CHAPTER 165: CHAPTER 165: SHE SAW, SHE SAW SOPHIE

Early the next morning.

Ivy Summers pushed open the door, nearly tripping over the two people lying across it. She stepped on Zachary Lancaster’s hand.

Zachary Lancaster woke up with a start, "Woc!"

Ivy Summers was also startled by the sudden jump up and stepped back quickly. Looking down, she frowned, "Damien Lancaster? Zachary Lancaster? What are you doing here?"

Zachary Lancaster held his hand, "Good morning, sis."

Ivy Summers looked at the man on the ground, "What’s wrong with him?"

Zachary Lancaster smirked, "He drank too much last night."

"Why is he lying at my place after drinking too much?"

"Didn’t you say to die outside?"

Ivy Summers was speechless.

She looked at Damien Lancaster, who seemed heavily drunk, sitting leaning there with one leg straight and the other bent, his head tilted to one side, still looking handsome without a hint of disarray.

Ivy Summers suspected that he purposely posed to look handsome, waiting for her to come out.

Ivy Summers ignored him, went inside, and brought Nathan and Leo out, "Nathan, Leo, let’s go. Mommy will take you to school."

Seeing Damien Lancaster not moving at all, Leo stared, "Mommy, is bad daddy dead?"

"Cough..." Zachary Lancaster choked on his own saliva from shock.

Ivy Summers was also surprised by how sharp her son’s words were, even sharper than hers.

Ivy Summers drove the twins to school.

As the car left, the man leaning aside woke up and stood up.

Zachary Lancaster’s lips twitched, "Bro, were you awake all along, posing there?"

Damien Lancaster walked off without a word.

Zachary Lancaster jumped in place, cursing, "You scheming guy!"

He had kept him company all night in the cold wind at the door.

It turned out he had woken up long ago, acting to make his wife feel sorry for him?

But his wife didn’t care at all.

Julian Jacobs drove up and stopped in front, Damien Lancaster got into the car, glanced at Zachary Lancaster, "If you’re not getting in, I’m leaving without you."

"Coming!" Zachary Lancaster dashed into the car, looked at Damien Lancaster, "Bro, you’re so scheming, I despise you." Zachary Lancaster made a friendly gesture.

"Say another word and you’re walking."

Zachary Lancaster sulked, nearly two meters tall, crouched in the corner, tracing circles on the car door, "Why don’t you dare to be fierce to sis-in-law then."

Julian Jacobs, "Sir, the thing you asked about last night has been investigated. Since Miss Sophie’s incident, the wife has been taking sleeping pills and diazepam."

Zachary Lancaster asked, "What’s diazepam?"

Damien Lancaster’s brow furrowed, "It’s an antidepressant."

"Sis-in-law has depression?"

Zachary Lancaster was shocked.

Julian Jacobs continued, "The doctor treating the wife said her depression symptoms have just started. Medication can suppress it, but her insomnia is severe, and she must take sleeping pills every night to sleep."

Damien Lancaster pressed his thin lips together, outwardly calm, but internally already too distressed to speak.

"Can it be cured?"

"The doctor said what she has is a heart sickness, and it needs a heart remedy."

The heart remedy is Sophie.

Sophie’s death had a huge impact on Ivy Summers.

Actually, the people Damien Lancaster sent never stopped searching for Sophie. They combed through those mountains but found no trace of Sophie, neither alive nor dead.

This feeling made people even more distressed.

"Oh, and sir, there’s one more thing, the Sterling Family sent an invitation. Old Master Sterling recognized a little daughter and plans to hold a grand celebration, set for three days later."

"Old Master Sterling is so old, yet he recognized a daughter?" Zachary Lancaster had heard how Old Master Sterling doted on his daughter, but his only daughter had long been missing.

Julian Jacobs, "Probably because Old Master Sterling misses his daughter too much, so he recognized another one."

Damien Lancaster said nothing. At this moment, his mind wasn’t on other matters, only on Ivy Summers’ illness.

Damien Lancaster, "Drive."

...

The news of Old Master Sterling recognizing a new daughter spread throughout Aethelgard.

Everyone was curious about who was so lucky to be favored by Old Master Sterling, to become his daughter, knowing that he was famously doting on his daughter.

Rachel Shaw was panicked upon hearing the news.

Old Master Sterling had invited all aristocratic families, meaning the Lancaster Family would also be there.

If the Lancaster Family went to the Sterling Family and discovered Sophie existed, wouldn’t Sophie be brought back?

That cannot happen.

Rachel Shaw must not let that happen.

Rachel Shaw grabbed her bag and headed out.

Soon, at the Sterling Family.

Rachel Shaw stood at the entrance, politely addressing the guard, "Hello, I’m here to visit Old Master Sterling."

"Please wait a moment."

"Okay."

Just then, the Sterling Family’s gate slowly opened, and a cool Ferrari slowly drove out.

