Chapter 468 His Love Is Too Cheap
Benjamin chuckled softly: "Alaric, I'm afraid I'll have to leave the task of finding Magnus to you."
Alaric was silent for a long moment, then said helplessly: "You've been planning this all along, haven't you?"
"Sort of. Anyway, I refuse to acknowledge him as my father." Benjamin played with Sophia's hand, a careless smile tugging at his lips.
Alaric: "..."
Fine, who told him to be the older brother?
When his younger brother asked something of him, of course, he'd agree.
"Alright, leave it to me. I'll definitely find him."
Benjamin didn't know he had already found Magnus, so he didn't take his confidence seriously at all.
Just then, there was a commotion downstairs.
Benjamin frowned and looked down, seeing a servant hurrying up.
"Mr. White, Mrs. White, Hayden is here, saying he wants to see Mrs. White."
"Hayden?"
Sophia looked surprised. Since Isabella had been sent to prison, she hadn't heard that name in a long time.
Two years ago, before leaving Novaria, she had met with Hayden. She still had a vivid memory of that day.
Back then, Hayden had mocked her arrogantly, saying he had never considered her his real daughter.
Hayden had even said he should have strangled her when she was born.
Now she wondered what Hayden wanted from her.
"Throw him out. If he comes again, just call the police." Benjamin ordered with disgust.
Hearing this, Sophia immediately stopped him: "Wait, let's meet him first. I really want to know what he's here for."
Isabella was already in jail now, and he was all alone.
She heard his leg had been broken by someone, and he'd been staying in the hospital.
Now she wondered what kind of pathetic state he was in.
Downstairs, Hayden hobbled in on crutches, limping badly.
As he walked, he shouted: "Sophia, come out now! Where's Sophia? Your biological father is here, get out of here right now!"
He acted like he didn't take Sophia seriously at all.
Benjamin sneered coldly, a bloodthirsty killing intent flashing in his eyes.
It seemed one broken leg wasn't enough for him.
Some people just shouldn't be alive in this world. Living was just a waste of air.
As Hayden strutted inside arrogantly, he suddenly sensed a cold and dangerous gaze.
He instinctively looked up toward the stairs and met Benjamin's sharp eyes.
He couldn't help but shudder violently, his broken leg throbbing with pain.
He gasped inwardly, suddenly feeling scared, even wanting to turn around and leave.
But he held himself back in the end.
Now that Isabella had been sent to jail, Bodhi no longer needed him.
He was penniless and had even been kicked out of the hospital for not paying his bills.
He'd had a terrible time recently, sleeping rough every day. At night, with nowhere to go, he could only hide under the overpass.
But people had already claimed spots under the overpass, and he couldn't fit in.
Those people, seeing that he was easy to bully, beat him up badly.
He really couldn't take it anymore!
"What are you doing here?" Sophia glanced at him coldly.
Hayden immediately said, "I need money, a lot of money! Sophia, I'm your father after all. You can't bear to see me sleeping on the streets, can you?"
"Sorry, I can." Sophia sneered, her eyes completely cold.
She and Hayden had cut ties long ago. Why should she give him money?
Hayden immediately got angry: "Sophia, don't be so ungrateful! If I hadn't given birth to you, how could you have everything you have today?"
"Given birth? You just provided a sperm. The one who carried you for ten months was Olivia, not you."
"I don't care. Without me, you couldn't exist in this world."
Sophia laughed sarcastically: "The moment you decided to sell me to the GeneCipher Society, I stopped being your daughter. That I survived is because I was lucky enough and fortunate enough to meet Benjamin and Robert. Don't try to take credit for yourself."
If her life force hadn't been strong enough, if she hadn't been lucky enough to meet Benjamin and Robert, she'd probably be a cold corpse by now.
She might not even know how she died.
Hayden was the last person in the world who had the right to say that!
Even Olivia had more right to say it than he!
At least Olivia carried her for ten months, gave birth to her, and truly loved her before she was taken away by the GeneCipher Society.
Hayden gritted his teeth in anger: "Sophia, cut the crap. No matter what, I'm your biological father!"
"So what?" Sophia scoffed, a mocking curve at her lips.
Hayden was startled by her cold gaze and threatened again: "I suggest you be smart. If you don't give me money, I'll go around telling everyone you have a murderer for a mother."
He grew more confident as he spoke: "With your current status, you must care about your reputation, right?"
"If you don't want to lose face and be rejected by the White family, hand over the money now!"
Sophia was amused by his audacity. "Who gave you the courage to say this to me? Hayden, do you even have a heart?"
"What do you mean?"
"No matter how bad Olivia was, she never did anything to wrong you. The worst thing she ever did was believe your words and be devoted to you!"
Olivia was just a woman who only wanted love.
But not everyone can meet someone who's truly devoted to them.
You can't judge a book by its cover. Sweet words on the surface don't represent all of someone's love—you have to look at their actual actions.
But Hayden didn't care. When Olivia was mentioned, his eyes filled with disgust.
"She only has herself to blame for being so clueless and not facing reality. If she hadn't cut ties with the Smith family, how could I have ended up like this?"
If he'd had the Smith family's help, he would definitely have gotten support in his career.
His company would definitely have grown bigger and stronger, and he could have joined high society!
Too bad... Olivia was too stupid and didn't know how to fight for opportunities for him at all.
Sophia shook her head, feeling it was pointless to talk to him.
A person without a conscience wasn't worth her time.
Benjamin saw Sophia's impatience and ordered in a deep voice, "Throw him out. Don't let him in again."
The servants immediately stepped forward, ready to drag Hayden out.
"Wait—" Sophia spoke up to stop them.
Hayden's eyes lit up, struggling desperately against the servants' grip. "You changed your mind? I don't want much; ten million dollars is enough."
Sophia shook her head slightly and asked him, "Have you visited Olivia?"
Hayden was confused: "That bitch killed the woman I loved most. Why would I visit her?"
Sophia mocked him: "Isn't the person you love most yourself?"
If he really loved Seraphine, how could he go looking for other women so soon after her death?
Hayden's love was too cheap.
She took out her phone and showed him the video from the airport two years ago: "Hayden, take a good look at what kind of person your beloved daughter really is."
Hayden was very confused, not understanding what she meant.
Until he saw clearly what was in the video, he froze.
In the video, when danger struck, Isabella pushed Seraphine in front of herself.
Then came the knife piercing Seraphine's flesh, blood gushing out.
Isabella, whom he had cherished for over ten years, for whom he hadn't hesitated to put his original wife's daughter in mortal danger.
And what was the result? Isabella was just a snake-hearted viper.
Hayden, this selfish fool who was stupid to the extreme!