The Man Who Destroyed Me Is Now Begging to Mend Me 79

The car rolled slowly into Cherry Grove. When the door opened, David got out. He saw Sophia still sitting there, doing nothing, so he reached in and roughly pulled her out by the arm.

Sophia stumbled, her back hitting the door, her face going pale from the pain. She shrugged off David’s hold and stared at him blankly.

David felt a shiver run down his spine under her gaze, irritation bubbling within him. “Keep looking at me like that, and I’ll tear your eyes apart.”

Sophia smirked a little, sarcastically. She thought, ‘Is this what family is supposed to be? Do they really want me back?‘

David seethed inside, yet remembering the reason they had come to the Westwood residence, he warned, “Sophia, keep a low profile when you meet the Westwood family. If they grow any grudge against the Evans family because of you, there’ll be consequences.”

He said no more and headed toward the house.

Sophia held back her feelings and followed him slowly, her gaze lingering on the thick hair at the back of David’s head. She squinted, seemingly pondering something.

All three members of the Westwood family were waiting for them in the living room.

Lucas, dressed in all–black clothes, sat beside Helen. His face was unscathed, showing no sign of the beating he’d received. Apparently, Richard’s men had avoided hitting him in the face.

When he saw her enter, Lucas snorted and turned his head aside. He expected her to scurry over like she had as a child, ready to apologize.

Billy and Helen both wore grim expressions, especially Helen, who snapped, “I thought you weren’t coming back.”

Though David had been arrogant in front of Sophia, he toned it down around the Westwood family, forcing a smile. “Mr. Westwood, Mrs. Westwood, I’ve brought Sophia back. You can ask her anything you want. Just don’t be mad at Emily.”

Sophia sneered and thought, ‘Well, thank you, David.

The Westwood family didn’t offer them seats, clearly still angry.

Sophia didn’t care. She picked a seat farthest from the three of them and started scrolling on her phone.

Billy frowned. “Sophia, is this how you say sorry?”

Sophia didn’t even lift her head, completely ignoring them.

Back then, to please Lucas, Sophia had humbled herself before the Westwood family, always doing what they wanted. Even though they had never truly accepted her, she bore no resentment.

Now, she would no longer sacrifice herself to please those who meant nothing to her.

From the moment Sophia entered, Lucas had expected her to burst into tears and beg for his forgiveness. Instead, he found her absorbed in her phone, paying him no mind at all.

Fury burned within him. He said, “Sophia, stop putting on that attitude. You’re the one who’s supposed to apologize to me.”

Annoyed by his shouting, Sophia scratched her car. “Really? Then can I leave now?”

Helen was furious. “A typical small–town girl. She knows no manners at all.”

These words were a deep humiliation for the Evans family.

David remained standing, since the Westwood family hadn’t offered him a seat. He didn’t dare sit as freely as Sophia.

He gritted his teeth in anger, thinking, ‘Does Sophia not care about the Evans family at all? The Westwood family is clearly humiliating us.”

He said with an apologetic smile, “Mrs. Westwood, this is all Sophia’s own doing. It has nothing to do with the Evans family. Unlike Emily, who is well–educated, Sophia grew up in a small town with hardly any manners.”

Hearing that, Sophia thought, ‘David, are you an idiot? I come from the Evans family, just like you. By belittling me, you belittle yourself.

If you don’t respect your own family, why should the Westwood family respect you? You clearly haven’t realized we’re on the same side!‘

Sure enough, Billy sneered with disdain. He grew increasingly convinced of David’s narrow–mindedness, believing that a man who degraded one sister to protect another was hardly a good person.

“Sophia, if you apologize to Lucas and tell us who attacked him that day, we can forgive you and continue to acknowledge you as Lucas’s wife,” Billy said.

Honestly, he was quite pleased with Sophia. Aside from her modest family background, she had almost everything going for her, and most importantly, she was smart.

Over the past three years, she had risen from assistant to department manager in the Marketing Department, a testament to her abilities. Under her leadership, sales skyrocketed year after year.

Yet only half a month after she left, the Marketing Department’s sales dropped ten percent compared to the same quarter last year. That really showed how much she contributed.

Sophia just pursed her lips and stayed silent.

Billy was the sharpest one in the Westwood family, so when Annabelle claimed Emily would bankrupt Yadel Group that day, Sophia didn’t fully believe it.

She knew that as long as Billy was running the company, Yadel Group would never collapse. He had too much experience to just stand by and let it fail.

Sophia set her phone down, her voice calm and firm. “Fine. As long as you agree with my divorce from Lucas, I’ll tell you who it was.”

“How can you divorce me?” Lucas stood up immediately, glaring at Sophia with fury.

Sophia had no intention of speaking to him. She stared straight at Billy, waiting for his response.

Billy held a high position within the Westwood family. As long as he approved the divorce, no one would dare oppose it.

Billy sat with a commanding presence, exuding the aura of a person in power. He fixed Sophia with a piercing gaze. “Are you sure you want a divorce?”

Lucas was frantic. “Dad. Don’t listen to her.”

“Shut up,” Billy said sharply. He turned to Sophia. “Sophia, do you know that no member of the Westwood family has ever

divorced?”

Sophia squinted, thinking. What does he mean? Is he hinting that he doesn’t agree?‘

She said, “Mr. Westwood, I believe you’ve noticed that Lucas and I do not love each other. If we continue living this hopeless life, we might start tormenting each other or even kill each other.”

Billy let out a low chuckle. “You young people often say that with enough effort, nothing is impossible. I believe that after this incident, Lucas will value you and your feelings even more.”

Billy didn’t even glance at anyone else. He fixed Lucas with a sharp gaze. “Lucas, apologize to your wife. From now on, you must respect each other, and this can’t happen again.”

Helen widened her eyes, staring at Billy in disbelief. “Is that all?”

“They’re married. This is just a minor quarrel between them. Do you have a problem with that?” Billy’s expression darkened.

“They have to get a divorce.” The thought of Lucas being injured by Sophia’s lover made Helen unable to tolerate seeing Sophia as her daughter–in–law any longer.

She felt the only way to settle this was for them to get a divorce.

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