Being Pursued By Ex-husband
Chapter 539

Chapter 539 The Right Choice

Thanks to that incident, it was already past eleven o'clock when Sophia and Alexander arrived back at the mansion.

The car slowly drove into the mansion. Alexander parked the car before he turned to Sophia, who was asleep beside him. "Sophia?"

Sophia had already dozed off on the ride back. When Alexander saw her shifting after he called her name, he swung open the car door and alighted from the car. Circling to the other side, he opened the passenger door and carried her out.

Sophia roused the moment he carried her. The light in the garage was a tad bright, so she squinted for a moment. She fixed her gaze on the man. "We're home?"

"Yeah," Alexander replied.

With her in his arms, he headed upstairs straight away.

By the time they made it to the master bedroom, Sophia had awakened completely. She stretched out a hand and took the warm water Alexander handed her. Then, she glanced at him. "I'm going to take a shower first."

"Go ahead."

Alexander reached out and took the glass from her hand before patting her on the head.

Drowsiness had long since assailed Sophia when she had spent so much time outside that day. When she came out after her shower, she hit the sack without waiting for the man.

A flurry of messages flooded her phone. Someone took a video of her and Alexander participating in an event together and uploaded it to the internet. In a flash, it started trending.

Ever since Sophia encountered Miles on the way home, she had not taken a single look at her phone. Hence, she was entirely oblivious to the matter.

When Alexander came out after his shower, he saw the pop-up notification on his phone. After looking at it, he forwarded it to his group chat with his friends.

It was Valentine's Day, but Samuel, who was single, worked overtime into the night.

He had just arrived home and was planning to take a shower when his phone abruptly vibrated. Dipping his eyes for a look, he was greeted by the sight of a notification about Alexander having sent a video to the group chat.

In all the years he had known Alexander, it was his first time seeing the man voluntarily sending something to the group chat.

Hence, his curiosity was piqued. When he clicked in for a look, however, he was rendered speechless.

Argh! It's the middle of the night now, and I've just finished working overtime, yet he's putting on a public display of affection! I should just cut off ties with him!

When Sophia woke up the next day, the sun was already shining brightly.

Alexander was long since gone from the bed. She rolled over, only to sense something falling from her neck. Quirking a brow, she looked down and saw a necklace adorning her neck.

It was a thin platinum necklace with a cloud pendant that was very much adorable.

A smile bloomed on Sophia's face. She then got out of bed and washed up.

By the time she went downstairs after washing up, Alexander was already done cooking breakfast.

Upon seeing that she had come downstairs, Alexander handed her a glass of warm water. "Good morning, Mrs. Xenos."

"Good morning, Mr. Xenos."

Taking the glass, Sophia took a sip of water. Subsequently, she reached up and touched the necklace on her neck. "What's this?"

"A Valentine's Day gift."

"Oh, I see," Sophia murmured.

She drank another sip of water before continuing, "But I don't seem to have prepared a Valentine's Day gift for you, Mr. Xenos."

Pinning his eyes on her, Alexander raised a brow for once. "Isn't it all prepared?"

Puzzlement inundated Sophia. "No."

I really didn't prepare anything, and I'm not trying to keep him in suspense.

Right after she had spoken, the man pulled her into his arms without warning. Before she realized what was happening, she sensed warmth on her lips.

She stared at his face that was inches away from her, blinking slightly.

Alexander merely kissed her briefly, letting her go in the next heartbeat. "Wasn't that your gift?"

A sliver of embarrassment crept into Sophia. Verily, she was wholly taken off guard.

"Let's have breakfast."

Knowing that she was shy, Alexander did not continue teasing her. He took away the glass in her hand before whirling around and returning to the kitchen.

It was not until past three o'clock in the afternoon that Sophia noticed the sudden presence of some succulents beside the goldfish pond. She had gone downstairs to feed the goldfish. It was not hot under the shade, so she carried a deckchair over and basked leisurely in the sun beside the goldfish pond.

Unexpectedly, she glimpsed several plant stands the moment she turned her head. There were various types of succulents placed on them, and they all looked adorable and beautiful in their pots under the sunlight.

She could not help clicking her tongue. Tilting her head a fraction, she glanced at Alexander beside her. "When did you buy them?"

"I had someone send them over yesterday," Alexander answered honestly.

It had been a long time since Sophia had last kept succulents. For one, the mansion was too big. If she were to care for them alone, it would be too taxing, and she did not have the motivation for it anymore after moving out of the Xenos residence.

In truth, she did not love succulents all that much. It was just that she was too bored at the Xenos residence after marrying Alexander and could not be bothered to go downstairs and waste her time talking with Thalia and Kristen. Thus, she spent most of her time in the master bedroom on the third floor as long as Kristen did not summon her downstairs, reading books and sketching succulents. It was a pretty leisurely life.

When she later got divorced from Alexander, she left the succulents she kept for more than three years behind instead of taking them away with her.

At that time, she felt that there was naturally no need to take the plants she cultivated in their three years of marriage when she was already leaving, lest she was reminded of the past, and they added to her sorrow.

Thereafter, she had no idea what happened to those succulents.

Remembering the past, Sophia was inexorably melancholic. "Have all the succulents at the Xenos residence been thrown away?"

"No."

Alexander reached out and pulled her up. He led her over to the succulents. "Don't you replace them familiar?"

Hearing that, Sophia tsked. "Don't tell me these succulents are the ones I kept at the Xenos residence?"

"I had someone transport them from the Xenos residence yesterday."

Needless to say, Alexander did it to give her a surprise.

Sophia was stunned for a moment before she proceeded to carefully scrutinize each pot of succulents on the plant stands.

She had kept the succulents for over three years, so she naturally remembered her plants.

Initially, she thought Kristen would undoubtedly discard everything that belonged to her after she left the Xenos residence in such a "dignified" manner. In that case, the succulents would never have escaped the same fate.

Never had she expected the dozens of succulents to still be in pristine condition.

Touched, she turned and looked at Alexander with a smile. "I thought Mdm. Lambe would've thrown them away ages ago."

"I stopped her from doing so."

Coincidentally, he returned to the Xenos residence on a rare occasion that day. Kristen happened to have ordered the help to clean out the place. When she saw him coming back, she deliberately took everything Sophia once used to show him and told him they were bad luck.

He thought nothing of it at that time nor was he interested in dealing with his mother.

But when Kristen later instructed the help to go into the master bedroom to throw away the succulents on the balcony, he inexplicably asserted that they were not allowed to touch anything in the master bedroom.

Back then, Kristen was seemingly a touch chagrined. Alas, he was also in a foul mood that day. Ultimately, she merely griped for a bit without pursuing the matter.

Later, he told Felix about the succulents on the balcony, and the latter regularly sent someone over to take care of them. Therefore, the dozens of succulents were still in impeccable condition right then.

When he was planning to return to the country a few days ago, he thought of Valentine's Day. Hence, he had Felix transport the succulents over yesterday in hopes of giving Sophia a surprise.

At present, it seemed that keeping the succulents back then was the right choice.