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The Adopted Heir Chapter 68
Sophia sat on her bed pouting. She was so pissed right now. "Like– how could he?" She asked herself for the umpteenth time. Just before she could stand up and go to the bathroom, her phone started vibrating. She looked at it to see that it was already 11: 45 pm and that it was Jayden who was calling her.Sophia picked up her phone, "Yeah, why aren't you sleeping?" Sophia asked immediately in a clipped tone. She wasn't in the mood to exchange words with another person tonight.Jayden didn't need any soothsayer to tell him that the fight went bad. "I just wanted to check up on you. Have you trashed your differences with Alex? Are you both cool with each other now?" Jayden asked even when he already had an inkling what the answer would be."Well, I should really thank you for bringing me back to this hellhole to come and receive the greatest insults of my life. Alex is just so mean. I don't even want to see him right now." Sophia said, confirming Jayden's suspicions."What happened exact
The Adopted Heir Chapter 69
"The rules of the game are that youhave the option of drinking when you don't feel like answering a particular question or when you don't want to do a dare. And again, it's only going to be three truths and then the others will be dares." Sophia explained already with a bottle of vodka and two glasses for shots."Wow, I've never played such a game before. Please try to be a little bit nice to me." Alex pleaded with an amused smile on his face."I'm very sorry buddy, but that won't be happening. I know that you won't be nice to me either, so why should I go easy on you?" Sophia clapped back.Alex looked to be a little bit nervous but ready. To him, this game feels like a trap set to catch him. As far as it was Sophia, he didn't mind at all. "Okay, let's begin," Alex said.Sophia clapped her hands enthusiastically, "I will go first. Truth or dare." Sophia asked Alex."Um…I think that I will go with the truth." He answered after thinking for a few seconds."Urgh… You are boring." Sophia
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Jayden was about to open his mouth and say something when Sophia abruptly cut him off."Don't you dare say anything?" Sophia snapped and Jayden held his lips to avoid a slip of the tongue. He was just being dramatic and Sophia knows this.Alex immediately got up, wore his flip-flops, and left the room without saying anything. He was still trying to piece together what happened back there. He made his way to his room. When he got there, he opened his bedside drawer and took out some pain relief pills. He downed them with water and flopped on his bed.Meanwhile, Jayden still hadn't left Sophia's room. Sophia looked mortified over what she woke up to but she did not doubt that nothing happened between them. Alex is a noble man, she has nothing to worry about about him sleeping on the same bed with her. Her only worry is that Jayden got to see them in that position, that was the only reason she was mortified.Jayden made his way to Sophia's bed smiling from ear to ear. He looked like he j
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"What deal did you make with Cynthia that's taking most of your time?" Alex repeated his question after getting no reply. He looked at the trio observantly for a few seconds and it suddenly clicked. He was the only one in the dark about this so-called deal."What are you guys hiding from me?" Alex rephrases the question after reading their body language. He could tell from their awkward glances towards one another that they had an answer to his question but none of them was willing to speak up."I-It's nothing serious. I… um– I made a deal with her a few weeks ago and I have been diligently working on it, that's why I barely have anyone's time." Sophia stuttered the only thing she could come up with in the space of a few minutes.Alex didn't need to read her countenance to know that all she just spat out were all lies from the pit of hell. Why are they hiding this particular deal from him? He asked himself. The only explanation he could come up with in his head now is that the deal is
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Jayden touched Cynthia's leg under the table. This was his way of trying to signal her not to do something stupid. Jayden knew that if Cynthia opened up about their little scheme they were all doomed. None of them would be free of Alex's wrath.Cynthia ignored the constant tapping of Jayden's leg with her own. She continued with what she was about to say even when the duo looked like they could snuff the life out of her at any moment."Mr. Alex, before I go on with the deal, I would like you to know that you are someone I look up to. I would never intentionally do anything at all to hurt you. I've done that once and I don't intend on trailing that part ever again. So, in order to fulfill my promise of not letting you down, I will go ahead and tell you all you need to know about the deal." Cynthia said.When Cynthia saw that Alex's tensed shoulders relaxed, she took in a sigh of relief. That singular act made her understand that she had gotten back a little bit of the trust that he los
The Adopted Heir Chapter 73
Cynthia followed Sophia to her room to get one of her spare swimsuits since she didn't come with any. If she knew that their fun activity would require them getting wet, she would have made proper preparations for it. When they got to Sophia's room, Sophia stepped into her walk-in closet and started bringing out all the swimsuits she bought for a day like this."I'm very grateful for the way you handled that situation downstairs. For a moment I panicked that you were going to rat us out. Gosh, my tongue was literally stuck in my throat." Sophia said after she walked out of her closet with four different gorgeous swimsuits. The colors were red, white, blue, and black. She laid them out on the bed signaling Cynthia to make her choice."You were not the only one who was scared. I just had to come up with something tangible– something that Mr. Alex would believe. You know how he behaves like a lie detector machine. He can literally smell a lie from a distance. I had to buy his trust first
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"Wait…what! Who is going to pay for the shopping spree?" Jayden asked, taken aback. He knows that he can't swim very well but he is ready to take his chances with Cynthia. But with this suggestion, he was rethinking bringing up fun activity today. Maybe he should have just stayed back in his villa watching boring shows for the whole day."The losers will pay for their opponent's shopping spree," Cynthia replied in an overly excited voice. She was confident in her skills as a swimmer."It's your confidence for me, baby girl. You are so sure of yourself that you will win, but let's be rational for a moment, what if you lose, can you be able to pay for Jayden's shopping spree? Male wear is quite very expensive. Are you sure that you can afford to pay for that?" Sophia asked, skeptical about this shopping spree of a thing. She was unstable financially at the moment and she can't comfortably pay for a shopping spree now. It's definitely going to wreck her and her plans of paying off her fa
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After picking up at random the numbers folded on the piece of papers, it happened that Jayden and Cynthia were going first. Sophia kept cheering for Cynthia."You got this baby girl. You are definitely going to win this. Go and make me proud." Sophia yelled at the top of her voice to Cynthia's retreating figure. She was already making her way to the starting point at the foot of the swimming pool."Thank you, sweetheart. I will surely make you proud. I promise not to disappoint you." Cynthia yelled back.Jayden was also on his way to the starting point. He had already made up his mind to be a servant for the week because the determination he saw in Cynthia's eyes intimidated him. At this point, he wasn't even sure of himself anymore."Hi, Jayden. Get ready to lose. I'm definitely going to beat you hands down on this game." Cynthia said. They were already standing side by side waiting for the whistle to be blown. In that short moment, Cynthia took off the scarf around her waist. Jayde