Faye would basically have to bid farewell to the entertainment industry.

Cooper was also angry when he saw that his daughter’s product launch had been ruined.

How he wished he could take revenge in her stead, but Sophia didn’t seem to like him interfering with her matters for no good reason. He waited by the side, waiting for his baby to ask for help. On the other hand, he wanted to see how Sophia would deal with this crisis this time.

Irene and Sandra deliberately waited until everyone was almost gone before they came out leisurely to say goodbye.

“Miss Scarlett, if you need legal aid, give me a call. I have a very good lawyer here who I can introduce to you. I guarantee that Faye won’t be able to win against you.”

Sophia said with a cold face, “Please send off the guests.”

Sandra and Irene, who were enjoying Sophia’s misfortune, were sent away. Only some staff and her men were left in the previously lively press conference.

Just now, Sophia was busy sending guests off. The moment she spun around and sat down to take a sip of water, she received a call from Faye’s assistant.

“Miss Scarlett, Miss Faye is in the hospital now, and her thigh was injured very badly. She was bitten by your husky and we have it on video, so be prepared to be sued by us. By the way, if you don’t want the pet luxury brand you just took over to be ruined, you must sign a contract to have your daughter work as a child star under Miss Faye—”

Click!

Sophia hung up the phone without saying a word.

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It was useless to say anything now.

The assistant was angry because Sophia hung up on her. In a very short period of time, the fact that Faye was bitten by a dog became headline news. The news pointed out that Pourl was not able to control the situation and the person in charge of supervising the venue was incompetent, which led to Faye, a famous celerity, being bitten.

Faye’s angry fans were furiously criticizing them on the Internet.

They first rushed to the Twitter accounts of Taylor and Ethan to curse at them. They were Pourl’s shareholder and model after all.

The fans of the two male stars, who were long past their prime, were much more peaceful. They reacted calmly and didn’t fight back. Plus, the two had retired for many years, so they had much less fans now.

This was nothing compared to the time when he was accused of being a scamming transvestite and teaching his dogs how to attack people.

Fans of Faye and her ghostwriters went around looking for their next targets like headless flies. After scolding the founders of Pourl, Harry and Michael, they finally went to Judge’s Twitter page. It was the one who bit Faye after all.

To bury the news of Taylor’s comeback, Faye frantically pushed the news of her being bitten by a dog everywhere and made it a trending topic. In the end, it really overshadowed the news of his comeback and the announcement of his new movie.

She wanted to see how he was going to make a comeback without any publicity. He would have a hard time promoting his new film!

After Sophia handled the hotel’s affairs, the founders gathered together for a meeting.

It was clear that Faye wanted to smear their reputation with this incident.

If she had truly been bitten by a dog, she would have called for help immediately, but she had hid herself in the bathroom instead and called 911!

“We should have found someone to follow her to the hospital and expose her true colors on the spot!”

Stanley was filled with righteous indignation.

However, Sophia disagreed with him. “Just let her continue acting as she wishes! I’ll take care of this matter.”

Everyone had full trust in Sophia. She seemed to be very good at this kind of thing. It just so happened that there were many matters that needed to be handled in Plum Technology, so Pourl could only rely on Sophia to handle this matter.

After the meeting, Sophia went out. Cooper was waiting for her in a car parked outside. Linus, Carmen, and Michael, who wanted to come sit in this car although he also had a car himself, were also in the car.

“Mommy, did I do well just now?” Carmen asked immediately when she saw Sophia.

Seeing the cute Carmen, all the frustration in Sophia disappeared. As she hugged her little baby, her worries vanished.

“My dear baby, you did very well!”

Sophia got into the car, and the bodyguard climbed in with her ‘big orange cat’ next.

Barney had only been in Bayside City for a few days, so it was still not used to this place. It kept dozing off, and it put its head on Michael’s shoulder to sleep.

With the lion head on his shoulder, Michael calmly chatted and laughed with Cooper who was sitting opposite him while silently chanting to himself, This is just a big orange cat. This is just a big orange cat.

Even though Michael was scared of the 2.5-meter big orange cat, he absolutely refused to show his weakness in front of Cooper.

After Sophia went home, took a shower and ate dinner, she took another look at the online news. The headlines had changed from Faye being bitten by a dog, to Faye being bitten by Scarlett’s lion. Then, it was rumored that Scarlett and her lion had been caught. It was also said that she didn’t go through the procedures of applying for a permit, and the lion had been confiscated and was now locked in a zoo, etc.

