My Dreamy Old Husband
Chapter 1117

Perhaps Sophia had agreed to turn up at the hospital out of fear for Sandra, but Sandra knew it wasmore likely than not that they conceded out of fear of the Yard Family.

The situation now was not under Sophia’s or Cooper's control; it wasn't as if they could do anythingabout Anne's infatuation with Cooper.

Cooper was left with no choice but to marry her!

Anne's family longed to return to Bayside City and as Anne was about to become part of the Yards,they had hoped she would marry into the local upper-class social scene. The Yard Family had initiallyset their eyes upon the Fletchers, but were let down immensely by their inability to make thingswork. Now was the chance for the Mitchells to rise to the occasion.

Sandra had thought that perhaps one of the Mitchell boys could capture Anne's heart; alas, thewoman had become obsessed with Cooper instead.

Sandra had no intentions to make things easy for Cooper in the event Anne did marry him. Whilethe Mitchells would become in-laws with the Yards, Sandra needed to make sure that Anne wouldalways be on her side and never Sophia's. To do that, she would have to ruin both Sophia andCooper's reputation in front of Anne's family, namely the Yards and the Osbornes.

After that, she could easily use Anne as a stepping stone to get closer to Anna Yard and if Sandracould marry into the Yard Family, everything would fall into place.

If Cooper really were to marry Anne, the Yards would never allow her to move out of the familyhome, which meant Cooper would have to move into their place of residence instead. This couldprovide the Mitchells the perfect excuse to keep all of Cooper's assets under the Mitchells’ familyname.

For hundreds of years, it was never a concept for any son of the head of the Mitchell Family to moveinto their wife's place of residence after marriage; the very idea of Cooper being forced to do sowould completely uproot the dignity of the family!

With that, Sandra could kill three birds with one stone!

Hanging up the call, Sandra turned to look at Anne. “Don’t worry,” she consoled. “Sophia is comingover soon. I'll make sure to put her in her place!”

Anne broke into a small smile upon hearing this. She lay in bed as she recuperated, looking paleafter her suicidal endeavors which saw her slitting her own wrists and hanging herself.

“You know Cooper likes you—" Sandra started to say. “—but Sophia has been getting in his way ofpursuing you. She's worried that if you and Cooper have kids one day, she'd lose out on the familyassets. Don't worry though, because I'll stop her from ruining everything.” Pausing, Sandra gazeddown at Anne with a serious look on her face. “Remember, Anne—you've got the looks and you're aYard. Nobility runs in your blood. You have suitors lining up for you all the way to France! If you askme, Cooper should be honored that you've taken an interest in him at all. You're obviously way outof his league!”

Anne's heart fluttered at the thought of Cooper. She had known he was the one for her from thevery moment she laid eyes on him, and she would do anything to marry him.

However, a surge of fury overcame her as she thought about how Sophia was trying to comebetween her and Cooper.

How dare Sophia try to disrupt what she and Cooper had? How dare she try to stop true love in itstracks?

Sandra leaned in and continued, “I'll let you in on this little secret. Cooper has never been in lovebefore but Sophia’s mother—who was a young, lowly servant—seduced Cooper and somehowmade him fall for her. He was young and he had no idea what he was doing, but he got that b*tchpregnant. Then, she tried to use her pregnancy to force Cooper into marrying her.”

“It was a dirty move. She thought that she could use her pregnancy as leverage to marry Cooperand live her life as mistress of the family, but little did she know that the Mitchells saw right throughher despicable act. In the end, they sent her packing and told her to get rid of the child!”

Anne's eyes had widened to the size of saucers as she took all of this in. She had never heard ofanything like it—how anyone could be so wicked was beyond her! She asked urgently, “Whathappened after that?”

“Well—" Sandra began with fervor. “—Sophia’s mother realized that there was no way she couldmarry into the Mitchells, so she found herself an honest man and passed off the child as his insteadThe man was an Edwards, so she took on his shares and played mistress for a couple of years. Whenthe family discovered the truth, they cast her out.”

"What? I can't believe she did that! How shameless of her!” Anne gasped, affronted.

