Too Late She Already Married Mr. Right (Sophia) novel Chapter 142

Sophia picked up her juice, grinned at Lucas, and teased, “Guess I’m spoiling you again.”

With that, she made a show of splashing him.

Emily quickly jumped in front of Lucas and called out, “Sophia, this is a public place. Don’t go overboard.”

Her outburst instantly drew everyone’s attention; soon enough, people started watching, eyes gleaming with curiosity and anticipation.

Sophia had no intention of being the center of attention tonight, so she took a sip of her juice.

She said, “What did you do that makes you so scared of a little juice, Ms. Evans? Oh wait, I remember now- what happened in my living room…”

Lucas, terrified she was about to spill the story of Emily totally freaking out and wetting herself, cut in sharply, “Shut up!”

Emily’s face burned scarlet with embarrassment.

She had tried so hard to erase that humiliating memory, but trust Sophia to dig it up and toss it in her face in front of everyone.

Through gritted teeth, Emily hissed, “Sophia, I’m going to get you back for this disgrace. Just you wait.”

With that, she stopped hanging on to Lucas and stomped away in her heels, bristling with anger.

With Emily finally out of sight, Sophia felt honestly relieved.

She fixed Lucas with a frosty glare and snapped, “Emily’s left. Why aren’t you getting lost too?”

Lucas, acting strangely for some reason, didn’t budge. Instead, he dragged a chair over and plopped himself right down in front of Sophia.

He said, “Just admit it–you don’t like Emily because deep down, you still care about me.”

His eyes shone, like hope had flickered back on in them–as if he’d finally seen a light at the end of the tunnel.

Sophia just shot him a cold, mocking laugh, not wasting another word on him.

But Lucas, looking like he’d finally found something to hold over her, smirked and said, “No matter how deep you hide it, I’m going to dig up every last piece of evidence that you still love me.”

Sophia set her glass down, gathered her skirt, and walked away.

Lucas glanced at her glass, spotting the faint lipstick mark she’d left behind.

He picked up the glass and finished off the juice, letting his lips linger right where Sophia’s lipstick had stained the rim.

Not far away, Emily stood beside David, glaring at Lucas’s blissful, lovesick face. She was seething–she could practically tear Sophia apart.

She’d gone through so much effort to turn them against each other, but Lucas was acting like he was obsessed. with Sophia all over again, just couldn’t stay away.

Emily seethed inwardly, ‘No way.

‘I must disgrace Sophia and get her thrown out of the Westwood residence.

“David, I’m going to the restroom,” Emily said.

David asked, “Want me to come with you?”

“No need, I’ll just have a server show me,” Emily replied, shaking her head. She thought, ‘No way I’ll let David follow me–there’s mischief I need to pull and he’d totally mess it up.’

As soon as Emily left, the lights in the party hall dimmed, and Billy stepped onto the stage to give his speech.

He said, “Thank you all for coming to my daughter’s recognition party. Standing here tonight, I’m honestly feeling a million things.

“First off, huge thanks to my wife and son for their understanding and support, letting me finally make up for the biggest regret of my life.

“I’ve been absent for thirty years, and that’s a mistake I’ll never be able to take back. But from now on, Linda, I’ll be there for you–giving you all my love and everything you’ve ever deserved.”

His words came straight from the heart and hit everyone right in the feels.

At the host’s signal, Linda walked over to Billy, tears streaming down her face as she choked out, “Dad.”

“My sweetheart,” Billy said, pulling Linda into a warm hug–one could see the love between them, plain as day.

The guests weren’t bored for a second; they loved the drama and soaked up every juicy detail.

“So we’ve seen the happy father–daughter reunion–what about Linda’s real mom?” someone shouted, unable to resist stirring things up.

Linda felt Billy’s arm stiffen around her for a second before he answered, “Linda’s mom is married and has moved on. Thank you for caring.”

Sophia smirked, and just then, her phone buzzed. She glanced at the screen.

It was an unknown number.

She brushed it off, but the call kept coming, one after another, until she finally answered.