The opponent was really aggressive this time, going to great lengths to force Sophia to give up. However, Sophia didn’t respond. No matter how much the fans or ghostwriters on the Internet scolded her, she would not respond.

Despite the scolding on the Internet, in reality, Pourl’s orders had skyrocketed. It was probably because the more they were being criticized, the more popular it became. After all, Pourl had nothing to do with it as the fault lay in the poor supervision of the site. Who would’ve known that Faye would get bitten by a dog in the bathroom?

There were no issues with Pourl’s own products, and because of the appearance of Sophia’s big orange cat, she had become a legendary figure in the pet world of Bayside City. The pet lovers in the city were very interested in her orange cat and started to pay attention to Pourl. They finally attracted the celebrities of Bayside City, which made Pourl’s popularity shoot up.

This was simply free advertising for them!

Therefore, Sophia decided to shut up and wait for a few days. She decided to take advantage of the increased publicity for now, but when she saw the haters on the Internet cursing at Michael and Harry, she felt uneasy.

On this day, she made a special trip to Villa No. 8 to apologize to Michael.

Before departing, as soon as Cooper learned that she was going to Villa No. 8, he immediately said, “Barney is also bored at home. You should take it out to play by the way.”

As soon as Barney heard that it was going out for a walk, it immediately came over and rubbed itself against Sophia’s belly docilely.

Sophia was speechless and had no choice but to take Barney. Cooper was relieved when he saw Barney and Sophia enter Villa No. 8.

When Michael returned to Villa No. 8, he received a call from Sophia saying that she would come and talk to him about work. Overjoyed, he hurriedly dressed up. Unexpectedly, he saw Sophia’s 2.5-meter orange cat as soon as the door opened, and he couldn’t help feeling queasy.

When the 2.5m cat came in, all the orange cats at home hid under the sofa. As for Barney, she immediately sat down on a rug and watched Michael and Sophia discuss work matters.

After the two sat down on the sofa in the living room, Sophia asked first, “How are you doing these days…”

Michael wiped his hair that he had just washed and said nonchalantly, “It’s okay. I’m used to it.”

When he said this, Sophia felt even more embarrassed. She bit the bullet and said, “It’s all my fault. This happened because of me.”

Michael took the opportunity to say, “You really don’t have to take it to heart. News like this is already commonplace to me. If you remember, the news about me a few years ago was even more outrageous! They said that I was a woman disguised as a man!”

Sophia was taken aback. “Did they really say that?!”

Michael leaned toward her strategically. He took out his tablet and searched for a few keywords casually, and then gossip about him appeared.

Because he had recently returned to the public eye, some of the gossip posts from that year also resurfaced.

Sophia glanced at it casually. Michael indeed had many scandals—having sex with male actors, cheating a gay into marrying him, lifecasting, fighting in nightclubs, and that he was a woman disguised as a man… So there was really such crazy news?

Sophia initially came here to talk about work matters with Michael, but she ended up talking about gossip with him all night. She only left hesitatingly in the evening when Cooper called again and again to urge her to go home.

She initially felt sorry for Michael, but after chatting with him today, she felt a lot better.

Before leaving, she said to him, “Michael, don’t worry. I won’t let you be scolded in vain!”

Michael’s unconditional support for her made her feel touched, so she would never let him be scolded in vain

 

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Michael watched Sophia and Barney leave with a warm and content smile on his lips.

It felt good to be able to talk to her all night. He was so happy that he felt as if he was in a dream.

However, Michael was a greedy man and was definitely not satisfied with their present relationship. He still wanted to remarry Sophia and have a second child with her.

In addition, he could feel that Cooper’s attitude toward him seemed to be a little better recently.

This might be a sign.

He had even figured out the name of their second child.

After talking with Michael all afternoon, Sophia felt a lot better.

She truly got along well with Michael. He was really a person who knew what was appropriate and what was not.

Sophia knew that he was pursuing herself, but his pursuit did not make her disgusted and annoyed. He was neither fanatical nor humble, and he treated her as an equal in his quest. This made her feel very comfortable.

