Chapter 84: That’s My Sister–in–Law, Right?
The man in sunglasses emerged, witnessed the scene, and folded his arms, clearly unwilling to intervene. Mr. Sterling, startled, pulled harder on Sophia.
Through the open door, Sophia saw a smoky, trashed room. A short, stout man knelt on the floor, his clothes dirty, torn, and stained with blood he was clearly being beaten.
Sophia looked at the men seated around the table, their faces obscured by smoke, some laughing, some talking, some drinking. A semblance of harmony, yet an underlying menace permeated the
air.
The man directly opposite the entrance leaned back, tapping his cigarette butt with his index finger. Someone leaned in to speak to him; he smirked slightly, shaking his head. “Honey…” Sophia whispered, stunned.
At the sound of her voice, the man looked up. His brow furrowed when he saw her. He stood and walked out.
Sean reached the doorway to see Sophia being dragged by Mr. Sterling. In two strides, he was beside her, pulling her into his arms and simultaneously kicking Mr. Sterling to the ground. Mr. Sterling rolled twice, his anger flaring. He pointed at Sean, about to yell, when the man int sunglasses grabbed his outstretched finger and snapped it.
“Aaah!” Mr. Sterling screamed in agony.
The others froze, then scrambled back in fear.
“Did he touch you?” Sean whispered to Sophia, his voice low and dangerous Sophia was still reeling from the shock, so she simply nodded.
Sean pulled her closer, then glanced at the man in sunglasses. The man immediately understood and proceeded to beat Mr. Sterling mercilessly.
Sophia flinched. Sean turned her away from the scene.
“I… I’m okay. Stop hitting him, stop it!” she pleaded.“Don’t kill him!”
Sean kissed Sophia’s forehead, trying to reassure her, and gestured for the man in sunglasses to
stop.
Once the man stopped, he uttered a single word, “Scram!” and the men scattered, fleeing the scene. in a panicked retreat.
Leaning against Sean, Sophia breathed a sigh of relief, then noticed the strong smell of cigarettes. and alcohol on him.
“Mr. Sullivan, that’s your sister–in–law, right?”
as
“sister–in–law.”
A man with graying hair approached, addressing Sophia Sean held the back of Sophia’s head, preventing her from turning to face them. Yeah, let’s just leave it at that.”
“Why not invite your sister–in–law in for a drink?”
“She doesn’t like this kind of place. Let’s just go.”
“Right, we’re a bunch of smelly old guys. We don’t want to offend your sister–in–law.”
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Sean smiled thinly at the man. T’ll treat everyone next time.”
Oh, we wouldn’t dare. If you’d only grace us with your presence, we’ll treat you“.”
“Let’s arrange it then.”
“Excellent, excellent.”
Sean’s voice was cold and commanding as he spoke to the man. Once in the car, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her – a passionate, tender kiss.
“Never go
go to a place like that again.” The command was absolute, yet delivered with surprising gentleness.
Sophia hugged Sean’s neck and nodded.
Those men…
Don’t worry about them.”
“Oh.”
You drank too, didn’t you?” he asked, his “Just one glass,” she whispered.
forehead resting against hers.
Sean glanced at the cut on her forehead and chuckled softly.“Let me taste what it was like.” Sophia blushed and leaned in, instantly pulled close by his deep kiss.
To clear the alcohol from his system, Sean pulled Sophia out of the car a short distance from their villa complex. They walked home hand in hand, the quiet street nearly deserted. “Honey.”
“Yes?”
“I hope we stay like this forever, never change.”
Sean squeezed her hand. “We will change.”
“Why?” Sophia was disappointed.
Sean smiled. I’ll only love you more and more.”
Sophia smiled, leaning against his arm, occasionally glancing up at him. The moon shone bright above, but Sean was even more captivating beneath it.
“Honey, you’re so handsome.”
Sean nodded. “I know. I look in the mirror every day. But I’m still happy to hear you say it. It means I have good taste in wives.”
Sophia laughed until she had no strength left, refusing to walk, demanding a piggyback ride. Sean lifted her onto his back and walked slowly, steadily.
At a crossroads, Sophia saw the elderly woman again, her son in his wheelchair. It must have been cold; she had wrapped a scarf around her son, covering his face, leaving only his eyes.
visible.
The elderly woman was selling oranges; she had only one basket left. Sophia tapped Sean, asking him to put her down. She went to buy
to buy oranges. Young lady, are you buying more? Did you finish the apples you bought last time?” the elderly
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woman asked.
Sophia smiled. “I gave some away. Not many left.
She looked at the basket of oranges; there must have been twenty or more pounds. “Honey, let’s buy them,” she asked Sean.
Sean raised an eyebrow. “You want me to carry them home?”
‘Sophia nodded. “It’s not heavy.”
Sean grunted, bent down, lifted the basket, and
basket, and slung it onto his shoulder.. Sophia paid, then caught up with him, crossing the street together..
“Oh, honey, won’t the basket ruin your co
coat?”
“If it does, so be it.”
It was an expensive coat; she remembered seeing the label when she was organizing his closet. “Should I patch it for you?”
“And you want me to go to work with a patched coat? Don’t you think my colleagues would laugh?”
“Ha! My wife patched it! They’ll be green with envy!”
They laughed as they walked, Sophia looking at the cars when she noticed a shadow behind them. She glanced back and saw the elderly woman following them, holding a fruit knife. Sophia was startled. “Ma’am, what are you doing?”
The elderly woman, seeing Sophia notice her, trembled slightly.“I… I haven’t thanked you yet.”
Sophia looked at her quizzically.“You don’t have to thank me.”
“I do. I know you don’t need more fruit. You bought from us out of kindness. Young lady, you’re a good person, and good people are rewarded.”
“Uh, thank you.”
Sophia nodded to the elderly woman, then urged Sean forward.
Sean looked back at the elderly woman. I’ve never seen them before.”
“Yeah, it seems like they’ve only recently started selling fruit here.”
Across the street, Sophia looked back to see the elderly woman pushing her wheelchair–bound son away, their figures moving slowly.
Back home, Sean pulled Sophia into the shower. Knowing his intentions, Sophia resisted, only to have him wet her clothes with the shower head.
Angry, she hit him, and he effortlessly held her against the wall.
“Be good, I’ll wash you.”
Sophia was undressed under his mischievous gaze. She stood on tiptoe and bit his chin. They ended up wrestling in the shower.
They didn’t consummate their intentions, but they almost laughed themselves to death. Only in bed did he finally unleash his passion.
In the middle of the night, Sophia’s phone rang. Sean got up, picked it up from the table, and
handed it to her.
Sophia squinted at the screen. It was Tree.
She sensed something was wrong and sat up immediately.
Tree, what’s wrong?”
“Sophia,
come the hospital quickly. Chloe… Chloe tried
kill herself.”
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