Sophia was determined not to succumb to Victor. She didn't know his intentions, but she could clearly feel his dissatisfaction and disdain towards her.
He had the intention of getting closer to her, but his gaze was cold. Sophia could see it clearly, but she couldn't guess Victor's true intentions. Sophia didn't believe that if she didn't call out, Victor would do even more outrageous things, so she stubbornly kept her mouth shut.
He saw her like this, and the light in his eyes grew colder.
"This is what you asked for," Victor laughed dangerously. He didn't like disobedient women. As his palm tightened, Sophia felt like her jaw was about to be dislocated!
It hurt so much...
"Sophia, why aren't you speaking?" Zach's anxious voice came from the phone.
Sophia wanted to call for help, but Victor suddenly increased the pressure, so she couldn't help but cry out, her eyes turning red from the pain. He was going too far, how could he be so ruthless?
Victor seemed to intentionally pinch her whenever Sophia was about to speak, causing her voice to sound strange, strange enough for Zach on the other end of the phone to become suspicious.
At this moment, Zach, who was currently standing outside her house, frantically knocked on the door. "Sophia, are you sick? Say something! Why does your voice sound so strange? Sophia, speak up!"
Victor chuckled lightly, his voice sounding clear and pleasant.
"Sophia, why is there a man's laughter on your side? Where are you? Tell me where you are!" The frantic knocking on the door suddenly stopped. Realizing that something was wrong, Zach listened to the sound coming from the phone without moving.
Victor knew all this.
Sophia, who was extremely humiliated, held back the tears that were about to burst forth, choked and said, "You bastard."
"Hmm?" He clearly didn't like her answer because it was the first time someone dared to resist him so boldly. Victor said, "I'll give you one more chance."
"You bastard... ah... don't...," Sophia felt like he was about to twist her jaw off! This bastard!
Her screams were sharp and loud, so Zach on the other end of the phone finally realized that something had happened to Sophia. He suddenly panicked, shouting her name loudly into the phone, "Sophia, where are you? Tell me quickly, are you home? If you are, just give me one word, Sophia!"
The call was disconnected, but when Zach tried calling again, it was already turned off. He banged on the door frantically, and finally got the staff to open Sophia's door, but there was no one inside, not even a ghostly silhouette. Zach was completely bewildered.
She was not here!
Then where could she be?
Could Sophia be with that bastard Paul?
That damn old man! Zach wanted to fight him desperately!
Zach was so anxious that he ran downstairs while calling Victor for help. Saving someone required finding assistance!
And Victor, who was in the Aadelha Group warehouse, glanced silently at his phone but had no intention of answering, letting the phone ring incessantly.
When Sophia heard the ringtone, she saw it as her last glimmer of hope. "Aren't you going to answer the phone?"
"Do you want to know who's calling?" Victor asked her.
Sophia didn't want to know at all because all she wanted now was to escape in the chaos.
Victor caught onto her intentions and warned her in a low voice, "You better not act out before I agree to let you go, otherwise, you'll be the one who loses."
"I didn't," Sophia explained nervously.
He tapped her forehead. "You better not think like that."
Sophia's face turned red with anger. "Mr. Hastings, aren't you afraid your fiancée will be unhappy with what you're doing?" If she remembered correctly, Victor had already made up with Jessica. They had been together for six years, so their feelings should be deep. Victor shouldn't be doing such things to his new employee!
At least in Sophia's impression, someone like Victor, with his background, should pay great attention to his image because his every word and action would affect the company. If he were the type of person with a chaotic personal life, scandals should have been reported a long time ago rather than having nothing like now. Therefore, Sophia believed that Victor must be just playing with her.
Since it's just a game, he naturally should consider his fiancée's feelings.
Sophia hoped that Victor would be more rational because she definitely did not want to have any involvement with Jessica's fiancé. She found it disgusting!
Victor might have been angered by her words and suddenly let go. As a result, Sophia almost fell to the ground. She hurriedly leaned against the corner of the table to stabilize herself.
Sensing Victor's gaze on her, a bewildered Sophia lowered her head and discovered that her clothes had been lifted up slightly at some point. Her face flushed with embarrassment, and she hurriedly covered her stomach, saying, "Don't look!"
"Report to my office tomorrow," Victor said, averting his eyes.
Sophia was stunned. "Report? Report what?"
"Starting tomorrow, you'll be my assistant," he said casually, patting his slightly disheveled sleeves and standing up.
She was dumbfounded and couldn't help but remind Victor, "Mr. Hastings, I'm just an employee in the company's factory, specializing in planning. It's not suitable for me to be an assistant. You should find someone else."
"In my company, you do what I tell you to do, understand?" he said with a low grunt.
Sophia didn't back down. "I won't be your assistant. It's better for me to stay here as a grassroots employee. Mr. Hastings, goodbye, I won't see you off!"
"Sophia, don't test my patience," Victor squeezed her defiant face. "Or maybe you can come directly to be my personal assistant, and I can consider doubling your salary."
"You're dreaming!" Sophia quickly refused.
He chuckled lightly, "You can also get promoted directly now."
An inexplicable chill spread from her feet and Sophia was frightened by Victor.
She felt he was just a lunatic.
They clearly didn't know each other at all! As the billionaire CEO of Aadelha Group, Victor could have any kind of woman he wanted. Why did he have to give her, an employee, a hard time?
Sophia had a bad feeling. Her intuition told her that if she agreed to Victor at this moment, she would definitely be bullied by him every day in the future!
So, she absolutely couldn't agree!
Sophia made up her mind. "I don't agree."
"Say it again." Victor exuded a powerful danger.
Under the pressure, Sophia could hardly breathe, afraid that Victor would do something excessive to her again. She nodded repeatedly, scared. "I was wrong, I agree. I will report tomorrow..."
"That's good." Victor was satisfied, tapped her face, and warned her as he let go, "When you come to work in the future, dress less."
Sophia's cheeks immediately turned red and she shyly retorted, "You don't have the right to tell me what to do!"
"Talking back?" Victor coldly looked at her.
Afraid of making him furious, Sophia quickly shut her mouth. If Victor flew into a rage and tore her apart, there would be no one around to witness it, not even someone to hear her crying!