He never used reasons such as ‘Mark hopes’ and ‘Carmen can’t live without her mother’ to give her pressure and guilt. Instead, he expressed his feelings for Sophia calmly. Although he wanted very eagerly for her to return to him, he never forced her. He just waited for her in such a calm and quiet manner.

Sophia felt very relaxed and satisfied with him.

The news of ‘Faye was bitten by a dog’ quickly caused an uproar on the Internet. Fans of Faye kept hurling insults at everyone. They cursed and scolded both humans and dogs, and even crowdfunded to hire people to steal Judge and cook it into soup. They even wanted to find a few strong, lustful dogs to gang rape it, making Stanley furious.

Those f*cking fans of Faye. If anything happens to my precious Judge, I’ll kill Faye for sure!

Ever since a 2.5-meter orange cat moved into Sophia’s house, Judge, who had been freeloading in Michael’s house for many years, finally proposed to go home. It barked at Sophia to call Stanley to pick it up.

When Stanley came to pick up Judge and saw a 2.5-meter long orange cat lying across the door and blocking the door, he was too afraid to enter.

Damn, it’s scary.

He thought it was scary enough for Sophia to raise a large poodle. Unexpectedly, she even raised a lion at home.

He should definitely not offend her!

Cooper shook his head when he saw him being so cowardly.

He was even more of a scaredy-cat than Carmen!

Carmen was not afraid of Barney at all, probably because she was an ignorant child.

“Stanley, why are you standing outside?”

Michael came from behind Stanley and saw him waiting at the door of Villa No. 2, frowning at the lion that was blocking the entrance.

Michael, who was in a suit and leather shoes, was obviously heading somewhere. With a gentlemanly smile, he walked to the door of Villa No. 2 and stepped over the lion.

Stanley was so scared that he almost peed himself. Still standing at the door, he said to Michael, “Uncle, please bring Judge to me. I-I don’t want to go in.”

The difference between the uncle-nephew duo was so obvious. Cooper shook his head while he looked at Stanley, but his knitted brows slightly loosened when he saw Michael step over the lion without fear.

Stanley didn’t know that he had been completely abandoned by Cooper and became a stepping stone for his uncle’s show of bravery. He waited anxiously for Judge outside the door.

“Mr. Cooper, I’m here to pick up Sophia.”

They had a press conference today, so Michael had hurried over to pick up Sophia.

Although Cooper had on a cold face, he didn’t stop him and said, “End the conference early and send her back for dinner.”

Michael took it that he could also come to their house for dinner, so he quickly replied respectfully, “Okay.”

Sophia went downstairs soon after and asked the servants to pack up all the daily necessities of Judge. Even its bed was taken away by Stanley.

Michael calmly helped her carry the things in her hand and said, “Let’s go to the press conference first. We are almost late.”

He also complimented her smoothly. “I like the earrings you’re wearing today.”

Sophia fiddled with her new earrings shyly and replied, “Thank you.”

These were the diamond earrings from Africa that she received yesterday. She didn’t expect Michael to notice it when he walked in. He’s really observant.

The two went out talking and laughing. They stepped over the big orange cat calmly at the entrance and drove away.

Although Cooper was expressionless, he saw everything that happened.

Although he didn’t particularly like his old son-in-law who was only a few years younger than himself, he had to admit that older men were better at loving their partners. He was much better than Stanley, that stupid young man.

Comparison was the thief of joy.

Stanley was afraid of even a cat. How could he marry his daughter to such a person!?

At this time, in the VIP ward of a private hospital in Bayside City, Faye was sitting among flowers in the room, happily and excitedly sharing her recent ‘feat’ with Sandra.

“Now, Scarlett and her store are going to collapse. Taylor’s new film is also crushed by my news, and the new film is destined to be a failure!”

Looking at the proud and confident Faye, Sandra smiled. However, she was actually gloating in her heart.

Faye had indeed achieved a great feat. However, the pitiful girl didn’t know that she had offended the Fletcher Family and the Winston Family at the same time. She also had to be held accountable if her plan went wrong, but the person who would suffer the most was Scarlett.

Now, Scarlett must be utterly exhausted…

It was a pity that King had announced that they would completely withdraw from the pet luxury goods market. Otherwise, she could take this opportunity to gain publicity.

“You did a great job this time round. Lucy hates Scarlett because she ruined King that she worked so hard to create. Lucy will definitely thank you for all the trouble you caused Scarlett!” Sandra said pretentiously.