Sandra did not stop with the lies—she was practically a playwright at this point. “Cooper was in anaccident over a decade ago and he went into hiding after that, but when he returned a couple ofyears ago, Sophia somehow found out that he was her biological father. She tracked him down andwon him over completely. I don't know how she did it but Cooper will do anything for her, even if itmeans going against the Mitchells.”

“You have to watch out for Sophia. She's no ordinary, simpering wench; she has Taylor Murraywrapped around her little finger and she made Cooper betray his own family. You can'tunderestimate her.”

"Also, that brother of hers is not to be overlooked. I don’t know how he ended up as the adoptedson of the Michel family. He was close to becoming the heir to the family and the conglomerate, butthank goodness he was kicked out of the family before that happened! These siblings are asscheming as they come and they're all leeches. Linus is nothing but a gigolo who spends his dayshoping to marry a woman like you just so he can climb up the social hierarchy. You have to watchout for them both. They're a family of crooks!”

Anne felt chills run down her spine after Sandra was done with her storytelling. She couldn't helpbut feel sorry for Cooper.

He was completely swindled by Sophia and her family!

If she didn't get rid of Sophia and Linus, Cooper would suffer in their schemes forever!

Anne was determined to rescue Cooper from this horrible fate. She had to let him see how evilSophia and her brother were!

Satisfied with how angry Anne looked, Sandra went on to add fuel to fire. “Why don’t you showthem who's really in charge here? You're Anne Yard. They are meant to show you respect and youshould make them.”

Anne nodded fiercely at that and Sandra mirrored her.

Everything was going according to Sandra's plan. Now, even if Anne did end up marrying Cooper,she would never think of Sophia and her brother as anything but a pair of wicked twins.

On the other hand, Sandra could soon replace herself in the Yards’ good graces, seeing as she andAnne were becoming such good friends.

It would be even better if she could end up marrying either Callum or Cade.

Eventually, Sophia turned up as expected.

She had flown over in a chopper, not wanting to waste any time. She could hardly wait to give Annetwo slaps across the face.

Sophia was fuming, unable to comprehend how shameless Anne was.

“Miss Anne,” the bodyguard greeted in a low voice after rushing through the door. “Miss Sophia hasarrived.”

Anne was well on her way to becoming a young lady of the Yard family and certainly that wouldhave warranted her a royal title if they were in ancient times. She felt important as she indulged inthe privilege of being escorted by the Yards’ security team.

She had made sure that the security team would give Sophia a hard time when she arrived later!"Right. Let her in,” Anne ordered in an imperative tone. She didn't like speaking this way but she wasa young lady of the Yard family now and she had to act like one in front of others.

The bodyguard hurried out of the room and brought Sophia in. She had arrived with severalbodyguards in her wake, all of them wearing the insignia of the Mitchell family, which was craftedduring Cooper's leadership.

“I hear somebody has tried to kill herself because of my father, so I decided to bring a little gift tocheer her up,” Sophia mused. Following this, something landed in a thump on the headboardbehind Anne; one of the bodyguards had thrown a bottle of brain health supplements and as Anneturned to glance at it, she saw that the supplements were meant for geriatrics.

She glared at Sophia incredulously as she brought her hand down on the table and commanded,"Sophia, you b*tch! Stay away from your father! You have no right to come between us, not whenwe're about to be married!”

Sophia had dressed for business today. She wore a white blouse, which was tucked into a pair ofblack and white checkered palazzo trousers. She had coupled her outfit with a pair of simplestilettos and her hair had been pulled back into a no-nonsense chignon. Her look was completedwith a pair of oversize shades that covered half her face.

Lifting her shades, Sophia gazed at Anne with bemusement, clearly impervious to her threats. “Oh?”she sneered. “So, you intend to marry my father, but what do you have to offer? Your long list ofsuitors who have lined up all the way to France?”

Anne lifted her chin with the hope of intimidating Sophia, then retorted, “I am a young lady of theYard Family! I have plenty to offer!”

“A young lady of the Yard Family?” Sophia sputtered before she burst into laughter. She wiped awayher tears as a smirk fixed itself onto her face. “Tell me then, princess—how many shares do you ownin the Ronney Group? Are you next in line to take over the conglomerate? Do you even matter tothe rest of the Ronney Group?”