Chapter 118

Anna Ross looked at Sophia Roscente's expectant face and finally softened.

Fine, what harm could there be in letting her stay for one night?

By blood, they were cousins.

It made sense to look out for each other.

"Then come back with us," she said softly.

Sophia immediately jumped up with a cheer.

Before leaving, she happily waved goodbye to Marcus Hill.

"See you!"

Marcus stood watching as the three of them walked away.

His shadow stretched long under the streetlight.

He stood there for a moment before turning to leave.

Now he had to go back and face his family.

The thought alone made him irritable.

......

After parting ways with Mia Lawrence, only Anna and Sophia remained on the road.

They walked in silence.

Sophia was worried that if she was too noisy, she might be left on the roadside.

So she was unusually quiet.

Sophia followed Anna home happily.

Seeing the clean and tidy apartment, she couldn't help but exclaim.

"Wow, this place looks so cozy!"

She changed into slippers and ran inside.

Anna smiled at her childish behavior.

It had been a long time since she had seen someone so pure.

Sophia was like a breath of fresh air, always laughing.

If only she could be that carefree too.

Anna felt a little dazed.

She used to be a girl who laughed often.

But life was unpredictable, and some things just wore away the beauty.

She changed her shoes and walked inside.

She took a drink from the fridge and handed it to Sophia.

"Your family must be in New York too. Why aren't you going back?"

She really couldn't understand why Sophia wanted to come here with her.

Sophia took the drink and sighed.

"It's not that I don't want to go back. I can't."

This was the first time Anna had seen her look so sad.

"Why not?"

"I ran away from abroad."

"My parents forced me to study overseas, but I hated it there."

"So after they sent me, I just came back on my own."

She smiled like a clever little fox.

But soon her expression turned gloomy again.

"Even though I came back, my mom is like a total dictator."

"She's super strict with me, so I absolutely can't let her know I'm back!"

Anna couldn't help but laugh at how she described her mother.

She liked Sophia's straightforward personality. It made things easy.

After resting for a while, Sophia looked at her curiously.

"But really, is there nothing going on between you and my cousin?"

"I always feel like there's more to it than meets the eye."

"Want to share?"

Anna immediately felt uneasy.

Mentioning Adrian Sinclair always made her tense.

She said calmly, "If we have any special relationship at all."

"It's that we're actually cousins too."

As she said this, her hands trembled slightly.

"What!?"

Sophia's eyes widened in shock.

She never expected them to be related.

Then she remembered her uncle talking about finding a wife.

She heard there was a stepdaughter.

So the person she thought her cousin liked was actually family.

Didn't that make her previous assumptions... wrong?

She quickly took a few gulps of her drink to calm down.