CHAPTER 472: CHAPTER 468: HAPPINESS FOR TOO LONG REQUIRES A PRICE (PART 1)

The silent black night, in a large room, only a warm yellow lamp glows, the leaves rustle in the breeze, and the pink curtains sway on both sides.

On the European palace-style bed sits a woman in a purple gauzy nightgown.

She holds a stack of photos in her hand, flipping through them one by one.

Each photo looks so beautiful.

From among the many photos, she picks one, her gaze fixed intensely upon it.

By the light blue seaside, two people sit intimately on the ground, kissing passionately.

"Brother Asher, you really live so happily."

Irene’s eyes suddenly darkened; if she hadn’t sent someone to secretly photograph Asher Land and Sophie Smith’s movements, she might not have known they had come this far, even having a child.

Ha, look at how they appear in the photos, none without a smile.

However, happiness for too long needs to be paid with a price. Irene Morton absolutely could not easily give up someone she had liked for so many years.

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Since Asher Land stayed by her side after Christopher Smith’s death, many things were neglected. Upon returning from Bali Island, after staying home for two days, he flew straight to the United States.

On the third day after he went to America, the house welcomed an uninvited guest.

Sophie Smith stood by the railing on the second floor, looking down, the living room unexpectedly filled with many people she didn’t recognize, yet among the bustling crowd, there was one person she remembered.

"Tsk tsk, Third Brother is quite impressive, when he returned to the European Headquarters last time there wasn’t much going on, and in just one year, he has a son?" Luke Land stood with hands in pockets, a faint ambiguous smile at the corner of his mouth, looking upstairs at Sophie Smith by the railing.

Sophie’s expression froze, her small hand gripping the rail tightly, her face showing a hint of extreme discomfort.

Her gaze swept across the downstairs hall, surprisingly not seeing Alexander.

She didn’t hesitate, stepping down the stairs toward Luke Land, raising her eyes to face him.

"What do you want to do?"

"Do what?" Luke Land snorted coldly, "Of course, it’s about snatching your son."

"You!"

Sophie felt somewhat infuriated, but she knew she couldn’t lose her temper.

"Here’s a suggestion for you, directly call Third Brother, let him prepare to fly from the United States to the European Headquarters, don’t return to Eastern City," he ’kindly’ reminded.

"Must you do this?" Sophie’s face paled slightly, now she was truly powerless.

"It’s not that I want to do this, taking your son back to Headquarters is the old man’s wish; but who called Third Brother so lacking in judgment? Almost thirty years old and still so impulsive, is this child something he can just take because he wants to?" Luke Land curved his lips, looking down at Sophie Smith, this woman truly is something; it seems he has to see her in a new light.

"Can’t you not take Alexander, please?"

She was truly at a dead end, especially with Asher Land not by her side at this moment, making her even more anxious and disorganized.

"That, I’m afraid I can’t decide." Luke Land shrugged, he had gauged the timing well to come; if Asher Land were here, he couldn’t take the child away. However, if he didn’t take the child back, the old man might very well skin him.

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