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Sebastian stood in front of the ornate iron gate of the Rowland’s residence, holding a bag of freshly roasted chestnuts. The paper bag. had softened from the heat, and the sweet, sticky aroma lingered on Sophia’s nose.
He raised his hand and pressed on his chest, where Sophia’s name was tattooed. The needle marks had not healed yet and were still faintly painful.
Even more strangely, the heart in his chest was beating unusually fast, as if something was tearing at his nerves, making him unable to calm down.
He furrowed his brow, attributing this strange feeling to the joy of soon seeing Sophia.
When he pushed the door open, David was standing in the middle of the living room, trying to persuade something with a helpless. expression on his face. Sophia, with her back to him, was trembling, her voice filled with anger: “2 billion dollars?! Dad, are you crazy?!”
David lowered his voice: “As long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood! My dear daughter, I have no choice either. I cannot betray the Watson family, I must choose a daughter to marry over there. I don’t want you to get involved in this mess, so I have to choose Elodie. But that’s the condition she agreed to. Think about it, do you want to marry over there, or do you want these 2 billion. dollars?”
Sophia bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before reluctantly
speaking, “Of course I won’t marry him! He’s a vegetable, marrying him
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would just be a life of loneliness, right? And besides, I have caught the eye of Mr. Malfoy now…”
Halfway through her sentence, she caught a glimpse of Sebastian out of the corner of her eye and immediately changed her expression. When she turned around, she had already put on a sweet smile and said, “Sebastian, you’re here?”
Sebastian didn’t catch their previous conversation clearly, he just softly responded with a “Hmm” and handed over the sugar–fried chestnuts, saying. “Eat them while they’re hot.”
Sophia took it and deliberately brushed her fingertips over his palm, smiling with curved eyebrows and eyes. “It’s still warm.”
Sebastian looked at her, with a slight smile on his lips: “Ms. Sophia likes it, that’s good.”
He should have been happy, but for some reason, that strange feeling in his heart grew stronger, as if something was quietly spiraling out of control.
He paused and said, “It’s been delivered, I’ll leave first.”
Sophia quickly grabbed his sleeve and said, “You don’t have to leave.”
Sebastian was taken aback, “What do you mean?”
Sophia blinked and pretended to be innocent: “Didn’t Elodie tell you? She already gave you to me.”
Sebastian’s mind went blank in an instant.
What does… mean?
Sophia saw that he looked off, and immediately elaborated, “Elodie has
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agreed to marry the vegetable man from the Watson family for that 2 billion dollars. She moved out carly this morning and rushed to New York. From now on, you are my bodyguard.”
Sebastian’s breath caught suddenly.
Get married?
Marry Emerson Watson?
Is the prince of the Watson family, who was once on par with him, now lying in a vegetative state on a hospital bed?
He suddenly remembered what Elodie had said this morning about “moving“, it wasn’t just a regular move, but… getting married and moving to New York?
He couldn’t control the scene that came to his mind of the first time he saw Elodie –
Three years ago, the Rowland family chose a bodyguard, who went because he was attracted to Sophia of the Rowland family. However, he did not expect that the bodyguard chosen was Elodie. He had intended to leave directly, but was stopped by a single selection.
The sun was shining brightly that day. She walked down the spiral staircase in a red sundress, the sound of her high heels clicking on the marble floor like a musical instrument.
“It’s him. She pointed at him, her red lips curling into a smile. “He’s good–looking.
Later he learned that this heiress was famous in the circle as a “little fairy“, changing boyfriends more frequently than changing clothes: Passionate, flamboyant, like an unquenchable fire.
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He stayed behind inexplicably, telling himself that this way he could also get closer to Sophia. After all, the two of them were sisters.
Later, she repeatedly flirted with him – but her way of flirting was clumsy and adorable –
Pretending to twist his ankle, she leaned into his arms, the strong scent of perfume making her sneeze uncontrollably.
In the middle of the night, wearing a sexy nightgown, she knocked on his door, but because she was too nervous, she accidentally said, “Do you want to come in and sit down” as “Do you want to come in and do
it“.
Even pretending to drown in the pool, she waited for him to jump in and save her, only to realize she couldn’t swim at all, almost drowning
herself…
Sebastian’s Adam’s apple bobbed.
Would such a proud person marry for 2 billion dollars… or marry a vegetable?
Sebastian’s heart suddenly ached, as if it had been pierced by something sharp.
Sophia saw him lost in thought and pulled his sleeve in frustration, “Sebastian, don’t you want to stay by my side and protect me?”
Sebastian suddenly came to his senses, suppressed the emotions. surging in his heart, and whispered, “No.”
He heard himself say, “Being able to protect Ms. Sophia is my greatest fortune.”
But as he said those words, all he could think about was the look
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Elodie gave him in the end. Calm, indifferent, as if she was looking at a stranger.
“Great!” Sophia cheered, linking her arm affectionately with his, “Let’s go shopping now! I want to buy a new dress.”
Sebastian mechanically followed her out.
Wasn’t this what he had always wanted? To be able to protect Sophia openly, without having to watch her from afar under the guise of being Elodie’s bodyguard.
As for Elodie…
She had been bullying Sophia since they were young, now that she’s gone, at least no one will hurt Sophia anymore.
