Now, Sophia was looking at him with teary eyes exactly like that time from before. She used to live a miserable life, but now, she was a dominating lady boss. However, she was still the same person.
She was heartless and cruel, and she had blood on her hands, but Michael knew that she would often wake up in the middle of the night in shock. He didn’t know what she saw in her dreams, but she always looked fearful.
She used to fear her future—of getting married to a stranger who she would call her husband.
Now, she was afraid of herself. She was afraid that she would become a cold-blooded monster and that one day, even her family wouldn’t recognize who she was.
She found that ruthlessly retaliating against those who had once hurt her couldn’t satisfy her anymore!
She was afraid that one day, she would lose herself to the point that she didn’t even care about Michael and Nate anymore.
Michael tried to calm her down. “It’s alright. We’ll visit the temple this weekend to burn some incense sticks. It’s all over now. Even if we really will be going to hell in the future, I’ll be with you.”
Sophia wiped her tears away and continued eating her shrimps.
Michael suddenly spoke up. “I know of a very spiritual temple not far away from here. Why don’t we go take a look tomorrow? The scenery on the mountain is great.” Sophia nodded and finished the shrimp she was having, then fed the leftovers to the dogs and cat. After all, she couldn’t be the only one getting fat!
After washing her hands, she went upstairs to get ready for bed.
Michael put the sleeping Chrysanthemum into its bed and said to Nicholas,“Nicholas, come and clean up the cat fur.”
The house was quickly turning into a shelter for dogs and cats. There was fur everywhere.
Nicholas came over with a vacuum nozzle sticking out of him to suck away the cat fur on Michael’s thigh.
The cat fur was indeed gone, but there was still plenty of dog fur left, so Michael clicked his tongue. “What about the dog fur?”
Michael had only asked Nicholas to clean up the cat fur so he vacuumed the cat fur only and ignored the dog fur.
Only when Michael mentioned the dog fur did Nicholas start to clean them up.
Michael shook his head. As expected of a robot, it sure is dumb.
After Nicholas finished cleaning the fur on Michael, it took the initiative to clean the fur on the sofa. It asked Michael a question as it cleaned. “Dad?”
“Yes?” Michael replied.
“Mom behaved like that just now because she feels guilty deep inside,” Nicholas said. “Recently, she’s been suffering from insomnia, anxiety and overeating, and she has a strong sense of guilt. These are all symptoms of depression. I suggest you bring her to a psychiatrist tomorrow.”
“Alright,” Michael agreed.
He answered Nicholas while drinking the last bit of Cola, and he stared into the night sky while frowning.
It was already late, and Michael held Sophia in his arms while he slept.
Sophia’s back was pressed against Michael’s chest. Feeling his heartbeat, hers was in sync with him after a while, signifying the closeness of their hearts.
Her eyes were wide open in the darkness.
It had felt great when she was killing her enemies, but now that her enemies were all dead, she suddenly felt upset, hollow inside and scared.
She didn’t dare to close her eyes. Sometimes when she closed her eyes, she could see the ghosts of her enemies coming after her for revenge.
They were covered in blood, waving their sharp claws and gnashing their teeth, and their visages were terrifying. They wanted to eat her flesh and drink her blood…
The sky seemed forever dark to her, even though it was actually bright and clear. Sometimes when she was eating tasty food, she wouldn’t have the appetite, unless the food was really stimulating.
He was curious. Who fixed and upgraded Nicholas?
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