Chapter 9
After a short sigh, Laura hugged me and said, “You deserve the best, baby.”
She didn’t say explicitly that she agreed with me.
I took a deep sniff of Laura’s scent, warming my heart.
I was so lucky to have my mother on my side.
Then, I came to Taylor’s office and was informed that there would be another person going to Crestwood University with me. He was kind of my acquaintance. I had met him at a banquet before. He was the lost child that the Reed family had found.
His name was Maxwell Reed, one of Taylor’s students who entered the laboratory later than me.
When he saw me, he would shyly greet me.
He was one of the few boys with a good
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personality that I had ever met.
After all, the men around me were either a playboy or a control freak.
Because he was lost when he was a child, he has become a bit introverted.
After playing near the university for two days, Lily called me and said that Ethan was looking for me like crazy, and she couldn’t help but shake her head at that insane man.
“Well, let he be!” I replied.
As soon as I hung up the phone, Freya called me for his son since I blacklisted him.
Given how considerate she was to me, I answered her phone with the voice as gentle as always.
She asked, “Sophia, where are you now?”
There was a hint of anticipation in her voice.
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“I’m abroad now,” I replied.
I could hear her breathing stagnated, and she asked in disbelief, “Is it because of Ethan?”
She seemed to find the answer to why
Laura hadn’t contacted her for a while.
“This lad… I can’t believe he can get lost of his ready wife!”
Someone cursed beside Freya; it might be her husband.
Freya continued, “Sophia, I hope you can forgive me. He really went too far. I didn’t know what he had done clearly at the time. Don’t blame me. Nowadays, girls can control their own destiny. Do whatever you want. Ethan, just leave her alone.”
After saying that, a voice suddenly came from the phone, and it seemed to be Ethan’s
Freya shouted angrily, “What are you doing with my phone?”
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“I’m abroad now,” I replied.
I could hear her breathing stagnated, and she asked in disbelief, “Is it because of Ethan?”
She seemed to find the answer to why
Laura hadn’t contacted her for a while.
“This lad… I can’t believe he can get lost of his ready wife!”
Someone cursed beside Freya; it might be her husband.
Freya continued, “Sophia, I hope you can forgive me. He really went too far. I didn’t know what he had done clearly at the time. Don’t blame me. Nowadays, girls can control their own destiny. Do whatever you want. Ethan, just leave her alone.”
After saying that, a voice suddenly came from the phone, and it seemed to be Ethan’s
Freya shouted angrily, “What are you doing with my phone?”
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He said, “Sophia…”
I hung up the phone the moment I heard
his voice.
There was a knock on my dorm’s door, and I heard Maxwell’s muffled voice coming through the door. “Sophia, Mr. Harris asked you to see him now”
“Okay,” I said.