Speaking of Lucy, Faye was both fearful and disdainful of her.

Lucy was nothing. She was the goddess of the nation after all!

Sooner or later, she would surpass Lucy!

But now, she had to please Lucy as beggars couldn’t be choosers. She had done such a good job this time round, so she would definitely be able to leave a good impression on Lucy.

Sandra said confidently to Faye, “From my judgment, Scarlett has suffered a big loss and will never let you off the hook easily. You have a tough battle to fight next, but don’t worry! You will always be backed by me and Lucy!”

Of course, this was just lip service. If she really provoked the Fletcher Family and the Winston Family, they would abandon Faye.

Faye took it seriously. Full of confidence, she said, “Don’t worry, she can come at me! I’m waiting for her to do just that. I even have a video of her dog biting me! They can come to check the wounds if they like. I made this wound very realistic, and I’ve bribed the people in the hospital.”

The more they talked, the more excited they became. Sandra vigorously instigated Faye to continue to frame Scarlett and asked her to go to Lucy to take credit.

Just then, Sandra’s phone rang so she went out to answer it. When she came back, she looked weird. With a frown, she said to Faye, “Scarlett and Taylor jointly held a press conference and apologized to you publicly.”

In the battles between Sandra and Scarlett, Sandra was the one who was defeated all the time. Although she had not known Scarlett for long, Sandra already had a certain understanding of Scarlett’s personality and methods. How could she possibly apologize after suffering such a big loss?

However, Scarlett’s apology press conference had already gone live…

 

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“Scarlett really… apologized?”

Faye thought she had heard it wrong. She had always known about the fight between Sandra and Scarlett, so she knew that Scarlett was a very difficult person.

She had suffered such a big loss this time, so she was most likely going to fight back. However, after a few days of silence, she actually apologized directly?

Sandra was also at a loss as to what was happening. She silently turned on the phone and searched for the live video of Scarlett’s press conference.

The ‘Faye was bitten by a dog’ incident had caused a lot of uproar on the Internet. It had been several days since the incident, but it was still trending. Now that the owner of the dog that caused the accident had come forward to apologize, the popularity of the incident naturally reached a climax. Immediately, it was followed up and reported by many media outlets.

Faye immediately turned on her phone, and she didn’t even need to search for it because the entertainment channel had vacated the homepage cover to promote Scarlett’s apology press conference on a large scale.

Faye was now in the A-plus list. Even if she squatted casually on the side of the street, her fans would storm the place. Plus, anyone who had any relations with her was guaranteed a boost in popularity.

This time round, she was bitten by a dog, so the dog and the owner were also pushed into the limelight.

In the live broadcast, Sophia wore a white skirt. She looked capable and elegant, and she had a serious expression as she said to the live broadcast camera very sincerely, “I am here to formally apologize to Miss Faye for everything that happened at the Pourl new product launch a few days ago.”

She got up and faced the camera before lowering her noble head and bowing deeply, full of sincerity.

After the apology, she raised her head and took all the blame on herself. “I am mainly responsible for the occurrence of such an incident, and I blame my mismanagement, which caused the scene to be chaotic. I am extremely sorry for the harm caused to Miss Faye. Pourl will bear all subsequent treatment costs and the costs of her work lost. I apologize again to Miss Faye. I will definitely strengthen my management in the future, and this will never happen again.”

Sandra felt that she must be imagining things. A proud person like Scarlett had suffered such ninjustice, yet she chose to apologize directly instead of fighting back?

Was it because she knew that Faye had evidence and footage of the incident, so she gave up fighting back?

However, she had gone to great lengths to tear apart Sandra and King. Why did she get scared when the matter involved Faye?

Faye was biting her lower lip as she watched the live broadcast with a complicated expression.

At the press conference, after Sophia apologized, Michael also apologized. Although the matter had nothing to do with him, he still took the initiative to do so.

“As one of Pourl’s shareholders and executives, I am also responsible for this incident. I am extremely sorry for what happened to Miss Faye. I’m sorry.”

Michael also bowed and apologized. He then fell silent for a few seconds, waiting for the media to finish taking pictures of him.

After the apology, the two instantly occupied the moral high ground.

They had apologized and would compensate her. What else did Faye want? Kill the dog? Gang rape the dog?

If this was the case, the animal protection organization and fans of Judge would not stand idly by.

