Chapter 176 Why Is This Woman Touching Him?
"What? How is that possible!" Sawyer jumped up from the ground, his eyes filled with disbelief and anger. "I'm warning you not to talk nonsense! Or don't blame me for what happens next!"
The subordinate didn't take Sawyer's warning seriously at all. Instead, he became even more self-righteous. "What? You dare to do it but won't admit it? The Brown family dared to treat Miss that way because you thought she was easy to bully, right? Mr. Moore will definitely not let the Brown family off the hook!"
Although these people worked for StarVibe Entertainment, they all took orders from Matthew.
They had heard about what happened to Sophia long ago and had been unhappy with the Brown family for a while.
But they had held back from directly confronting them out of respect for Sophia.
Now that they had run into Sawyer, they naturally wanted to release all the anger that had been building up inside them.
Sawyer suddenly turned to look at Sophia, wanting to hear her explanation.
However, Sophia remained silent.
The flashlight illuminated her delicate and beautiful features, making her appear even more cold and distant in the dark cave.
In her silence, Sawyer's last bit of remaining hope gradually shattered.
His dry throat moved as he asked with difficulty, "What exactly... happened? Sophia, is what he said true? What does he mean by being used as a business bargaining chip and given to the White family?"
Sawyer couldn't believe his ears, much less believe that his own family would do such a thing.
Although Sophia's personality was too cold and she wasn't as good at pleasing people as Isabella, she was still the Brown family's blood.
How could Olivia and Hayden do this?
His face turned pale as he shook his head forcefully. "No, it can't be! Sophia, you're lying to me, right?"
Sophia raised her eyes, her cool gaze falling on his face without a ripple of emotion. "Do you think I would joke about something like this? You don't need to put on this guilty act. Leaving the Brown family was my personal choice."
After a pause, she added, "Now you can rest assured that I will never pose any threat or harm to your beloved Isabella again."
Sawyer's mind felt like it had exploded. His body stiffened, his brain went blank, and he couldn't snap out of it for a long time.
Seeing Sawyer like this, the subordinate took out his phone from his bag, opened a recording saved on it, and played it for Sawyer to hear.
This recording was the one Sophia had released at Isabella's engagement party.
After playing the recording, he pretended not to notice how pale and weak Sawyer's face looked, and directly held the phone in front of him. "Take a good look. See what your so-called family has done to Miss."
Sophia was beautiful, had a gentle personality, and didn't have the spoiled temperament of those pampered rich girls.
On the contrary, she treated all of them subordinates equally and was willing to work hard.
Besides Matthew, the subordinates trusted Sophia the most.
When they learned that Sophia had been hurt by the Brown family, these subordinates were all especially angry and vowed to avenge Sophia.
If Matthew hadn't stopped them, the Brown family definitely wouldn't have lasted this long.
Sawyer lowered his eyes, staring at the screen without blinking.
His hand holding the phone trembled violently, while his other hand clenched into a tight fist.
On the phone screen was a contract signed by Hayden and the White Group.
The Brown family agreed to marry Sophia off, and the White Group would invest in the Brown Group.
Sophia's expression remained calm as always. "Sometimes feelings are worthless in the face of interests. Thank you to the Brown family for teaching me this lesson. I'm not telling you this to complain, but as a member of the Brown family, you have the right to know."
"Sophia, there must be some misunderstanding here. Wait for me to go back and ask..."
Sophia slowly shook her head. "Don't you understand yet? There's actually no emotional connection between me and the Brown family. Even without this incident, I would have found an opportunity to leave."
Although she had once longed for family and affection, those were all things from her childhood.
In this world, who can't live without whom?
Besides, without the Brown family all these years, she had actually lived better, hadn't she?
Cillian groggily opened his eyes. His head felt dizzy and throbbing with pain, and he couldn't muster any strength in his body.
In a daze, he heard a familiar voice by his ear—crisp and gentle, yet mixed with a coldness that made people tremble.
He struggled to lift his eyelids, and what met his eyes was the familiar cave.
The only difference was that there were a few more people in the cave, and a source of light.
He instinctively looked toward the light source and couldn't help but freeze. "Sophia? What are you doing here?"
Sophia turned her head, put away the coldness in her eyes, and smiled slightly. She reached out and pressed down Cillian's hair that had stuck up from sleeping.
Cillian's body instantly stiffened, and his brain froze for a moment.
What was she doing?
Why was this woman touching him?
Could she have a crush on him?
As soon as this thought emerged, Cillian immediately dismissed it.
Benjamin was so much better than him in both looks and everything else.
Unless Sophia was blind, even an idiot would know how to choose.
Cillian still had that much self-awareness.
He awkwardly touched his nose and asked in surprise, "Sophia, how did you get here? It's pouring rain out there. It's too dangerous for you. You should go back quickly."
"I came specifically to find you. If something happened to you, Benjamin would definitely be heartbroken." Sophia took out a bottle of ointment from her bag and handed it to Cillian. "This is for external injuries. Apply it quickly."
"My injuries aren't serious. Sawyer is hurt much worse. He injured his leg trying to save me."
Cillian and Sawyer had a decent relationship. Plus, Sawyer had saved him before and was his senior, so Cillian should care about him both emotionally and logically.
But he suddenly remembered that Sawyer seemed to be Sophia's biological brother.
Sophia's relationship with the Brown family didn't seem very good, so he immediately changed what he was going to say.
Sophia's gaze shifted to Sawyer's leg. She pressed her lips together, then pulled out another bottle of medicine from her backpack and tossed it to Sawyer. "Apply this first. This rain probably won't stop anytime soon."
After experiencing the effects of the fever medicine, Sawyer didn't hesitate to pick up the bottle and apply it to his wound.
Soon, a cooling sensation came from the wound where he had applied the medicine, relieving the pain.
He leaned against the cave wall, and his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.
Cillian had the same feeling.
Before, he only knew that Sophia had excellent medical skills, but he had never experienced it himself.
Now, watching his wounds gradually heal before his eyes, Cillian was like someone who had discovered a new world. His eyes widened, hardly able to believe what he was seeing.