Just as Sandra and Abbie were surrounded by the staff, Sophia took the opportunity to slip away to the washroom and made a call to Cooper.
Meanwhile, Cooper was giving the dogs a bath at home. Nowadays, he stayed home to work and exercise, rarely going out to socialize. His only entertainment was to take care of his granddaughter, take a stroll in the yard, and give a shower to the four huge dogs. When he saw Sophia’s incoming call, he was relatively surprised. “What’s up, darling?”
Lowering her voice, Sophia asked, “Dad, do you know someone called Abbie Michel? I heard she is Uncle Linus’ cousin.”
“I don’t think so,” Cooper replied. “What’s up? Did she mess with you? No worries; just deal with her as you see fit. I have your back if anything happens.”
“Abbie Michel? She claims that she’s a successor to the royal family? Ha! Her grandmother was indeed from the Michel Family but she got married and moved to Cethos several decades ago. She doesn’t even have the right to adopt the last name of the Michels—Zouch is her last name. As for her title of successor to the royal family…”
Linus couldn’t help but laugh.
“Currently, the Swedish royal family has more than a hundred successors. She’s probably ranked 99th.”
Somewhat having a rough idea of what was happening, he asked, “Did Abbie Zouch mess with you? Give me a moment; I’ll come over now.”
Sophia hurriedly replied, “Don’t worry about it. It’s just a small matter and I can settle it.”
Upon hanging up, Sophia regained her confidence. Even though she had not regressed to the Michel Family, she was well aware of their rules—their bloodline was of utmost importance!
Normally, neither a woman nor a man from the Michels would marry someone outside of the family. Doing so would indicate that they had forfeited their identity as a Michel, along with the lineage and glory that came with the family name. As such, their offspring were not allowed to adopt the last name of Michel too.
Within the Michel Family, only those at the bottom would marry someone outside the family as they knew they were too far away from the ultimate power of the family and would rather give up the title.
A real young lady of the family would rarely marry an outsider. Even if it was someone of the same league, the man would marry into the family as a live-in son-in-law.
However, there was an exception.
Back then, Cooper’s mother—Beyoncé Michel—fell in love with Woody, who came from the East. He was in his fifties at that time and was the leader of a family, so it was impossible for him to marry into the Michel family. Hence, Beyoncé forfeited her last name and bowed out of the family to marry Woody. Unfortunately, she passed away not long after giving birth to Cooper. It was only when Beyoncé’s father was on his deathbed and missed his daughter that they discovered the existence of Beyoncé’s son upon investigation. It was made known to him that his grandson had inherited his talents and capabilities, and ran the Mitchell Family impressively. Hence, Beyoncé’s father ignored the objection of the family and recalled Cooper, making him an heir of the Michel Family despite the disapproval of the others.
Those who married outsiders and had offsprings were not allowed to adopt the last name of the Michels. Nevertheless, Cooper became the first, breaking the rules with his strong capabilities. Could it be that Abbie was even more capable than Cooper?
As such, Sophia decided to go meet her!
Abbie Michel?
It should be Abbie Zouch!
Abbie is not a nice name; I think I shall call her Abby!
Secretly giving her a name, Sophia then kept her phone, put on bold lipstick and left for the hall.
However, she could hear an uproar coming from the hall even before stepping in. Just as expected, they were stirring trouble in the few minutes she was away.
Sandra’s furious scream could be heard from a distance before Sophia entered the hall. “Whose alpaca is this? How dare it spit on us! Beat it to death! Sophia, where are you?”
It was then Sophia walked into the hall and saw the scene, which was in total chaos. The two graceful alpacas were being held back by Ivan. Initially, he wanted to seek an opportunity to take them away but Sandra dashed up all of a sudden and seized the alpacas’ collars, preventing them from leaving.
Screaming hysterically, Abby’s nicely curled, crimson-colored hair was covered with splatters of alpaca saliva and it was giving off a pungent odor.
This pair of alpacas had been tamed as pets by their forefathers decades ago. They rarely spat, but the odor was indescribable once they did.
Shrieking, tears welled up in Abby’s eyes as the stink overwhelmed her. She let out an ear-piercing screech, not daring to move though she knew her hair was stained with saliva.
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