Noble Pampering: Demon CEO's Relentless Entanglement-Chapter 513 - 509: What He Wants Is His Submission (Part 3)
Sophie Smith felt utterly insignificant at that moment. She glanced around the room, and everyone’s expressions were uniformly indifferent and disdainful.
Indeed, in the eyes of the Land Family, she was just such an unremarkable woman. What right did she have to bear Asher Land’s child?
Even the servants knew how to weigh their allegiances. For instance, when she and Irene Morton lived together in the East Garden, everyone would respectfully address Irene as Miss Irene. But when it came to her? Even though she slept in Asher’s room, they merely considered her to be Asher’s bedmate, without a shred of respect.
Now, her child, a small life only recently born, was toyed with by them, becoming a joke in their eyes.
In the end, her eyes welled up with tears. She did not want to shed a single tear in front of this large family, as that would only make her humility more apparent.
Asher noticed her change in emotion, but this time, he didn’t step forward.
He knew that as long as he showed any silent resistance, Nathan Land would immediately take action, and there was no telling if he might just throw his son into the lake.
Nathan Land saw that this time Asher didn’t resist, and only then did he nod in satisfaction.
It was perhaps a few minutes later when Alexander’s cries suddenly stopped.
"It looks like changing tactics worked after all. Might as well have this mastiff ’accompany’ him from now on," he said.
The threatening undertone was not lost on Sophie. In the future, if Asher displeased him again, he might not only have the mastiff carry the child around the lake.
Sophie just managed to catch a hurried glimpse of the child in this way. After delivering a ’dangerous warning’ to her and Asher, Nathan Land took the child away again.
With the child in Nathan’s hands, she truly didn’t know what even more absurd things might happen in the future.
This old man, emotionless, would have no qualms about harming a child.
...
Sophie returned to the East Garden absentmindedly, sitting on the sofa in the hall, anxiously wringing her fingers.
"Alexander will be fine." Although he knew this kind of comfort wouldn’t truly ease her worries, Asher still voiced it out.
She sat there expressionless, not saying a word to him, and it was unclear what she was thinking about.
"Brother Asher." Irene suddenly entered, taking a seat beside him.
"Is your wound any better?" Without thinking much, Irene reached to pull down the robe off his left shoulder to check the state of his wound.
"I’m fine." Asher moved slightly to the side, clearly avoiding her.
Irene felt uncomfortable seeing Asher express such resistance towards her.
Her gaze fell on Sophie, noticing her stern face while Asher continuously tried to comfort her; Irene couldn’t help but feel irate.
"Brother Asher, let me tell you, in five days it’s going to be my 20th birthday party, and Uncle Land said that he will announce something important that day, something related to you. Can you guess what it is?"
Something important related to Asher?
Sophie’s eyes finally showed a hint of emotion. She glanced at Irene, discovering that she was looking at her with a smug gaze.
Irene had heard from Colton Morton that on her 21st birthday party, he had discussed with Nathan Land about announcing to the public that she was Asher’s fiancée. Just now, she was merely planting a smokescreen for them, though she was already well aware of it.