Did she want Sophia to kneel down and kowtow? To be paraded in public? Or confiscate her household registry to make up for Faye’s injuries?

The police probably would not agree.

The reporters looked at each other as they had never seen such a straightforward apology.

After the apology was over, the reporter could voice out their questions.

Some reporters began to ask tricky questions.

A reporter asked, “Miss Mitchell, what are your thoughts on the Internet rumors that you allowed your dog to bite Miss Faye because you are jealous of Miss Faye’s fame?”

Sophia replied clearly, “Ms. Faye was indeed injured because of my negligence in management, but the rumor that I allowed the dog to bite her is pure nonsense. On the day of Pourl’s product launch ceremony, there were many international superstars among the guests. There were five or six Oscar winners, and if I allowed my dog to bite her because I was jealous of famous people, then I definitely would not have targeted Miss Faye.”

After the reporter heard this answer, they nodded one after another, feeling that her answer was reasonable.

It was said that there were also European royals and international superstars present that day. Pourl’s slogan was to become an international brand and have global influence, so their clients were all international big shots and celebrities. Although Faye was popular in Cethos, this was not the case overseas…

There had been so many celebrities on the scene, so Sophia wouldn’t have targeted her just because of her fame.

Michael had a solemn expression, but he was secretly laughing.

While Sophia was clarifying, she roasted Faye as well. Well done.

The reporter went on to ask the next tricky question, “Miss Mitchell, is this a marketing ploy jointly planned by you and Miss Faye? I understand that Pourl’s sales have skyrocketed since the launch. Even Mr. Murray’s new movie ‘The National Treasury Action’ has continued to rise in popularity. Miss Mitchell, I hope you can answer this question.”

Sophia replied very solemnly, “This was an accident caused by my mismanagement. It was definitely not a premeditated marketing ploy. We will take responsibility and compensate Miss Faye, but please refrain from any conspiracy theories. This is disrespectful for Pourl, and even more disrespectful to Miss Faye. She is the victim, and the victim should not be subjected to such speculation.”

The reporter nodded and agreed again. It was an impeccable answer. It showed full sincerity while protecting Faye, showing Scarlett’s responsibility and courage.

She was indeed Cooper’s daughter!

Another reporter asked another question, “Miss Scarlett, can you comment on the unexpected consequence of Pourl’s soaring sales due to this incident? Did you secretly cheer, or even gloat for having caused such a misfortune?”

Sophia remained calm and answered impeccably, “It is definitely not a fluke that Pourl can have such high sales. We focus on quality and craftsmanship, and with great sincerity, we strive to create a big pet luxury brand belonging to Cethos. Although Pourl’s new product launch event was regrettable, it was generally very successful. The whole world knows Pourl now, which has always been a part of my plan. Pourl deserves our current sales and popularity, and we definitely did not take pleasure in Miss Faye’s misfortune.”

The reporters had nothing more to ask, so they turned to other topics.

“Miss Scarlett, what do you think of the Internet rumors that you had plastic surgery?”

Sophia said, “I indeed had plastic surgery.”

The reporters were all speechless.

They had never seen such a frank person before.

The reporter asked again, “Someone revealed that Mr. Taylor Murray is your sugar baby in an anonymous online post. Can you please give a comment? You had plastic surgery to look like Mr. Murray’s dead wife. Does it mean that you are also interested in Taylor?”

Sophia said, “Mr. Murray is pursuing me. Our relationship is fair and equal, and he’s not my sugar baby. As for why I look like this, my answer is: it’s because I like it.”

The reporters fell silent again.

They felt that they had reached new heights in their careers.

Striking while the iron was hot, the reporters asked, “Miss Mitchell, what do you think of Mr. Taylor Murray? Would you consider dating Mr. Taylor Murray?”

 

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Sophia was thirsty from answering all the questions bombarded by the reporters. When she was about to reply, Michael, who was beside her, handed her an opened bottle of mineral water. He then took the initiative to answer the question with a smile. “I feel that this question shouldn’t be answered publicly. I’d like Miss Mitchell to answer me when we’re alone.”

The reporters were left speechless.

But giving it a thought, Scarlett was single, and Taylor had also been widowed for years. It wasn’t anything shameful if he wanted to remarry.

They had the freedom to fall in love and were a good match. They looked good together, like a picture from a fairy tale, and had nothing people could complain about.

