Mafia King’s Innocent Bride

Sophie’s POV

“Are you sure about this now, Sophie?” Lance asked me.

I smiled as I nodded my head. “Yes, this is the first step. Lance, thank you so much for allowing me and Venom to stay here. We owe everything to you. Thank you so much.”

“I will get tired of saying this to you since you don’t seem to get tired of thanking me too. Sophie, you don’t have to thank me anymore. I will always be here for you no matter what happens. And now that you are finally moving out, I just want you to know that I will stay beside you. I am so proud of you.”

I wiped the tears in my eyes as I hugged him tight. “I don’t even know what I would do if not because of you, Lance…”

He just pat my shoulders then we moved away from each other. “Shall we go to your new house now?” He asked.

“Let’s go!”

I bought a unit in a condominium for me and Venom near the company where I am working as a model. I still go to school but they only give me worksheets to answer then I usually pass those during weekends. Venom still goes to university physically. I now treat her as my real sister. Older sister since she’s two years older than me.

“This is so beautiful and spacious, Sophie!” said Lance when we finally reached our unit.

“I really chose this one because of the view outside.” I said as I moved the curtains sidewards for us to see the view of the city and a nearby lake outside.

Lance’s eyes widened while looking outside. “This is beautiful, Sophie. You are so good in choosing a house.”

“Thanks, hahaha!”

He then turned around and sat on one of the bucket chairs. “Have you met Miss Felestine already? Did you get any chance to talk to her?”

I brewed some coffee for the two of us then I put it above the center table in front of Lance. “Yeah, I have talked to her for countless times already. She was so nice and soft-spoken. And you know what, I didnt actually know at first that she’s the CEO of Felestine company. That was so dumb of me but I thought she’s just a model like me.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Lance laughed as he drank some of his coffee. “I’ve heard that Miss Felestine lives by herself. She doesn’t have any kids nor a husband. Although some also says that she’s looking for her long-lost child. I don’t know the whole story, that’s what I’ve heard.”

“Really? So that means that her life is somewhat sad. But she was so nice to me, now I feel sorry for her. By the way, speaking of Miss Felestine, I will be meeting her after lunch later.”

“That’s good. At least you’ll get to know her even more. I think it will be easy for you to deal with her. You will be working under her so you really need to have a good relationship with her.”

I nodded. “And aside from that, I am actually curious about her. It feels like I want to know her even more.”

***

Lance volunteered to send me to the company then he finally went to school.

“Miss Sophie, please kindly follow me.” said Bea, one of the company trainee.

I smiled at her. “Okay.”

I just followed her as she started walking towards the company elevator. I will be meeting Miss Felestine that’s why I kind of feeling nervous. I feel so comfortable with her before, but when I finally found out that she’s the CEO of Felestine company, I suddenly felt the gap between us and I felt so embarrassed.

Bea stopped in front of a huge oak there where ‘THE CEO’ were engraved.

“We are already here, Miss Sophie.” she said to me.

“O-Okay.”

Bea knocked on the door and after few seconds, two men opened it. Bea looked at me to tell me that I could already step inside.

I took a deep breath before finally nodding. “Okay, I will go inside now.”

With my shaking hands, I slowly walked inside Miss Felestine’s office. As soon as the door went close, I smelled the familiar sweet scent of her perfume.

I raised my head up and roamed my eyes around the peach-colored office. It was neat and very girly. It looked as if I were inside someone’s house.

At the end of the room, a desk made of oak was located. There, sitting on a purple swivel chair was a beautiful woman in a white formal dress. She was looking outside, looking as if she was thinking so deeply about something.

“M-Miss Felestine.” I almost whispered.

She was obviously startled upon hearing my hearing voice. She turned a round, a smile flashed on her face.

For that moment, I think I saw a familiar face. That smile, the smile that I haven’t seen for so long….

My mom…