Chapter 16
Sophia had secretly followed Kael to New York.[
When I went to New York, Kael moved his business there too.]]
She felt uneasy and afraid.[]
Once in the car, she cried to Kael about the humiliation she’d just endured.[]
Kael listened quietly. When she finished, he replied:[]
“But didn’t you treat Hope the same way back then?“]]
Sophia froze.}
She couldn’t believe Kael would say such things to her.[]
“Kael, didn’t you say I would always be the most important person to you?“[]
“That was before.“]]
Sophia’s pupils contracted sharply.
Kael continued.[]
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“Sophia, from now on, you’re just my sister. Don’t get involved in my affairs, and don’t cause trouble for the Reed family.“[]
He looked at her coldly.]
“Don’t make my parents think adopting you was a mistake.“]]
Sophia went completely rigid.[]
She knew some things, some relationships, had changed.[]
Before, she knew Kael had unclear feelings for her that went beyond sibling affection.[]
She had them too.
But the Reed parents were traditional and conservative in their thinking.[]
She knew they wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen.[]
She was afraid that if she crossed that line, she would lose her status as the Reed family’s young lady.[]
So she used her position as his sister to enjoy Kael’s love that went beyond a brother’s role.[]
Until recently, while she was abroad, during phone calls with Kael, she heard him mention his current girlfriend Hope Carter.[]
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She sensed it keenly.[]
Kael had fallen in love.]
Not like before, when he used girlfriends as a cover.]]
He had truly fallen in love.[]
And he didn’t even know it himself.[]
Sophia immediately set out to return home.[]
She wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen, and she wanted to see what this Hope Carter was really like.]]
That’s how the incident at the club on her first day back happened.]
She publicly humiliated Hope, making her understand that Sophia was the person Kael cared about most.[]
But only two months had passed.[]
Now, she was the one being humiliated and bullied.[]
Jake had hidden his identity, seduced her, and lured her to this trap.]
Then he sneered and asked her: “Did you think Hope didn’t have a brother?“]
That would have been one thing–her feelings for Jake had only been a brief infatuation anyway.
But now even Kael was saying.]]
“Didn’t you treat Hope the same way before? What are you complaining about now?“]
Sophia heard the sound of her world collapsing.[]
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