The Ferrari stopped, the window rolled down, and the gaze fell on Rachel Shaw, "It’s you."

Kyle Sterling’s cold eyes narrowed.

If he remembered correctly, she was the woman who wanted to drive away the little mute that day.

Rachel Shaw bent down very politely, "Young Master Sterling."

At this moment, Rachel Shaw saw Sophie sitting in the car.

Even though she already knew Sophie was alive, seeing her again still made her heart skip a beat.

Sophie also looked at her, her big eyes very calm.

Rachel Shaw found it strange; Sophie would never be this calm upon seeing her.

Now that she’s still alive, she would absolutely never stay with the Sterling Family; she would definitely return to Ivy Summers’ side.

But she didn’t.

Why?

Could it be that she lost her memory?

But she still remembers Damien Lancaster is her father, what’s going on here?

No matter what, Rachel Shaw could not let her return to the Lancaster Family, "Young Master Sterling, hello, I know this child, can you hand her over to me?"

Kyle Sterling frowned, "You know her?"

"Yes."

"Are you her family?"

"Not yet, but soon, I am the First Young Master Lancaster’s fiancée." Rachel Shaw mentioned this identity, her demeanor became a bit more arrogant.

Kyle Sterling sneered, "Damien Lancaster’s fiancée? That means you recognized this child yesterday but you wanted to drive her away; your intentions are impure."

"No, I didn’t recognize her yesterday, I just remembered today."

"Really? Do I look like an idiot? Get lost!"

Kyle Sterling rolled up the car window and drove away.

"Young Master Sterling..." Rachel Shaw still wanted to stop him, but he completely ignored her.

Rachel Shaw bit her lip hard, unable to reach Sophie, she had no idea what to do.

Kyle Sterling took Sophie to the hospital for a recheck.

At the hospital, Sophie sat obediently in Kyle Sterling’s arms, cooperating with the doctor for the examination.

After the check, Kyle asked, "Doctor, how is my little aunt?"

The doctor was stunned.

Kyle also found this way of addressing awkward, the moniker "little mute" sounded better, "I mean, how’s this child? She started speaking recently."

"The situation is much better than before, but she still needs continuous treatment. Starting to talk is a good sign; it shows she’s completely trusting you all. By the way, have you found her family?"

"She, well, she’s part of our family now, isn’t that right, little mute."

Sophie looked up and gave Kyle Sterling a sweet smile.

Kyle pinched Sophie’s cheek.

The doctor said, "It’s still better to find her family. The child is quite young, staying with her family would aid her recovery more, especially psychologically. However, the fact that she trusts you so much in a short time shows you treat her well."

The doctor gave a few more instructions, and Kyle left with Sophie, "Little mute, did you hear that? You have to recover well, understood?"

Sophie nodded.

"Don’t just nod, you have to speak. Call me brother, let me hear it."

Sophie pursed her lips and hid on Kyle’s shoulder.

Reluctant to call him.

"You can’t keep doing this, you understand? Not speaking and hiding all the time isn’t right. Call me brother, and I’ll buy you candy, okay?"

There’s delicious candy.

Sophie licked her lips.

"Do you want some?"

Sophie nodded.

"Then talk, say ’Brother, I want to eat’."

Sophie still kept her lips shut, her round eyes watching him; with such a cute demeanor, Kyle gave in.

"Alright, little ancestor, you’ve won again."

Kyle took Sophie to a supermarket and soon came out with a big bag of candies.

"Now, are you happy?"

Sophie nestled in Kyle’s arms, happily eating candy.

Kyle placed Sophie back in the car and drove home.

Ivy Summers had spilled all her medication last night, so she came back to get more. Just after picking up the medicine, she saw a man holding a child getting into a car.

The child seemed to be holding candy, eating it with relish.

Ivy Summers’s heart skipped a beat; that child looked like Sophie.

Really looked like her...

Ivy Summers stared intently, quickly walking forward, "Wait!"

The man didn’t hear, already in the car.

Ivy Summers started running, chasing after them.

"Wait."

The car quickly left in front of her.

Ivy Summers instinctually chased after it; there was heavy traffic at the hospital entrance, and the car wasn’t going fast, but two legs could never outrun four wheels.

Yet Ivy Summers didn’t give up, running after the Ferrari like mad.

"Wait... wait... Sophie..."

Was it really Sophie?

Ivy Summers didn’t know.

It just seemed like her, but even the slightest resemblance made her want to take a proper look.

The traffic ahead cleared up, and the car began to slowly accelerate.

Inside the car, Kyle saw through the rearview mirror a woman chasing behind them, Kyle raised his eyebrows, "Someone’s chasing our car."

Beside him, Sophie turned her body, her big eyes looking backward.

Sophie’s eyes never blinked, watching the woman for a long time, as if unwilling to look away.

Kyle noticed and asked, "Little mute, do you know that woman?"