Chapter 237
Henry stared at his phone, completely stunned by Sophia’s public challenge.
Seeing the divorce papers with her signature already in place and that ten–million–dollar check left him momentarily at a loss.
As far as he knew. Sophia had been a stay–at–home mom for six years, never working a single day.
During those years, she had never once touched the bank card he left on the corner table in the entryway. Where had she gotten that kind of money from?
Despite his confusion, he forced himself to read through Sophia’s reply again. This bold, direct tone was entirely different from the meek woman he remembered. Henry began contemplating how to respond to her.
In truth, every time he had sought her out recently, she had greeted him with nothing but coldness.
Yet strangely, her icy demeanor only intensified his desire to conquer her.
He chewed the inside of his cheek, struggling to formulate a reply.
hesitating, he noticed James scrolling through Facebook in the passenger seat.
To his surprise, James was browsing Sophia’s personal page–and he hadn’t been blocked or restricted from viewing it!
Henry leaned forward, craning his neck to get a better look at James’s screen.
Sophia had posted a picture of Billy’s artwork–a simple drawing featuring sunshine, leaves, birds, and a family of three standing beneath a tree. Henry’s brow furrowed as he studied the image.
Couldn’t Sophia see how much Billy craved a father? The drawing perfectly expressed the child’s longing for a complete family.
He needed to talk to Sophia properly about this. The boy deserved a whole family–he needed his father!
James noticed Henry looking and quickly darkened his screen, apologizing awkwardly: “Mr. Harding, I’m sorry. I won’t look at it again.” An angry CEO was terrifying, and he had no desire to create problems for himself.
Henry’s expression remained impassive. “It’s fine. Continue,” he said flatly.
James looked genuinely surprised, not understanding what the CEO meant. Henry impatiently kicked the back of James’s seat. “I said, continue!”
Finally understanding that Henry wanted to see more of Sophia’s Facebook page, James slowly resumed scrolling.
“How do you have access to Mrs. Harding’s Facebook?” Henry asked.
James turned toward Henry with a fawning smile. “It was years ago, sir, when she was taking care of your health. You had just returned to work, and she was extremely concerned about your wellbeing.”
Back then, Sophia’s care for Henry had been truly extraordinary. Even as an outsider, James had been moved by her dedication.
He believed that in this world, only a mother could show that level of concern for Henry–and Sophia had matched it.
Though strangely, he always felt that Mrs. Harding senior and Henry lacked that natural mother–son closeness.
“Sophia was always careful not to disturb your work, James continued, seeing that Henry wasn’t annoyed but rather interested in hearing more, ‘She would always check with me first about your schedule, then find brief moments to bring you food when you weren’t busy. It was all healing cuisine she made herself, specifically to strengthen your health.”
“Each time, she would first put Billy to sleep, then come to deliver food to the office building. She’d call me to come downstairs to get it. She was afraid you wouldn’t eat if you knew it was from her, so she made me tell you it was takeout I’d ordered for you. She kept this up for six years.”
James fell silent, unable to continue. How could such a loving wife, so devoted to her husband, end up facing divorce?
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Henry felt a sharp pain in his chest. The woman he had once despised had silently done so much for him, while the woman he had cherished in his heint had done nothing except spend his money and whisper sweet nothings that he foolishly found touching.
Henry realized how stupid he had been to cause the current situation.
Reflecting on the past, James felt a lump in his throat, aching for Sophia.
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