Sophia refused the gift specially prepared for her by Zach and went to the supermarket to buy some gifts instead. When she was about to pick up Liam and go home, Emily called and asked her to come back to work.
"Didn't I already finish work?" Sophia was puzzled.
Emily said, "This is the company's arrangement. Where are you? I'll give you twenty minutes. Come back quickly."
"But..." Sophia thought to herself, 'Even if I have to work overtime, I still have to pick up Liam first.' However, Emily didn't give her a chance to speak at all. After hanging up the phone, she sent three more text messages urging Sophia to come back to the company quickly.
Sophia had no choice but to let Liam suffer for one more day and immediately took a taxi back to the company overnight.
The vast warehouse was empty. Sophia put the gift box on the table with confusion. "Strange, where did everyone go?"
She heard footsteps behind her and thought it was Emily. So, Sophia quickly turned around but became somewhat panicked when she saw the person clearly. She took a step back instinctively, as if she was frightened. "Mr. Hastings... Why are you here?"
Sophia anxiously looked behind Victor and noticed that the door was closed and the cameras were turned off. None of the machines were running, showing no sign of overtime at all, giving her a vague bad feeling.
"Where did this come from?" In the silence, Victor's deep voice came.
Sophia looked at the gift box he casually lifted with his finger and said, "This is mine."
"I'm asking where did it come from?" He clearly wasn't satisfied with Sophia's answer. There was a layer of frostiness in the depths of his eyes that could freeze a person. Victor held her chin, coolly saying, "Speak."
"Ouch!" Sophia winced in pain, feeling like her jaw was about to swell from being pinched. She thought, 'Is this man crazy? He comes over and bullies me right away. I'm here to work, not to be beaten up.' With red eyes, Sophia said, "I bought it myself, is there a problem?"
"Ha," Victor chuckled lightly, his charming voice very pleasant to the ear. "Sophia, what the hell do you want?"
"I don't understand what you mean," she felt he was being inexplicable, but her intuition told her that Victor was dangerous. So, Sophia tried to lower her voice to sound a bit calmer, but Victor suddenly got angry. It seemed like there was a raging fire burning in his eyes!
Suddenly, Sophia was pushed to a corner of the wall. She screamed in shock, and her slightly parted lips were quickly sealed by a large hand...
She couldn't believe her eyes and was completely stunned. Sophia wanted to struggle, but her delicate wrist was tightly held by Victor's hand.
"Mr. Hastings, what are you trying to do?" Sophia screamed in fear.
He looked at her coldly. "What do you think?"
This statement startled Sophia, leaving her at a loss. How could she know why Victor was getting angry out of nowhere? She was just a small employee, so why did Victor humiliate her like this?
"I don't know!" Sophia explained angrily.
Victor narrowed his eyes dangerously and asked, "I heard you have a boyfriend, is that right?"
Sophia answered defiantly, "Yes, I do have a boyfriend, so Mr. Hastings, please behave yourself and stop playing with someone else's girlfriend. It's really annoying!"
Sure enough...
A horrifying smile appeared on Victor's handsome face. He cupped Sophia's face and gazed down at her. "Break up with him."
"This is my personal matter, and Mr. Hastings doesn't need to worry," Sophia said loudly.
Victor narrowed his eyes dangerously. "I don't want to repeat it a second time."
She refused to back down. "Neither do I. If Mr. Hastings has nothing else, then I'll leave."
"Sophia, do you think you can leave?" Victor laughed, his seductive smile appearing confusing yet dangerous. "If you insist on being with your boyfriend, I don't mind destroying you in front of him. Then I'll see if you still have the face to be with him."
"Are you crazy?" She was scared by him and couldn't believe that Victor would say such things.
Sophia thought Victor was joking or trying to scare her, but his next actions left her horrified!
Victor actually lifted Sophia up and strode towards the nearby desk!
"Mr. Hastings, put me down," she struggled, but he stubbornly held Sophia down on the desk and picked up the phone on the desk, commanding, "Unlock it."
She bit her lip tightly. "What do you want to do?"
Victor's patience was almost exhausted by Sophia's non-compliance. "Don't force me to lay hands on you."
Sophia was furious when she said, "You jerk! This is my phone. Why should I unlock it just because you want me to?"
Victor squinted his eyes, indicating an imminent explosion. This made Sophia panic, and she quickly took the phone and unlocked it.
He said, "Open the phone's contacts and call your boyfriend."
Sophia thought Victor had gone mad. He not only bullied her but also wanted her to call her boyfriend. What was Victor trying to do?
Sophia didn't move, which made him angry. Suddenly, his demeanor changed, leaving her pale and frightened. In a hurry to explain herself, Sophia said, "I don't have a boyfriend. I lied to you earlier."
Victor looked at her without saying anything. Sophia reluctantly flipped through the contacts and her gaze landed on a contact labeled "Honey." She thought, 'Should I call Liam? It's about time he's still awake. What if Victor does something inappropriate and Liam hears about it...'
The thought of that scenario sent shivers down her spine!
However, besides Liam, she really didn't know who else to call.
Victor was terrifying. Sophia couldn't decipher his thoughts, so she was afraid that after making this call, he would do something to embarrass her... Regardless of who she called, it would only bring shame to Sophia!
She felt frustrated, but then she realized that the phone was already dialing, and it was calling Zach! Startled, she glanced at Victor, who had casually thrown the phone on the table. The call was on speaker and Zach's anxious voice came through. "Sophia, where are you? I'm at your doorstep. Come out quickly."
"I... uhh..." Sophia's lips were covered by a large hand. She met Victor's cunning gaze and felt angry.
However, he just smiled softly and brought his handsome face close to Sophia's ear, whispering, "Moan."
She was puzzled.
Victor's voice was low as he said, "You know what I'm saying."
Sophia's expression soured. After all, she had never encountered such an outrageous man before. She suspected that Victor was just a pervert! Even if he didn't like her, he wouldn't go to such extremes, right?
For some reason, she had a strong urge to hit Victor on the head, to wake him up and make him understand that she wasn't someone he could bully, but...
As she locked eyes with his cold gaze, Sophia gritted her teeth and said, "I won't!"