My Dreamy Old Husband
Chapter 46

Sophia chuckled while playing the game together with Nate and hadn't noticed that it was alreadymidnight when Hale phoned her. “Madam, Boss has instructed that the lights would be switched offif you two don’t go to bed by 12AM. Beep—"The lights immediately went off in the room with the Internet being disconnected as well. She wassuddenly plunged into darkness while she was in the midst of setting up the tasks in the game.Nathan, who was staring at the laptop screen, was shocked by the sudden darkness and threwhimself into her arms on instinct. “Mom...”She hugged him tightly. “Darling, don't be afraid. I'm here! Don't worry, Hale merely switched theelectricity off and disconnected the internet. It's late, let's go to bed earlier.”Nathan was excited about playing the game with her for such a long time that his mind wasexhausted. He fell asleep soon after hitting the sack. Sophia slipped out of bed once he was asleepand went to the washroom to call Hale.“Hale, ask Audistin to inform the Harper Family that their membership will be restored if they arewilling to pay more.”Hale was always efficient and speedy in completing any given tasks. Hence, he immediatelyinformed Audistin.The next day, Richard visited Audistin again.They really couldn“t wait any longer because the consequences of offending Audistin wasunimaginable. Only a few days had passed, but the Harper Family was already the laughing stock ofthe upper-class society.It felt as if the entire family had been excluded from the society's social circle. Every family memberof the Harper Family felt the impact and repercussions of this incident.That was especially true after Xyla's cocktail party last night. A group of wealthy kids had made anappointment to hang out at Audistin and everyone went ahead with the plan, but those from theHarpers were left out.Looking at the rest of the group leaving without inviting them, the Harpers didn’t dare to make asound because the whole situation was beyond embarrassing.Hence, Richard brought along a gift to meet Mr. Wesley in Audistin.Unlike the past where he would avoid meeting Richard, Mr. Wesley immediately agreed to meethim.In Audistin’s café, there were two cups of freshly ground Americano on the coffee table. The coffeewas steaming hot—the direction of its vapors was disturbed by the conversation between the twomen."50,000,000?!"Richard stared in disbelief at Mr. Wesley.I just want to get the Harper Family's membership back. Why is it so expensive now? 50,000,000 isan enormous amount of investment for us!He looked upset. “Wesley, isn't 50,000,000... too expensive?”Mr. Wesley shook his head. “No, it's not. It is not expensive at all. It's not costly, seeing that50,000,000 represents the dignity of both Audistin and the Harper Family.” It's true! It's notexpensive at all!Kayla Harper was the one who caused trouble at Audistin. She was the one who announced openlythat she was relinquishing the Harper Family's membership in Audistin.The last person who did this completely vanished from Bayside City together with their family.Requesting 50,000,000 from the Harper Family proves that Audistin truly never intended tohumiliate them in the first place.However, Richard just couldn't figure it out. What is happening here? It feels as if someone istargeting the Harper Family in the dark. First, Kayla received a lawsuit against her for some reasonand now, she has been kicked out of Audistin.We have investigated this for a very long time, but we are unable to replace out who did all this.Although Sophia was involved in both incidents, she obviously plays a minor role in the grandscheme of things.We just can't replace out who is supporting her. The information gathered after our investigation showsthat Sophia Edwards is a common student without any impressive background who enrolled inBayside University with her outstanding exam results.He took a sip of coffee and took half an hour to mull over the proposal, during which he madeseveral phone calls while Mr. Wesley waited for him to decide.In the end, Richard and the Harper Family agreed to re-purchase their Audistin memberships for50,000,000. Out of that amount, half of it was most probably considered as their membership feewhile the other half was a token donated to Audistin.He sipped his coffee nonstop. Wrinkles were deeply etched on his handsome face. I feel the pinchspending that 50,000,000.While placing the coffee cup down, he asked Mr. Wesley in a solemn tone. “Wesley, please behonest with me. Has the Harper Family offended someone in the high places? If we have donesomething wrong, we, the Harpers, are willing to personally apologize.”Mr. Wesley smiled soothingly. “Please don't think too much. It's best for you to head home andeducate your younger sister. The consequences this time are not that bad, so both parties are ableto resolve this peacefully. I'm afraid it won't be only 50,000,000 if this were to happen again in thefuture.”Richard forced a smile. “Thank you, Wesley.”Is that so? Why do I have the nagging feeling that someone is causing trouble for the HarperFamily? In fact, this person must be someone extremely powerful. I'm confident that he or she hasthe ability to destroy the entire Harper Family.However, they are not making any proper move against us. Each time something happens, it'salways something minor, but enough to leave a negative impact against us.Wesley stood up to leave while lamenting to himself, Well, this serves the Harper Family right! Of allthe people they chose to offend, they decided to offend the lady boss!The Harper Family swiftly transferred 50,000,000 to Audistin’s account and even sent an attendantto have the Harper Family's VIP member cards delivered to their home.The amount sat in Audistin’s bank account for a while, but 20,000,000 was soon transferred toSophia's account.Sophia was attending classes in university when she received the notification regarding the banktransfer. She wore a baseball cap that was paired with denim suspenders, which wasn't any differentfrom the rest of her peers who strolled on campus grounds.She was in the midst of packing her things after class while wearing her earphones to call Hale. “Ihave received the money and I have transferred 1,000,000 to you. Take it, but you don't have tothank me.Go ahead and enjoy yourself with a girl. Just stop switching my electricity off and disconnecting myInternet connection.” She barked into the phone before unceremoniously hanging up.On the other side, Hale pursed his lips together after she hung up on him."Go ahead and enjoy yourself with a girl...” he mumbled while mimicking Sophia's tone. “Do youthink that's up to me? It's all of your hubby's doing!” Id rather live a bloody and messy life than toprotect Sophia, the filthy and violent young girl.Nevertheless, with the 1,000,000 in his pocket, he was in a much better mood now and immediatelyphoned Michael to report the situation. “Boss, Madam blackmailed the Harper Family into paying50,000,000. Audistin received 30,000,000 and she took the other 200,000,000."Michael answered him from the other end of the line in an exhausted tone, “Okay, got it.”Hale choked on his words. He wanted to report on Sophia's motives in blackmailing the HarperFamily. However, Michael didn’t seem to care at all! Based on how much Sophia hates the HarperFamily, she wouldn't have let them off the hook so easily.She would have kept them out of Audistin forever. Nevertheless, she suddenly changed her mind.The only feasible explanation is that she spent 2,000,000 to purchase a game equipment. Then, shefelt that she might become broke, which is why she blackmailed the Harper Family for such a largesum of money!However, Michael didn't seem to be interested in Sophia’s motives because he hung up withoutfurther comments.Hale pursed his lips once again in disgust after the end of the phone call. Both husband and wife arethe same. Well, I have to say that my Boss is too laid back.He doesn't even care when his wife has recently and openly pocketed some money for her personalsavings. Isn't he afraid that Sophia might grow up one day and leave him? In any case, I amworrying over nothing.In all honesty, Michael was remotely monitoring Sophia's laptop and phone, so he could watcheverything that went on her laptop and phone. For instance, he was now looking through her searchhistory on her personal laptop's browser."What can I do when my hubby is a pervert?”After reading it aloud, he was rendered speechless.

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