Chapter 16 Please Fight with Caution_1

Peach blossom luck, that's Christopher Lewis for sure.

Not only did he help her repeatedly, but he also invited her to work at Lewis's family, and when she was bullied by colleagues, Scarlet Lewis would step in to help her out.

However, all of these kindnesses, Sophia Cloud took them for granted because of the relationship with her grandfather.

She shook her head and typed on her phone.

——It's not like that, it's because Christopher's father and Grandpa are good friends.

That's why he took extra care of her.

After reading this sentence, Tiana Cooper directly pursed her lips and rolled her eyes, "You're so naive, have you ever seen two families who are close still treat you so well after the Cloud Family's downfall?"

There was none; when the Cloud Family was in trouble, everyone else with ties to Cloud Family was thinking about flying away when disaster struck.

Of course, there were some who felt sorry for the Cloud Family, but very few actually took concrete action.

Christopher Lewis was one of them.

Tiana Cooper continued, "Stop thinking about it, I really think your peach blossom luck has arrived. That's good, quickly forget about that jerk Leo Harrell. Now when I see him, I want to rush up and tear his face apart, and Evelyn Smith, that bitch."

As she spoke, she got angry.

Sophia Cloud watched her amusingly, finding it somewhat funny.

Every time she was at her lowest, only Tiana Cooper stayed by her side, specifically picking nice words to say to her.

Having such a good best friend was enough for this life.

But Leo Harrell and Evelyn Smith were indeed a problem; tonight, he insulted her, misunderstood her, and she never found the chance to explain.

Now thinking about it, she felt it was unnecessary.

Because in his heart, she was already defined as a woman who did not respect herself and was greedy for vanity.

Since it was like that, saying more would just be a waste of breath.

Bitterness spread over her heart again, and she forced a smile, her face bitter with irony.

A few minutes later, Christopher Lewis arrived. He seemed to have run there, his chest rising and falling erratically.

Seeing Sophia Cloud obediently sitting on the edge of the bed, his heart that was suspended in worry instantly relaxed.

Sophia Cloud looked at him, somewhat surprised. After putting Arthur down, she moved the small stool in the hospital over and gestured for him to sit down.

Christopher Lewis waved his hand, pinching the bridge of his nose, "I'm glad you're alright."

She was puzzled and after thinking for a few seconds, she realized it was very likely because she had left the Japanese restaurant without saying a word, making him worry.

With a guilty face, she quickly gestured an apology to him.

Christopher Lewis didn't mind and after looking at her for a moment, he left as if his appearance was just a dream.

Sophia Cloud watched his retreating figure, biting her lip lightly. Tiana Cooper drifted over at some point, chuckling, "He even chased you to the hospital, seems like he's really worried about you."

Upon hearing this, Sophia's face turned red and she scolded Tiana with a glare, then with a snort, she continued to coddle Arthur.

Tiana Cooper clicked her tongue twice, still making sarcastic remarks, "If you don't like him, why are you blushing?"

Sophia Cloud: "..."

Blushing does not mean she likes him; it's just that such words made her feel shy.

Knowing that she would gain nothing from arguing with Tiana Cooper at this time, she decided to let it go, as if she hadn't heard.

In the following days, Sophia Cloud quietly went to her job at Lewis's family company without anyone troubling her anymore, yet she felt that, because of the incident with Amelia Martin, her colleagues treated her differently, with excessive respect.

She didn't like this feeling much; she just wanted to work properly and had never intended to cause so many issues.

At lunchtime, Christopher Lewis seemed to notice her situation and switched her position in the afternoon, assigning her to the eighteenth floor.

For this, Sophia Cloud was very grateful, even though she hadn't said anything, he knew what she was thinking.

The eighteenth floor was different from the sixteenth floor; it was full of people responsible for negotiating contracts, and they all frequented social gatherings daily.

Being new to the place, Sophia naturally couldn't avoid discussing collaborations.

When the supervisor handed her a task, she was overjoyed, finally having a contract to negotiate on her own.

If she could secure the contract, she would be able to make tens of thousands in commission that month.

But to her surprise, the person who came to negotiate the contract was Leo Harrell.

They had arranged the meeting space in a private room of a restaurant, where drinking and toasting were intermingled; Sophia Cloud sat in a corner, occasionally glancing at the man opposite her.

He was dressed in a white shirt, and today, he hadn't worn a tie, leaving the top two buttons undone, revealing the cold white skin underneath.

He seemed to have drunk too much and simply sat there, occasionally curling his lips into a smile or letting a hint of mockery flash in his eyes.

Overall, his every move was captivating her.

In the end, the contract negotiation wasn't finalized, and the other people around had already collapsed, unconscious.

Meanwhile, Christopher Lewis was still holding a glass of wine, calmly interacting with Leo Harrell amidst an undercurrent of tension.

Suddenly, in the private room, only the three of them remained sober.

Sophia Cloud's presence suddenly felt magnified, and she desperately wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

The insults he hurled at her that day resurfaced in her mind; her fingers instinctively tightened around the fabric of her clothes, not daring to look up at him anymore.

She hunched her head, trying to minimize her presence, pretending to be invisible.

Suddenly, a glass of wine appeared before her eyes.

Looking up, she saw Leo Harrell with a mocking smile, raising an eyebrow at the glass, signaling her to drink.

Sophia Cloud paused for a moment, glanced at Christopher Lewis, and only after seeing him nod did she pick up the glass and slowly bring it to her lips.

"Ha," Leo Harrell laughed scornfully, unavoidably making a round of cold mockery, "It's just a glass of wine, and you still have to look at Young Master Lewis's face. It seems that after leaving me, your relationship with him is quite good."

It was that same kind of comment, in the same tone, and Sophia Cloud didn't know how many times she had heard it.

She never knew that Leo Harrell could torment her over and over with these words. Did seeing her unhappy make him comfortable?

Her face paled, and she promptly drank the wine, even turning the glass upside down to show it was empty.

Leo Harrell laughed again, leaning back in his chair and crossing his legs, "So, Lewis, how is she in bed? Hmm?"

"Leo Harrell!" Christopher Lewis's face turned completely cold, and casting a glance at Sophia Cloud, he lowered his voice, "Today is about business, please have some dignity, Harrell. And learn to distinguish between appropriate occasions."

But it seemed Leo Harrell didn't care, his eyes only on Sophia Cloud, his mouth curving into a mocking grin.

That day at the Japanese restaurant, she had a defensive look, but today, she could sit properly, was that an acknowledgment of his words?

Leo Harrell laughed softly, and the next second, his glass suddenly smashed against the wall, shattering with a loud crash.

The others, previously passed out, all jerked awake, staring stiffly at the scene.

Leo Harrell stepped forward, gripping Sophia Cloud's chin, his eyes blazing as if to spout fire, "Why aren't you explaining yourself? What are you pretending for? So eager to find a stepdad for Arthur, huh? You really disgust me."