James followed behind her and walked over, finally looking at Sophia without a cold look on his face for once. "You probably know your mistakes by now. You canât stay outside all the time either. Listen to your mother and go home."
"Know my mistakes?" Sarcasm was written all over Sophia's face. "Why did I do wrong? Why am I clueless?"
Her words choked James so terribly that his complexion changed immediately.
Marie leaned against the car and looked at the family with great interest.
"Soph, we can consider you young and impulsive back then when you hit someone with a car, but why do you still refuse to admit your mistakes even until now?" Jenny said exasperatedly.
James harrumphed coldly. "Giving birth to a daughter like you is simply the greatest humiliation of my life!"
"Hah!" Sophia sneered. She did not count on her parents anymore and was not in the mood to say anything either. Hence, she turned around and got into the car.
At the sight of this, tears welled up in Jennyâs eyes. She walked over to tap on the car window. "Alright, Soph. I won't bring up the past if you don't want to talk about it. Just donât do awful things like that again next time!"
Seeing that Sophia had gotten into the car without a word, James was so furious that his expression changed unpredictably. However, he did not say anything.
Amidst the constant tapping of the car window, Sophia rolled down the window, ignored the tearful Jenny, and asked Marie indifferently, "Are we leaving now?"
"Letâs go," Marie replied with a smile, put out the cigarette she had just lit, and climbed into the driverâs seat.
Jenny was so anxious that tears flowed down incessantly. "Soph, I will... I will stop saying that you hit... Leah with a car, just... Just come home with me!"
She and Soph were really close. Soph would even tell her how she pursued Charles. How did things turn out this way?
"Please step aside, Madam White." Sophia looked at Jenny the way one would look at a stranger.
Jenny shook her head whilst choking with sobs, holding onto the window edge firmly.
James walked to the side of the window and started criticizing Sophia with a frown. "Sheâs your mother. You did something wrong but she canât even say a word about it? I have never seen such an insensible daughter like you!â
"I did something wrong?" Sophiaâs face was filled with contempt. "Donât you feel guilty when you say those words, Mr. White?"
There were flickers in Jamesâ eyes. He was momentarily stumped for words.
"Canât you just hold your tongue?" Jenny screamed at him with tearful eyes. "If it werenât for your constant admonishing, she wouldnât have grown so distant from me!"
Sophia turned away from the arguing couple and rolled up the window whilst keeping a straight face.
At the sight of this, Jenny reached out and held the window in an attempt to persuade her to go home.
Even so, Sophia remained completely unmoved and continued to roll up the window. Jenny had no choice but to pull her hands away with tearful eyes.
"Ms. Marie, can we go now?" Sophia asked.
Marie raised the corner of her eyes slightly, then motioned at the couple standing outside the car with her chin. She asked tenderly, "You have nothing else to say?"
"Thereâs nothing left to say," Sophia answered with downcast eyes as she clutched her clothes firmly.
Marie took in her small movements and let out a âtskâ sound before revving up the engine. As she was worried that she would hurt the two standing next to the car, the car started off at crawling speed.
"Your mother is chasing after us," Marie glanced at the rearview mirror, turned to Sophia, and said.
Sophia turned her head back to take a glance. Her mother was chasing after the car in high heels. Perhaps it was because she was running too fast, so she staggered for a moment and fell to the ground.
Her pupils contracted slightly and her legs subconsciously kicked. Her bottom was lifted two centimeters away from the seat.
"Would you like me to stop?" Marie raised her eyebrows. Her every move looked immensely amorous.
Sophia licked her dry lips and planted herself firmly on the seat again. "No."
She forced herself to retract her gaze and look forward.
If she sympathized with her mother and went home with her now, she would soon turn into a pitiable person herself.
Her dad was not doing this out of good intentions when he agreed to let her go home. The reason was nothing more than Charlesâ change of attitude toward her. Her father simply thought that she could still be of use!
Marie said no more and slammed on the accelerator, zooming out from Jenny and Jamesâ sight as swift as the wind.
This scene was too queasy to watch.
After more than ten minutes, Sophia asked, "Where are you taking me, Ms. Marie?"
"I thought you wouldn't ask." A smile rippled in Marie's eyes. "Mr. Harris didnât tell you?"
Sophia sneered. "He? He will just arrange everything presumptuously and make me do everything according to his plans.â
"That sounds like a pretty deep-seated resentment to me." Marie turned the steering wheel and turned into the street next to them. "Mr. Harris bought a double-storey villa in Bamboo Virtues Village and asked me to send you there."
Sophia frowned, hummed a reply, and said no more.
Strictly speaking, Charles did not buy the villa. It was a gift from Aunt Harris to her and Charles as their engagement gift. Unfortunately, their plan was destroyed by a car accident.
The car arrived at Bamboo Virtues Village after a while. Marie had never been here before, so after asking her a few questions and calling Charles to confirm, the guards finally let them in.
Bamboo Virtues Village was a famous spot where the powerful and influential figures in City B gathered. Apart from the high housing prices, the monthly property management fee was also, to many people, an astronomical amount.
Many respectable figures in this city lived here. Those who were drifting on the fringes of the upper class society had racked their brains just to make their way here, hoping for an opportunity to get to know more people who could benefit them in the future.
The security level and environmental planning in Bamboo Virtues Village were certainly worthy of its exorbitant housing prices and property management fees.
Marie drove all the way to the penultimate row of villas before making a few turns and pulling over in front of a two-storey villa.
"This must be it, right?" Marie asked, raising her eyebrows.
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ï¤Chapter 187 You Donât Need To Thank Me Sophia hummed a response and got out of the car.
"I guess I wonât be going out." Marie rolled down the car window and flashed Sophia a dazzling smile. "Meganâs boyfriend came to the club to raise a ruckus. I still have to go back to deal with it."
Sophia pursed her lips. After pausing for a moment, she replied and walked toward the villa. After two steps, she turned back and asked Marie, "Ms.
Marie, you said that you were late because someone was raising a ruckus. Was that person Megan's boyfriend?"
"Yes, Ben Raymond, a drinking water companyâs boss." Marie had seemingly expected her to turn back and ask as she did not start her car engine at all.
Sophia frowned. "Can you tell me why heâs raising a ruckus at the club, Ms. Marie?â
"This is a little complicated. Itâs hard to put it into words. However, if this matter canât be solved, then Ben will post Meganâs sex tapes on the Internet."
Marie stretched her body and squinted her eyes at Sophia like a cat.
Sophia lowered her eyes and said no more.
"Is there anything else? Iâm leaving now." Marie revved up the car engine. Her alluring face formed a sharp contrast with the domineering Land Rover, creating a different kind of charm.
"... Yes." Sophia paused before saying, "Can you take me there with you, Ms. Marie?"