Chapter 243

Chapter 243

Their eyes locked.

Neither is willing to back down.

Clearly, Michael had made up his mind - no matter what, he was going to protect Sophia.

And Evelyn, across from him, felt the same way.

In her eyes, Sophia was nothing but trouble. Being a mistress or a kept woman was fine, but becoming her daughter-in-law? Absolutely not.

Michael sighed. "Since we can't talk this through, let's see what you've got. You want to stop me? Let's see if you can."

For his own safety, Michael had learned all kinds of fighting techniques since childhood. So he didn't hesitate - he charged straight at them, throwing punches and kicks at the bodyguards.

These bodyguards had been tasked with capturing Sophia and taking her to have her uterus removed, but they were hesitant about Michael.

After all, this was their future boss. If they accidentally hurt Michael, they'd lose their jobs - maybe never work again for the rest of their lives.

So when they fought, they held back.

Michael took advantage of this, kicking them to the ground. He even pulled off their ties and used special binding techniques to tie them all together.

Everything happened so fast.

By the time Evelyn realized what was happening, all her people were already tied up.

"Do you know what you're doing? Let them go right now and leave her here. Nobody's leaving until that uterus is removed."

But Michael ignored her, simply picking up Sophia and walking away. Evelyn tried to follow, but the bodyguards blocked her path.

She could only watch helplessly as Michael carried Sophia away. Evelyn was so angry she nearly fainted.

Just as she thought - a troublemaker. Just some slut who had Michael so bewitched he'd even turn against his own mother.

Evelyn stood there alone, looking at the tied-up bodyguards, getting even angrier.

"Useless. All of you are useless."

News of this quickly reached Mia's ears.

Mia never expected things to turn out this way. She thought it was a done deal, but somehow Sophia got away.

"What happened? Wasn't the plan to trick Michael onto the plane and then make our move? How could there be such a huge mistake? Now we've lost our chance. After failing this time, when will we get another opportunity?"

Michael was extremely careful in everything he did. After this failure, there probably wouldn't be another chance. Plus, knowing Michael, he'd definitely assign many bodyguards to protect Sophia.

So there really was no more chance.

Her assistant spoke up carefully.

"Our plan was thorough. We even had someone personally watch Michael board the plane before coming back. Who could have known he'd turn around and come back?"

Their plan had been very detailed. Knowing Evelyn wanted to remove Sophia's uterus, they secretly helped.

They'd been working behind the scenes, creating some issues with the overseas company to make Michael rush over there. They even watched Michael board the plane.

But plans can't keep up with changes.

Who could have guessed that Michael would get off the plane and catch them completely off guard?

They had no idea what went wrong.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Michael stared at his computer screen, his eyes cold.

No wonder.

The overseas company had minor issues over the years, but never any direct conflicts. Now, suddenly, they were in a huge fight with a rival company over a patent.

When Michael got this news, he immediately wanted to fly overseas. But on the way to the airport, he noticed someone following him.

Something unusual must be up.

Noticing the tail and thinking about the overseas situation, Michael quickly sensed something was wrong. So he played along, not doing anything immediately, and boarded the plane.

Two minutes before takeoff, Michael secretly got off the plane.

He originally thought it was about company business. When he got back to the office and found everything normal, he realized someone was going after Sophia.

Fortunately, Michael knew this world well and knew what those people would do to a woman they captured, so he rushed over just in time.

He looked at the unconscious Sophia, his eyes narrowed and filled with red.

"Fine, fine. Since they love removing people's uteruses so much, let's send them all to prison."

He'd already investigated the people at the hospital. They were victims once, but slowly became perpetrators themselves.

No matter what, even if you've been hurt, that's no reason to hurt others.

Sophia was too innocent.

Thank goodness he arrived in time, or the consequences would have been unthinkable.

A uterus is so important to a woman. Losing the ability to be a mother would be extremely cruel to anyone.

Michael couldn't imagine - if he'd really gotten on that plane and gone overseas, and Sophia had been on the operating table having her uterus removed, how devastated she would be when she woke up.

Thank goodness.

None of it happened.

When Sophia woke up again, it was noon the next day.

She slowly opened her eyes to bright sunlight streaming in. In the sunlight, Michael was working on his laptop, his brow furrowed, looking focused - like he'd run into a problem.

Even so, the moment he noticed Sophia was awake, he immediately came over.

"How are you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? Should we do another checkup? I already had the doctor do a full examination. Apart from a wound on your stomach, there are no other injuries."

Michael kept talking, saying more than he ever had before.

Sophia forced a weak smile. She tried to speak and move, but it pulled at her wound, making her gasp in pain.

Michael looked worried. "Okay, okay, don't move. But your wound is small. The doctor said after observing you today, you can be discharged."

Sophia was lucky, really. Michael had arrived just as they were starting the procedure.

There was just a wound on her stomach, but no damage to any vital areas.

A blessing in disguise.

But thinking about who started all this, Michael looked guilty.

"I'm sorry. I never thought this would happen. I promise you, no matter how you want to handle this, whoever you want to punish, I'll stand firmly by your side. And I've already taken control of the people at the hospital. Whoever you want to deal with, I'll listen to you."

Seeing Michael's guilty expression, Sophia smiled dismissively. "It's okay. You saved me anyway. I know that no matter what happens, you'll always stand firmly by my side. Thank you for showing up on time."