Mr. Chairman’s Devious Wife by Brey Mitchylle
Chapter 62

Chapter 62

Sofia felt like she did not need to ask any more questions about Mr. Franks' relationship with Jenny. She leaned her back against the chair and closed her eyes. Despite how much she tried to stop herself, she honestly felt a little lightheaded. Yet, life went on.

“Good. Yes. That—hold— Hold on to that position. Then give me a little smirk. A little arrogance. Now make it clean and nice. I need gentleness. I need a woman in love—" Mr. Franks' loud voice echoed as he started shooting Jenny. To be honest, Jenny was excellent, and no one could deny that.

“Miss Amores, were you able to get in touch with the previous model?” Sofia asked.

“It seems that they already planned to post online and wanted to finish signing all the paperwork. Her manager is coming to the office tomorrow with the fees.”

“Hm,” Sofia said. “What do you think about all this, Miss Amores?” she asked.

“May I be honest?”

“Go on,” Sofia said.

“I think they wanted to negotiate the contract. They must be thinking that you would give them a better one, considering that you are the new CEO of the company.”

Sofia nodded. Actually, this was what she thought too! There was a deliberate plan behind it. But why was she not scared that Sofia would expose her to the paparazzi? Miss Amores excused herself as there was another call.

“Miss.”

“Hm?” Sofia opened one of her eyes. “What is it?” she asked.

“Well, Miss Smith’s manager said that Miss Smith will come for the shoot.” Miss Amores had a confused look on her face. “She wanted to speak to you.”

“What?” Sofia frowned. “Give me the phone.” Miss Amores immediately complied.

“Hello,” Sofia said.

“Is this Miss Lockhart?”

“Speaking,” Sofia said.

“Miss, I would like to personally apologize for what happened just now. It seems that there was a misunderstanding on our part. Would you be available later today? We are already on our way to the shoot and—”

“Since Manager Li wanted to breach the contract, I already asked our legal team to deal with it. What Manager Li can do instead is to wait for the lawyers to talk to you about it. Obviously, since Manager Li wanted to breach the contract, then I am going to assume that you are already aware of the repercussions—the financial ones.” At the end of the day, breaching a contract will cost them millions. Sofia is not going to let go of that.

“Miss, there is a misunderstanding and—”

“We already found someone to replace Miss Smith,” Sofia interrupted the manager. “But I believe you already know that.... don’t you?”

Sofia handed the phone back to Miss Amores. "Inform the legal team to proceed with the necessary actions. I want this over with as soon as possible.” She was already expecting another issue to arise after this incident.

She glanced at Jenny, who was wearing an all-white sundress. With subtle makeup on, Jenny looked like a woman in her prime. “Shall we leave?”

Sofia wanted to personally thank Jenny for saving her this time. She knew she could call on Alexander and she was really grateful for his help too! However, Jenny had other requests, but she actually came and saved Sofia’s already chaotic day.

After the shoot finally ended, Sofia immediately informed the team to come with them for dinner. She booked not just for Mr. Franks and Miss Jenny Thomas but for all the staff who worked today.

Sofia smiled at Jenny. “You have my heartfelt thanks. I assure you I will be there whenever I am available. Besides, I really do not have problems doing photo shoots for LH Design.”

The two briefly talked about the legal aspect of this matter. Sofia wanted Jenny to become the new ambassador of the brand, and Jenny agreed without any hesitation.

“Isn’t someone your age a bit too old to be angry?” Jenny asked, her tone teasing. “I mean your brand seems to focus more on younger women.”

“We are slowly changing the overall theme of the brand. We are going to produce more luxurious items and are planning to focus more on being something that all types of women can wear,” Sofia gently smiled. Actually, this was her mother’s dream. Eunice wanted to create a brand that would be available to all women regardless of their size, color, and body shape.

Her mother was unable to implement this as she was managing the whole LH Group. Now that Sofia was already the CEO of LH Design, she was planning to do what her mother had always wanted.

The team arrived at the reserved restaurant, but just as Sofia got out of the car, a familiar face greeted her.

“Do you have the time?” Daniel asked as he approached her.

“Daniel, what are you doing here?” Sofia asked. But most importantly, how did he know where she was? She eyed Miss Amores, who immediately shook her head silently, telling her that it was not her who informed Daniel. Sadly, she’s with a team of other staff. One of them could easily inform Daniel about her whereabouts.

“I don’t have the time,” Sofia said.

“This matter is urgent.”

“The lady already said that she had no time.” Jenny smiled as she approached the two. “This has nothing to do with you,” Daniel did not even look at Jenny. “Come on, Sofia—”

“If you really wanted to talk, then schedule an appointment with Miss Amores. We can talk in my office.” Sofia tried to walk past him, but he grabbed her arm, his hand tight.

“We need to talk,” Daniel said. By now, this small interaction already gathered the attention of the other staff who arrived in the van. Luckily, Miss Amores instructed everyone to go inside the restaurant first.

“Daniel, let go. I have nothing to say to you.”

“But my mother—Daniel said.

“I don’t care what your mother did. I have nothing to say to you.”

“I know she talked to you.”

Sofia snorted at that. “So?”

“Can we do this somewhere else? My car is—”

“We are done talking,” Sofia uttered. “Now let me go before I decide to escalate things.”

“I didn’t ask her to do that,” Daniel said. Still, he did not let go of her arm.

“Daniel, please let her go,” Jenny said, the smile on her face was already gone. “Will you stop embarrassing yourself?”

“I said—”

“I know this has nothing to do with me.” Jenny suddenly held her phone and snapped a picture. “But I can always post things on my socials and tell everyone that I helped a young woman out when her crazy ex tried to drag her to his car.”

“You—" Daniel’s face reddened.

“Now, be a good boy and let her go,” Jenny said. This time, Daniel actually complied. He gritted his teeth and looked at Sofia. It looked like he wanted to say more things but stopped himself. Instead, he walked out of the parking lot, leaving Sofia alone.

Sofia immediately let out a sigh of relief when the man left. She did not know what type of game Daniel was trying to play, but she knew that she did not like it.

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