Chapter 235

Before this, Sophia had been incredibly brave in Evelyn's eyes. When they first met, Evelyn thought Sophia was the kind of person who was tough and resilient, someone no one could ever break down.

But now, even though she had married James and become a well-known figure in Emerald City, she had lost the most important person in her life.

And she had already received her birth mother's inheritance. Everything in her life should be getting better and better, but Sophia had become unhappy instead.

James, who was working at the time, saw Evelyn's message and immediately felt particularly down.

Too many things had happened to Sophia recently, leaving James with no mind for work at all. Even though he was physically at the company, his thoughts were completely occupied with Sophia.

Especially now, seeing Evelyn's message, James felt even more restless.

He thought to himself that even if he stayed at the company to work, his heart had already flown off somewhere with Sophia. He might as well put down his work and take Sophia out to clear her mind.

James: [Wait for me at the cemetery, you two. I'll be right there.]

After sending the message, James closed all the documents in front of him, then walked out of his office and called David over.

"David, you're in charge of all company matters today. If anything major comes up, call me. For everything else, no need to ask."

David looked at James's hurried appearance and nodded calmly.

"Okay, Mr. Smith, I understand."

Actually, these past few days with everything happening on Sophia's side, David had been thinking that James would definitely need to take some time to be with Sophia.

James hurriedly left the company and went straight to Mia's cemetery.

When he arrived, Sophia was still crying softly in Evelyn's arms.

Evelyn heard footsteps and looked up. Seeing James arrive, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Smith, you're finally here. Please comfort Sophia properly. She's been crying here for so long."

James frowned slightly.

"I know. If you have things to do, you can go ahead."

Evelyn nodded. She was a very tactful person. Now that James was here to keep Sophia company, she didn't want to be in the way and definitely needed to leave.

"Alright, I'll leave Sophia to you then. I'll head out."

After Evelyn left, James pulled Sophia into his arms. Seeing her so heartbroken, James felt truly distressed.

"Don't come to the cemetery so often anymore. I know you miss your mother very much, but the more you come here, the harder it is to move past the sadness in your heart. How about I take you abroad for a trip?"

Sophia shook her head.

"I don't want to go anywhere right now."

Seeing her like this made James even more worried. If this continued, Sophia would definitely become depressed.

What happened to Mia had already happened. Sophia couldn't stay this sad and gloomy forever. People have to move forward. They have to get past the difficult times of grief.

"If your mother were still alive, she definitely wouldn't want to see you like this. What's happened has happened, and Hazel has gotten the punishment she deserved. We should be moving forward now, not staying stuck in place."

"When your birth mother left you all that inheritance back then, she must have known that after her death, Hayden would definitely end up with Hazel."

"She was probably very worried that the Brown Group would fall into Hazel's hands. She left all her assets to you because she definitely hoped you could revive the Brown Group, hoping you would have the same presence she once had."

Hearing this, Sophia was slightly stunned.

She suddenly felt that what James said made sense.

During this time, after she had taken back all the inheritance, there must have been quite a few problems at the Brown Group.

After all, once she got her inheritance back, Hayden's shares were basically equal to the other shareholders. Hayden was no longer the president in their eyes, so those people would definitely be settling old scores.

"So, James, what do you think I should do now?"

Right now, because of her excessive grief, Sophia had lost direction. Before, she had been very organized about her life, knowing clearly what she should and shouldn't do, everything in order.

But now she was completely lost, not even knowing what her next step should be.

"The most important thing for you right now is to take a good break and adjust your mood. When you come back, use the company management experience I've taught you to properly take over the Brown Group."

"You've never run a company, so you don't know how big an impact this has on the Brown Group. So you don't have much time to adjust your mood."

"If you keep dwelling in sadness, before long the Brown Group might face bankruptcy. You wouldn't want your mother's life's work to be destroyed like that, would you?"

Hearing this, Sophia's heart jumped. She stood up directly from in front of the tombstone, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"James, is it really that serious? From when I got the inheritance back until now, it's only been a few days. Can the Brown Group really face such big changes?"

James nodded seriously.

"Of course. A company changing presidents is like a country changing emperors. What's more, this new emperor isn't taking things seriously, not going to the company every day or managing anything. Right now all the employees at the Brown Group must be anxious. They're all waiting eagerly for you to come back."

Sophia suddenly understood. During this time, she had indeed been completely immersed in the grief of Mia's death and hadn't paid any attention to the Brown Group at all.

But now, hearing James put it this way, she felt his words had really woken her up.

When Ava left her sixty percent of the Brown Group's shares, she hoped that when she grew up, she would manage the Brown Group well and make the company flourish.

So now, whether for Ava or for Mia's devoted care, she should pull herself together and manage the Brown Group properly.

"James, you're right. You just mentioned going abroad to relax. Where are you planning to take me?"

Hearing this, James couldn't help but smile. Sophia had finally come around.

"Wherever you want to go, I'll take you there."

Sophia smiled faintly. She had never been abroad in her whole life.

"Then let's go to Emberlyn. I've always been drawn to such a romantic country."

James nodded.

"Okay, then I'll take you to Emberlyn."

Recently, James's company did have a lot of things to handle, but no matter what, nothing was more important than Sophia.