Being Pursued By Ex-husband

Chapter 540

Sophia lamented as she stared at the twenty pots of succulents.

After all, she never imagined Alexander would have someone keep the plants.

Collecting her thoughts, Sophia turned to look at Alexander and smiled. “Thank you.”

This is indeed a surprise.

He looked at her and pulled her close to him. Slightly leaning his head on her shoulder, he stared at the colorful succulents. “What else does Mrs. Xenos like to plant?”

He paused briefly, but before Sophia could say anything, he continued, “How about having a baby?”

Her face blushed at his words. She was just about to say something when the phone rang.

Alexander frowned, unhappy about having his sweet moment with Sophia interrupted, thinking the caller was insensible.

A small smile played on Sophia's lips when she noticed Alexander's stony expression. Glancing at the phone and realizing the caller was Yvonne, she looked at him. “It's Ms. Leighton.”

Yvonne had worked with her for many years and usually had a sense of propriety. During the first few years when Sophia left the Xenos residence, Yvonne wouldn't contact her unless it was urgent. Since Sophia handed over Sunshine Group to her, Yvonne knew Sophia wanted to filter out the less important matters.

Sophia raised her hand and pushed Alexander away before taking the call. “Ms. Leighton, it's me.”

“Good afternoon, Ms. Yarrow. Sorry to bother you.”

Sophia raised her brow and chuckled. “Did something happen at the office?”

“Everything at the office is fine. It's just that I received a call from Mr. Taggart, the vice president of Junta. He said he would like to invite you for a meal and wondered if you have time to join him.”

Sophia clicked her tongue. “What a coincidence.”

Yvonne was aware of the incident the other night. Thus, her first reaction was to turn down Jovan's invitation the first time she got his call.

Throughout the years of working with Sophia, she was already well-versed in handling matters like those.

However, the man was persistent and even came to the office.

Jovan didn't do anything crude at Sunshine Group. As the vice president, he undoubtedly had a lot of work waiting for his review, but he even brought his laptop with him and settled down in the lobby just to meet with Sophia. It was Yvonne's first time encountering such a difficult person.

Nevertheless, Jovan was still the vice president of Junta, so Yvonne couldn't call security to kick him out of the building. Hence, she made this call to Sophia.

Sophia's answer was within her expectation, so she already had something planned out.

Knowing Sophia had been on vacation as of late and Alexander had only returned the day before, Yvonne didn't dare to continue bothering Sophia.

Hearing Sophia's response, Yvonne understood the former's implication and was ready to hang up the phone. “Yes, Ms. Yarrow. I'll reply that you're busy.”

Sophia laughed. “Since when did you learn to do this, Ms. Leighton?”

She already learned how to sound me out.

Embarrassed washed over Yvonne at having her thoughts voiced out loud. “Mr. Taggart came to our office in the early morning with a laptop, Ms. Yarrow. He then settled down comfortably in our lobby.”

Sophia snorted. “Since he likes our lobby so much, just let him stay there for as long as he likes.”

Although she wasn't in a terrible mood the day before and was feeling great that day, she still recalled the incident from the previous night. Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

She never liked to criticize others but would retaliate if anyone walked all over her.

Otherwise, how else would she be fit to carry the titles of Suny and Mrs. Xenos?

Yvonne sighed in relief when she didn't catch any trace of anger in Sophia's voice. “All right, got it. I won't bother you further, Ms. Yarrow.”

“Sure, thank you for everything, Ms. Leighton.”

“It's my responsibility, Ms. Yarrow.”

After hanging up the call, Sophia recalled last night's incident and couldn't help but arched her brow.

Alexander was watching Sophia's expression from the side. “Someone from the Taggart family?”

Sophia glanced at him before laughing and agreed, “Yeah. Maybe the couch in the Sunshine Group's lobby is comfortable because Mr. Taggart brought his laptop and settle for work rather comfortably there.”

She spoke with a smile, but her words were laced with mockery.

Alexander's expression turned even dour. “Do you need my help?”

Even though Jovan was Junta's vice president, Alexander could still deal with him easily.

Sophia slid a glance at him. “No need.”

I want to see how many days Jovan can do that.

In the end, Sophia had overestimated Jovan, for the latter left the Sunshine Group after six hours.

Naturally, Xavion was behind it.

Sophia and Alexander were not short of money and were very busy, so they rejected Miles' request to

settle the issue privately.

Even though Jovan usually spoiled Miles to no limit, he wasn't a fool. He knew he couldn't afford to slight either Sophia or Alexander. Needless to say, he didn't even dare to think about settling the dispute privately.

In the end, Miles was detained for fifteen days.

Sophia didn't spare any of her attention on the matter.

Regardless of whether it was Miles or Jovan, they were both insignificant to her and Alexander.

There wasn't a need to care about them.

Alexander had been focused on preparing for his and Sophia's wedding, so the little friction with Miles wasn't even on his mind.

Lydia was done embroidering Sophia's wedding dress after taking nearly two months. Sophia and Alexander headed to Huxville for the fitting so that Lydia could make some final minor adjustments after Sophia tried it on.

On the day of the fitting, Lydia locked the door on the second floor of her studio, leaving Alexander alone on the first floor.

Since the dress was made with heavy embroidery and Lydia was a perfectionist, the fitting took over three hours. Lydia decided to amend a portion of the dress.

It was Sophia's first time putting on a wedding dress. Although it was just a fitting session, something indescribable welled up within her when she looked at herself in the mirror. This dress is specially made for me. While taking down notes, Lydia relayed to her how Alexander searched high and low and pleaded for her to take his order.

Sophia was amused and moved by the story.

She had known Alexander for over a decade, and the man seemed like a dream to her. No one could imagine him taking up Lydia's request to be modeling for wedding dresses on the street for three days in exchange for Lydia personally embroidering a wedding dress for Sophia.

Yes. A wedding dress model.

Once done jotting down her notes, Lydia showed Sophia a video clip. “Actually, I purposely made it tough for him. That kid had that same expression ever since he was a child. It never changed. Before his grandmother passed, she told me she was worried he would never marry. Oh, he was so heartless and you're such a beautiful woman. I don't want to see you cry over him at all. I never thought he would really stand outside the studio for three days in a wedding dress.”

Lydia kindly brushed Sophia's hair as she said, “I guess I've helped you test his determination on his grandma's behalf. He really does have you in his heart.”