CHAPTER 208: CHAPTER 208: HOW LONG WILL THIS GO ON (PART 5)

Sophie Smith has been diligently going to the office recently, and Sunny has secured some endorsement deals for her. These are mostly well-known brands, showing that Sunny genuinely wants to make her famous.

However, sometimes she feels a little afraid of becoming too famous. She’s worried that too much exposure in the media might make her lose herself.

She just reached the company entrance when a figure suddenly appeared in front of her, blocking her way.

"Dad?" Sophie Smith’s eyes widened. Clearly, she hadn’t expected Christopher Smith to find her here.

"Little Sophie..."

Christopher Smith began to speak, but seemed helpless. After not seeing him for a while, Sophie Smith felt Christopher Smith seemed to have aged a dozen years; his hair was almost completely white, his forehead had some uneven wrinkles, and his body was increasingly stooped...

Sophie Smith tried hard to hold back the tears wanting to flow from the corner of her eyes, but when she thought about how the father she revered most had been the first to cheat, and then teamed up with her stepmother to force her mother to jump from a building, she truly couldn’t forgive him.

"Little Sophie, I’m sorry, it was Dad’s mistake back then."

"Please don’t say any more, okay?"

She didn’t want to listen. She knew that every word he said would only cause her pain.

Christopher Smith understood as well. He hadn’t sought out Sophie Smith right after she found out the real reason for her mother’s death because he wanted her to calm herself first. But even after some time had passed, she seemed to still resent him as a father.

He admitted that he indeed failed in his role as a father.

"Little Sophie, I don’t expect you to forgive me, but I want you to hear me out."

"If you’re here to confess, then there’s no need. Dad, your confession won’t make me feel better; it will only make me feel worse."

Imagine, what could be more painful than being betrayed by the ones closest to you?

"You were with that woman for thirteen years. Did you ever consider how Mom and I felt? We were like fools, kept in the dark for thirteen whole years!"

If it weren’t for Charlotte Harrison wanting the compensation from Golden Era Consortium for demolition, this matter might have continued to be hidden.

Christopher Smith sighed deeply. Staying with Charlotte Harrison initially had its reasons. He was always an honest and sincere person, working hard and being responsible to the family. The relationship with Charlotte Harrison occurred after drinking too much at a friend’s birthday party, and who could have predicted...

No matter how much money he gave Charlotte Harrison, she refused to abort the child. Over the years, he had been paying the living expenses for Charlotte Harrison and her son. He didn’t dare tell Sophie Smith’s mom until Charlotte Harrison came to him four years ago.

Golden Era Consortium gave the Smith Family several million for demolition fees, and as Christopher Smith’s mistress, Charlotte Harrison naturally wanted a slice of the pie, so she came over in a frenzy.

Sophie Smith’s mother, feeling deceived for over a decade, couldn’t swallow her anger and resolutely refused to give a penny.

Charlotte Harrison then forced Christopher Smith to have him and Sophie Smith’s mother sign a divorce agreement. If Sophie Smith’s mother refused, she threatened to take James Smith and jump from a building. Christopher Smith was afraid, as it would be two lives at stake. Being inherently weak, he reluctantly proposed the divorce agreement.

But in the end, someone did jump from a building, and it was Sophie Smith’s mother.

His heart was in torment; everything he did was wrong.

Sophie Smith was always unaware of the real situation; she believed it was Golden Era Consortium’s pressure that caused her mother’s death.

Therefore, to prevent his daughter from hating him, he made use of the situation and placed the blame for her mother’s death on Golden Era Consortium.

He neither took the demolition fee nor moved out of the old house, just trying to ease his conscience a bit.

However, he married Charlotte Harrison a year after Sophie Smith’s mother died.