But some reporters liked to make a fuss. Snatching over the microphone, the reporter started asking some pointed questions. “Mr. Murray, is the reason you are courting Miss Mitchell because she looks similar to your late wife, Miss Edwards?”

“Did you choose to court Miss Mitchell because of her wealth, and because she can bring you resources?”

That was an extremely pointed question.

It was so pointed that some of the reporters felt awkward and looked at Michael.

Michael went silent for a moment. Sophia, who was drinking water, couldn’t help but perk up her ears.

That question was really inappropriate. For the time being, she didn’t want to admit that she was Sophia Edwards because she wasn’t ready to accept everything she used to have and be. But if the situation was critical, she could only bite the bullet.

Michael remained silent for a few seconds, but he still answered with the microphone. “My wife was the only interesting soul in this whole world. A lot of people tried to imitate her appearance, but no one could ever imitate her soul. I love her forever.”

Love her forever…

Sophia, who just finished drinking water, felt tears well up in her eyes, but she didn’t show any obvious reaction and maintained her dignified manner.

Michael maintained his warm smile, but everyone could see how sorrowful his smile was.

His voice travelled to everyone’s ears on the scene. “Three years ago, because of that incident which everyone knows, I lost the love of my life. These three years, I shut myself out from the world. I had even wanted to follow after her, but I pushed through.”

“Three years later, I met Miss Scarlett. She was like a gift from the heavens because she gave me the hope and motivation to live. The reason I love her has nothing to do with her appearance.”

“We make a great pair, and money was never part of the equation.”

It was a touching confession.

After hearing Michael’s answer, those reporters who wanted to ask why he faked his death and didn’t appear for three years were left speechless, while the reporter who mentioned his late wife was ashamed of himself.

A few years back, when Sophia became famous as the prettiest girl in Bayside University, her face was used as the reference for plastic surgery, and a lot of stars used her face as a template when they themselves went under the knife. With so many people wearing a similar face, Taylor had chosen Scarlett. That was probably true love!

Taylor was not a poor man either—he was a major shareholder of Asco International and was an Academy Award winner. Even if he had retired, he was still filthy rich, so the rumor of him being a sugar baby was indeed groundless.

The press conference ended successfully in peace.

After the press conference, ‘The National Treasury Action’ and Pourl’s popularity increased rather than waned. Three years ago, Michael’s whereabouts were exposed and he was harmed from being mobbed by his fans. His fans regretted their actions and were filled with remorse, and him resigning from being an actor was more than understandable.

Now, he had made a comeback and found a person to rely on. His fans were all happy for him.

In the ward, after Faye finished watching the live stream, she quickly took out her laptop and googled Pourl. Although they were criticized badly on all social media platforms in Cethos, their branches were spreading quietly abroad. The business of their headquarters in Bayside City was also booming. She didn’t know the actual turnover, but it didn’t seem like they were going to go bankrupt anytime soon.

Taylor and his new movie were also criticized badly, but the search index had also risen sharply, becoming one of the most anticipated blockbusters this year.

At the same time, Taylor admitting that he was chasing after Scarlett had also become the nation’s second hottest topic following the incident of Faye being bitten by a dog.

Sure enough, announcing a relationship was the best way to build hype. The popularity of Pourl and Michael’s new film didn’t decline because of Faye’s incident, but instead reached new highs.

What?!

Faye was so mad she threw her laptop onto the ground.

How could this be?

She had hired ghostwriters online to spread rumors, engaged in sadfishing, and even turned down a lot of jobs just so she could pretend to be sick in the hospital, but what she did had helped them instead.

Sandra was looking at all the information on the Internet too. The more she looked, the more ugly her expression grew.

They played us. They gave ground so that they could advance.

Faye was really popular now, so anyone who had a connection with her would become popular. She didn’t expect them to be so shameless to throw away their pride and ride on her coattails.

Faye didn’t know what to do.

Ring! Ring!

Faye’s phone rang. It was an unknown number.

She answered the call, and the first thing she heard was the voice in the live stream.

The person on the other end sounded excited.

“Thank you, Miss Edwards, for faking your injury and aligning it with Pourl’s new product marketing schedule this year.”

“Also, thank you for sacrificing your precious time and turning down jobs worth tens of millions to help Pourl achieve our goals.”

