Noah came out of his bathroom half-naked drying his hair with a dark blue towel and walked over to open the door to his balcony. Staring at the starry View in front of him, he looked at the empty space next to him and a person popped up in his mind. His lips tilted upwards when the image of Sophia's confused face showed up. "I hope one day you will be mine," he mumbled to himself.
He soon went inside and opened his fridge to look for some ingredients he will need."Hey google! Play Noah's cooking playlist" said Noah while he placed the ingredients on the kitchen counter.
"Alright, playing Noah's cooking playlist," said the google home mini.
Noah cut the bag of shrimp and used a sharp knife to cut the part that needed to be cut before he rensed the shrimp with water before seasoned the shrimp with salt and pepper. He placed first a pot of boiling salted water on the gas cooktop and cooked enough pasta for himself, then placed a frying pan next to the pot and added butter, garlic, oregano, and red pepper flakes and stirred frequently until fragrant. He added the shrimps and stirred it occasionally until it became pink then added the pasta in and stirred for the last time and placed the finish protect into a plate and added garnished with parsley as the finish touches.
He was about to eat when he saw that he forgot his drink and went back to the kitchen and opened his wine fridge and took out Trivento Amado Sur 2016 and a wine glass. Noah poured himself and enjoyed himself.
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The Zhou mansion
Zhou Li Qiang was walking back and forth while looking at his Rolex watch. "What is taking them so long to bring her home?" Right after he questioned himself a car stopped in front of the Zhou mansion. The two bodyguards that he instructed to kidnap Sophia came back, one of the bodyguards was carrying her while the other one was opening the door for them.
"Carry her to her room," said Zhou Li Qiang,
Once the bodyguard placed her on her bed, a maid came and said she would take over. They nodded and went off leaving the maid behind. Once she locked the door she rushed over to Sophia trying to wake her up. "Young miss wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" She soon gave up shaking Sophia and pulled out her phone. After the third ring, the person from the other line replied.
Zhou Li Min: [I don't know why but the maid from the Zhou mansion better have something important to say for calling me this late.]
Maid: [Good evening second master! I'm sorry for calling you this late but young miss just came back to the Zhou mansion.]
Zhou Li Min: [What? Did she come back or did he force her to come back?]
Maid: [Master forced her again to come back, and it looks like she came back unconsciously. Because I can't wake her up no matter what.]
Zhou Li Min: [Wait for me I will be there in 10 minutes. ]
Zhou Li Min stormed inside the Zhou mansion seeing his brother drinking his tea calmly. "Zhou Li Qiang!!!!" He grabbed his big brother's shirt collar harshly. "I told you to not force her."
The house butler was panicking and tried to drag them apart but was pushed to the side.
"I'm her father!!! I can do whatever I want to her," yelled Zhou Li Qiang and grabbed Zhou Li Min's shirt collar too.
"You might be called the chairman Zhou or one of the best surgeon doctors in your hospital but what right do you deserve to receive the title 'father'? You have never been there for her since her mother left her. So don't use the father title on me." yelled Zhou Li Min back.
They both were yelling at each other crazily but stopped once someone slapped them harshly in the head. "If you guys wanna fight then do it outside, my house is not a wrestling ring." said an old man looking dangerously at them.
"Darling that's enough," said an old lady and checked if her two sons were alright.
"Mom he forced my poor niece to come back again," said Zhou Li Min and fake cried.
"Can you grow up? You are 45 years old and are crying in front of mom," said Zhou Li Qiang and rolled his eyes.
"Looks like I need to teach someone a lesson for forcing my poor niece," said Zhou Li Min and was glaring at his big brother.
"Enough! I will teach you both a lesson if you both don't shut up," said Zhou Xiu Ying and sat down on the couch.
"Father I'm sorry for yelling but this stupid big brother of mine forced my poor niece to come back. I have told him millions of times not to force her but he won't listen to me," said Zhou Li Min.
"Zhou Li Qiang? Did you force pumpkin to come back?" asked Zhou Xiu Ying disappointedly even though he knew the answer already.
"Dad I even heard that Sophia came back unconsciously," said Zhou Li Min.
"She will wake up in an hour," said Zhou Li Qiang.
Zhou Li Min was so annoyed by his brother's response that he didn't wanna spend another minute in the same room as him."I don't know if you are doing this for her or for yourself," He walked upstairs and knocked on the door and the maid opened the door.
"How is she?" he asked looking at her.
"Young miss is sleeping soundly," said the maid.
"Give me the name of those two who brought her over," said Zhou Li Min.