Chapter 118: Sophia, He Is Your Uncle
After all, Hannah had stormed out of her house cursing just a few days ago, and now she was here with soup and a smile on her face?
Sophia even suspected the soup was drugged.
"What do you want?" Sophia didn't take the soup and wheeled herself over to the floor-to-ceiling window.
The greenery outside was like a resort - all that green was easy on the eyes.
Hannah cursed "ungrateful bitch" in her head, but kept a pleasant expression on her face. She put the thermos on the table by the sofa and looked at her with a smile.
"Sophia, I got too worked up before and said some nasty things. Don't hold it against me."
Sophia raised an eyebrow, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Hannah moved closer with a smile. "No matter what, we used to be family."
"If you ask me, you shouldn't have divorced William in the first place. It's totally normal for men to have a confidante on the side, especially someone with William's background and looks."
"As long as you're William's wife, those other women can't really affect you. You were just too hasty - after the divorce, you got nothing. What a loss."
Seeing that she didn't argue back and seemed to be listening seriously, Hannah felt more confident.
"From now on, if you want, I'll be your mother. You can come to me with anything, and if I can help, I definitely will."
A cold smile flashed in Sophia's eyes as she stared at her leisurely, wanting to see what else she would say.
Sure enough, after just a few sentences, Hannah steered the conversation back to her family.
"My family will be your family from now on."
At this point, she carefully watched Sophia's expression, and only continued when she saw no anger. "Right now, my brother - your uncle - has run into a little problem and needs your help."
"Don't worry, I won't ask you to help for nothing."
Hannah figured the reason she refused before was because she didn't get paid.
This time, she was offering a million dollars! She'd definitely agree!
After all, a million dollars was more than ordinary people could earn in half a lifetime.
Sophia watched Hannah's one-woman show with a half-smile.
No wonder people said she was short-sighted.
She didn't even check the market rate before making an offer - how much did ZN Lab charge per job?
"Hannah, you've been married into the Smith family for over ten years now. How come you're still talking about just a million dollars? Peace Group pays shareholders dividends of billions every year - don't you get any?"
Hannah's smile froze. This topic made her angry.
One of Holden's conditions for letting her in the door was that she would receive no Peace Group shares, and Henry had to sign a contract agreeing to only a fixed salary of five million dollars a year until William came of age.
Also, all the shares under Henry's name would be transferred to William as soon as he turned eighteen.
Hannah had planned to get in the door first, then gain more benefits after having children, but Holden had thought of even that.
The contract clearly stated that any children she had, boys or girls, wouldn't get a penny from Peace Group when they grew up, either!
All of Peace Group's shares and wealth belonged only to William!
She thought she was the only one treated this way.
But! When Sophia married into the Smith family, Holden casually gave her 8% of the shares!
This difference made Hannah resent her for seven years.
"Sophia, you know Henry and I truly love each other - it's not about his money. I've rarely spent the Smith family's money over the years. This million dollars is already most of my savings."
"If you still think it's too little..." She pretended to grit her teeth and said with determination, "I'll give you all my savings - a total of one and a half million dollars!"
Sophia knew about Hannah's family situation.
What she said wasn't wrong.
In Empire City, Hannah's family could only be considered middle-class. It was only after getting with Henry and receiving his help that their family company improved and slowly began to touch the edges of Empire City's elite circles.
If things had continued, they might have secured a place among Empire City's elite.
But after William took over Peace Group, he immediately cut off all business between Peace Group and Hannah's family.
Most people in their circle were smart.
Knowing he didn't care for his stepmother, Hannah, they all stopped cooperating with the Nguyen family.
These past few years, Hannah looked glamorous on the surface, showing off Henry's affection for her in their circle, but privately, she had to use her own money to support her family.
Sophia really admired Holden.
With these moves, he had protected William's inheritance rights at the source.
Now, seeing Hannah act like she was doing her a favor, Sophia couldn't help but reflect.
Was she not standing high enough?
How did she give Hannah the illusion that she could be bought with one and a half million dollars?
As her thoughts wandered, her gaze casually fell on the sofa, which Hannah mistook as looking at her rare designer bag, making her heart tighten.
Today, she was carrying her favorite limited-edition designer bag - she'd spent a fortune just to qualify for the purchase.
Thinking of the hundreds of millions in profit, Hannah gritted her teeth again and said, "As long as you agree to get my brother's client into the lab, I'll give you this rare designer bag!"
From ten feet away, Sophia glanced at her coolly.
Perhaps feeling the offer wasn't enough, Hannah added, "Sophia, I know you really loved William before. I can help you."
"Men - no matter how many women come and go, they always remember the first woman who bore them children. As long as you're willing to apologize, he'll definitely come back to you."
"Plus, just look at how much William cares about James and Michael - you have a better chance than any other woman."
Sophia's eyes, which had held some warmth, turned cold when she heard these words.
She looked down and said coolly, "Enough."
Her voice was soft, but it made Hannah's heart tighten inexplicably, giving her the feeling of facing Holden or William.
Sophia said flatly, "Keep your money and your bag. I don't need them."
She shouldn't have given Hannah time to waste her breath.
Just as Sophia was about to kick her out, there was a commotion at the hospital room door.
A greasy voice was saying arrogantly to the bodyguard, "You dare stop me? Do you know who I am!"
"Hannah, get over here! This bodyguard dares to stop me - have Henry fire him!"
Hannah had called her brother before entering the room, telling him to come over right away.
The pot-bellied middle-aged man making a scene at the door was her brother, Tanner Nguyen.
She rushed to the door and ordered the bodyguard, "Let go! He's my brother, let him in."
After speaking, Hannah walked back into the room, certain the bodyguard would let him through.
But after she sat down on the sofa, the bodyguard still hadn't let him in.
She had to get up again and angrily scolded, "Are you all deaf! I told you to let him in, do you hear me!"
The bodyguard said nothing, just looked back at Sophia in the room.
Silently expressing that they only took orders from Sophia.
Hannah's face showed anger at being ignored. She turned to Sophia with a frown. "Sophia, tell the bodyguard to let him in - he's your uncle!"