“I also want to thank you on Michael’s behalf. A first rate actress like you taking the initiative to create buzz for an obsolete actor who faked his death was really nice, and it has allowed him to regain his popularity and restart his career.”

“Later, my lawyer will go over to discuss compensation matters with you, taking into consideration your injuries and missed work opportunities.”

Not waiting for Faye to react, she hung up the phone.

“Damn you, Scarlett!!!”

Faye was so mad she smashed her phone. A bulging vein throbbed on her face, and even the implant in her chin protruded.

“Btch! Btch!”

Faye was so furious that she started smashing things.

To put on this show, she had turned down a few endorsements which paid handsomely! Hiring ghostwriters had also cost her a lot too!

She had spent all that money but it ended up helping others. Not only did they ride on her wave of popularity, but they also humiliated her!

How could Faye accept all these?

Compared to Faye who was going crazy, Sandra was calm. She was not the one who suffered all these losses anyways.

She carried on scheming, planning to let Faye continue to shine and be in the front line, and have her crush Scarlett on her behalf. Besides, Faye was the one who needed to take responsibility if anything happened.

Now, there was no point for Faye to continue acting like a victim. They had already apologized and promised to compensate her. It would definitely be inappropriate to continue to criticize them.

Asking Faye to accept their apology was impossible too, as this was harder than having her swallow dog sh*t.

Not only was she unable to fight back, but she was also incriminated of cooperating with the other party on hyping up their new product and new movie.

After much deliberation, Sandra thought of a safe way to deal with this. She suggested to Faye, “Apologising through a press conference can’t be considered a proper apology. You can raise the issue to the media and request for Scarlett to apologise to you personally! She’s too proud to do that so she will never agree. Then, you can make an issue out of it!”

“Also, didn’t she mention compensation? Just take the opportunity to bleed her dry. The higher the price, the better. She must have a limit, right? When that happens, it’s your turn to put on a show.”

 

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 840

Faye was blinded by rage earlier, but now that Sandra had given her an idea, enthusiasm instantly flooded her. She’s right. At present, I can only retaliate in this manner! After making up her mind, she hurriedly contacted her lawyer to commit daylight robbery by demanding a king’s ransom! It’ll be great if she agrees since I’ll be recouping all the damages I’ve suffered. However, if she refuses, I can continue kicking up a fuss, too!

Meanwhile, when the press conference had ended, Sophia said to Michael, “Let’s go for dinner! My treat.”

My goddess is offering to treat me to dinner? With just the two of us? Michael was inwardly ecstatic, but outwardly, he maintained a nonchalant expression. “Are you sure? Didn’t Dad say to come home early for dinner?” he reminded, sounding conflicted.

Cooper’s love for Sophia was so overwhelming that he’d have eyes on her 24/7 if possible. Despite the press conference on this day, he still called every half an hour to inquire about her. But to be fair, if it were Carmen who’d gone out, Michael, the gray-haired old father, would definitely be pacing anxiously as well.

However, Sophia was already walking away. “It’s fine. I’ll just give him a call. Let’s go to Uncle Sam’s Crimson House for dinner.” Thus, Michael briskly followed.

At home, when Cooper learned that Sophia wasn’t coming home for dinner, his face turned as black as charcoal. Nonetheless, he said nothing, merely asking her to come home earlier.

In Crimson House’s best private room, a candlestick sat on the dining table. As the candlelight flickered, an intimate and romantic air enveloped the place amidst the elegant strains of piano. The two people at the table clinked glasses lightly, creating a tinkling sound. Thereafter, Sophia raised her glass slightly with a single hand and sipped from it.

As they ate, they talked in a low voice, their topics ranging from the stock market to real estate besides also talking about the interesting things Michael encountered during his filming throughout the years. In fact, they talked about everything under the sun.

Sophia listened attentively, interjecting and laughing occasionally. Having indulged in red wine, her petite face was stained with a hint of scarlet, her eyes slightly glassy. Her glazed eyes seemed as though they held an infinite ocean, rendering her entire person immensely breathtakingly.

“How’s the performance of the stock I recommended to you the other day?” Michael asked, raising his glass.

Sophia ordered medium-well steak but found it rather dismal after eating some, so she left half of it uneaten. Jabbing the remaining half with her fork from time to time, she answered, “Not bad. It’s doing good, having gone up quite a bit, so I made a little over ten million. By the way, when are you planning to send Carmen to kindergarten?”

