Being Pursued By Ex-husband
Chapter 446

Chapter 446 Growing Feelings

Sophia curled her lips slightly before taking out the chips from her basket and placing them in front of her. Claudius followed suit. When Silas saw that, he smiled but did not say anything.

"It seems like Mr. Xenos and Ms. Yarrow are still as close as before."

Sophia peeked at her hole cards and replied with a placid smile, "Thanks for your concern, Mr. Cadogan."

Ignoring the man, Claudius tapped his fingers on the table to communicate the intentions of his next move to the dealer.

Silas proceeded to change the topic, discussing other business matters, while Sophia continued entertaining him by giving half-hearted replies.

At times, he tried to direct the conversation to Claudius, but Claudius would simply reply with one-word answers. Whenever Silas asked a question, Claudius would not answer if Sophia had answered it first, and vice versa. Seeing how stubborn the two of them were, Silas stopped talking after a while, as there was no point carrying on.

A few rounds later, Silas started to get bored and excused himself after taking a call.

"Let's catch up again soon. Please remember to send me a wedding invite when the two of you are getting married."

Still holding her cards, Sophia flashed a half-smile while lowering her head.

When Claudius heard that, his eyebrows twitched. Then, he replied with the longest sentence he had spoken that day. "Don't worry, Mr. Cadogan. We will definitely be delivering the invitation to you personally.' Silas nodded and took another glance at Sophia before walking out of the private room.

Once the man left the room, the smile on his face vanished.

He turned toward his assistant and instructed, "Find out what Alexander has been up to in the past six months."

As Alexander had been missing in Chanaea for half a year, Silas found it strange that the man had suddenly appeared in Lightspring. He was certain that there was more than met the eye. Besides, Sophia had been the one handling everything in Odyssey back in Chanaea.

If Alexander is fine, why did he choose to leave the country?

The feud between Silas and Alexander had been going on for years. In addition, Silas lost the project bid to Odyssey two months ago. As such, he could feel his anger mounting when he saw Sophia and Alexander earlier.

However, he was good at hiding his true feelings behind his perpetual smile. He had hoped to replace out some useful information during the game earlier but failed to make any headway.

Nevertheless, the man was rather impressed with the two of them for managing not to give anything away.

Shortly after Silas left, while the dealer was shuffling the cards, Sophia smiled at Claudius and asked, "Do you remember meeting him before?"

"No," Claudius replied, shaking his head.

"That was a very quick reply."

Although Claudius was putting up a good act, Sophia was still worried that Silas would replace out about Claudius' memory loss when the two men interacted earlier.

Sophia had not met Silas formally before, but she had had prior dealings with him. Moreover, Felix had also warned her previously that Silas was a scheming man who had a perpetual smile on his face.

A hypocrite was a thousand times more dangerous than an unapologetically despicable person. Naturally, Sophia had to keep her guard up in front of him. Hence, knowing that Silas was testing the waters, she tried to give ambiguous replies to all his questions earlier.

She knew that the man had no means of verifying her answers anyway. From the looks of the current situation, even if he was harboring ill intentions, there was nothing much he could do.

An inexplicable glint flashed past Claudius' eyes when he noticed the smirk on Sophia's face.

Recalling the sensual dream he had, the man swallowed subtly as he looked down at his chips. "Are we continuing?"

When Silas was the banker earlier, the minimum bid for one round was a hundred thousand. Half an hour and several rounds later, the two of them had won around five hundred thousand in total. Sophia glanced at the chips on the table in front of her. Letting out a yawn, she shook her head and replied, "No."

It was already ten at night. After returning to the hotel and taking a shower, it would be almost time for bed.

It had been eight days since Sophia arrived in Moranta, and she was no longer jetlagged. During Alexander's absence, she managed to maintain a regular daily routine despite her busy schedule and even found time to attend boxing classes.

She was not used to late nights, and that had not changed when she was in Moranta.

"Do you have any plans tomorrow?"

"I will be flying back to Lusterg tomorrow evening."

A frown appeared on Claudius' face. "Shall we have breakfast together tomorrow?"

"Sure."

After cashing out their chips, the two of them entered the elevator and headed back upstairs.

Claudius walked Sophia back to her room before returning to his. When Sophia was opening the door, Claudius' phone suddenly rang.

Leaning against the door frame, Sophia said, "I'm going in now. Good night."

"Good night," Claudius replied as he took out his phone.

Sophia cast another glance at the man before shutting the door. She removed her jacket, intending to take a relaxing bath.

Katherine had gone out with Joshua that day and had sent Sophia a lot of photos.

Sophia turned on the tap and started filling the bathtub with water. While waiting on the couch, she browsed through Katherine's messages.

Halfway through, she noticed that Katherine had asked her a question about Alexander.

As that message was sent together with a bunch of photos, she could have easily missed it if she had not paid attention.

Clearly, Katherine was shocked to see Claudius earlier that afternoon. Even after spending an entire day outside, she was still thinking about what had happened.

Sophia massaged her temples before typing a reply: He's indeed Alexander, but he has lost his memory. His name is now "Claudius."

As Katherine did not reply to her text straight away, Sophia guessed that her friend was most likely still outside partying.

Without waiting for Katherine to reply, Sophia grabbed her clothes and entered the bathroom. After pouring a few drops of essential oil into the bathtub, she stepped inside. Mmm, this feels so good.

Meanwhile, after his call ended, Claudius looked toward Sophia's door for a few seconds before turning around and entering the elevator.

Claudius was awoken by a dream in the middle of the night.

However, it wasn't a pleasant dream, unlike the one he had the night before.

In that dream, Sophia had divorced him, and the two of them were walking out of City Hall expressionlessly with their divorce certificate in their hands.

The next moment, the scene changed. It was their wedding ceremony. However, it wasn't as grand and bustling as he had imagined it to be. Rather, it seemed as if he had been forced to get married. Judging from his cold expression, it looked like he was attending a funeral instead of a wedding.

Claudius was unable to remember what exactly he had seen in his dream after he woke up. All he could feel was a sense of emptiness.

He squinted at the dim yellow light after turning on the night lamp while grabbing his phone from the bedside table. He glanced at the time and saw that it was only two in the morning.

However, he did not want to continue sleeping after having a dream like that.

Hence, he decided to get out of bed. Sitting on the couch, Claudius reached for a cigar and put it in his mouth before lighting it.

The man fell into a daze as he blew smoke rings into the cool air that was reflected in his deep, dark eyes.

Just then, he recalled Sophia's disapproving expression when she saw him smoking the previous day. At that thought, he extinguished the unfinished cigar at once.

As the last smoke ring gradually dissipated, Claudius thought about that sensual dream he had again.

Although it was just a dream, it felt so real that he could not stop savoring the feelings it gave him. Putting a hand to his forehead, a twinkle appeared in those usually cold pupils of his.

He realized that his feelings for Sophia were growing every time he reminisced about the dream.