My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 1035

In exchange for those children? Sophia started to frown. Isn’t that rather unreasonable?

The Yard Family bought that child because of her good genes, but it was clear that Sophia did not buy those eight children for the same reason.

The price of the eight of them did not amount to that one child; the Yard Family was suffering a loss.

Sophia’s eyes shifted, then she let out a smile. “Mrs. Yard, you should know how much that child is worth. She will prove to be very useful in the future if you keep her. However, even if you doubled the total worth of the eight children that I bought, it is still lower than hers. Why don’t we settle this in a more direct manner? I’ll give any amount you want for the child.”

Money was no more than a number to them.

They had long passed the stage of looking at price tags.

Anna pinched the teacup in her hand and admired its exquisite jade pattern. Her long eyelashes were elegant beyond comparison. Callum and Cade looked around the same age as Sophia, but Anna still looked very young. She should be the same age as Cooper!

“Miss Edwards, I think you’ve misunderstood. I don’t want money. I just need you to make a choice. What if I insist that you give me those eight children in return for the one?”

Her gaze fell on Sophia’s face. Those bright eyes looked like they were piercing through Sophia’s body and looking into her soul, making her feel tormented.

Sophia lowered her head and did not make a choice right away.

She bought those eight children and promised to find them a home. The Yard Family might look lavish and magnificent, but they were the biggest financial backer of the human trafficking ring in Ronney! If I put those eight children in their hands, who knows what will happen to them?

But, I must get Katrina and Blade’s child back!

Sophia was stuck between those two options. Seeing her hesitation seemed to please Anna. With a smile, she mocked, “Isn’t it hard to choose? One is your guilty conscience and the other is the Fletchers’ child. Do you want to stand for your conscience and justice or do you want the child of the Fletchers? I think you already know the answer.”

“In your heart, the Fletchers’ child is more important, isn’t that right? If you leave those eight children behind, I will put them back in the human trafficking market immediately where they can find new buyers. Meanwhile, the Fletchers’ child will be able to go back to the Fletcher Family with you. Those eight children have nothing to do with you. Naturally, blood is thicker than water. As for your supposed conscience, how much is it really worth?”

Anna seemed very proud of herself as though she had managed to destroy Sophia’s hypocritical altruism with just a flick of her finger. It proved that she was no different from those people who trafficked children.

Was there anyone out there who wasn’t selfish? Those who fought for justice were hypocritical for the most part. They were born as predators, yet they insisted on wearing a mask of good-naturedness. If they were to encounter a favorable situation for themselves, they could just as easily suppress any kindness and conscience they had in the back of their minds.

Anna had personally come across many ‘kind’ people like Sophia.

Suddenly, Sophia looked up and stared back at Anna with a sharp and unwavering gaze.

Neither one wanted to give way.

A smirk appeared on Sophia’s face and a ferocity grew in her amicable eyes.