Speaking of their child, the two of them turned solemn. Michael replied, “Carmen is almost two and a half years old, so it’s about time for her to attend kindergarten. She’s definitely going to kindergarten since children need to mix with their peers.”

Then, he lamented, “I raised Nate, but in an attempt to protect him, I’ve never had him attend kindergarten. I employed an early education expert and gave him the best education, yet he’s been isolated since young, with few friends. He doesn’t like talking to people either… It’s all on me.”

Finally, he asserted, “Thus, Carmen has to attend kindergarten. She can’t be too isolated, so I had Hale drop his kid off at our place.”

Recently, Sophia had noticed that Villa No. 8 had seen an increase in the number of children who stuck to Carmen every day. Having so many friends to play with, she wasn’t even interested in coming home anymore. Michael is truly a tender and considerate person!

When she snapped back to reality, she saw that Michael had already taken her half-eaten steak, which she couldn’t quite bring herself to finish yet didn’t want to waste, and he was eating it with relish. “Why did you do that?” Shock inundated her.

However, Michael was used to it. Not only did he finish her half-eaten steak, but he also ate her unfinished fruit salad. “You had a difficult life when you were young, often having no food to eat, so you cherish food a lot. When you go out for a meal, you only order what you want to eat, but you become distressed when you can’t finish the food at times. You don’t want to waste it, yet you find it troublesome to request for takeaway, so you force yourself to finish it.”

For that reason, he then became her recycle bin for unfinished food. He would often be seen eating her unfinished steak, the coriander in her beef noodles, and the green pepper she disliked in her shredded meat dish. Of course, he knew that she loathed wasting food, probably because she was once destitute, at the mercy of others for even a bite of clean and fresh rice in the past. Hence, she was still exceedingly thrifty even after having money to her name, food wastage her pet peeve.

Sophia froze for a moment before she smiled, not knowing what to say in response. When he’d finished her half-eaten steak and fruit salad, she asked in curiosity, with a hand resting on her cheek, “Back then, I was just a pet you bought. Why have you always been so good to me?”

Upon hearing this, Michael knew that Cooper had given her a fake story again. In Cooper’s mouth, he’d probably become a shameless old man who spent 80,000 to purchase her so that he could ravage her every day.

However, Sophia knew that Cooper’s version of events wasn’t true. Michael had always regarded her as family, a fact that he’d never once concealed.

“Bought? Never once have I said that I bought you. I merely offered ten million as bride price to marry you. We’re a legally married couple.”

After he was done eating, Michael suddenly said, “Oh yes, there’s something I’ve been meaning to give you.” He then took out a card from his wallet and slid it over to Sophia. While the card was preserved nicely with a plastic sleeve, one could still tell that it was a few years old. The words Bayside University were printed on the card, while Sophia’s name was written at the corner with a ballpoint pen.

“What is this?” Sophia questioned, curious.

His lips curving upward, Michael replied with a smile, “This is the meal card you used when you attended Bayside University. There’s still money in there, so remember to go and use it when you’re free. After all, you were still thinking about the remaining money when you took your graduation photo!”

After having been poor for half her life, Sophia was done with poverty. Back then, she practically killed herself to get into Bayside University just because Bayside University provided top students a generous meal subsidy. Meals and accommodation would be free of charge, while tuition could be covered with a student loan. This was so perfect for her that it all sounded like a dream.

Although she was already making money when she got into Bayside University, she abandoned the thought of eating all the delicious food out there, going to the cafeteria instead when she could do so since the subsidy issued was in the meal card! When she left upon graduation, she was very much reluctant because she hadn’t yet finished the money within the meal card!

Sophia stared at the meal card while listening to Michael speak of its history, bursting into giggles every so often. Out of the blue, she stood up and suggested, “It’s still early, so let’s go to Bayside University now and finish the money in the meal card. There’s no time like the present!”

Without a word of objection, Michael slipped on his jacket and offered, “I’ll lead the way.”

Since Sophia had declared that she’d be paying, it was certainly a done deal. Anyhow, Michael felt that he was a kept man now, merely waiting for her to foot the bill. As he followed her out of Crimson House like a puppy, he remarked, “Back then, you wholeheartedly hoped that you could make money and support me one day, making me a kept man.” Now, she’s finally getting her wish!