Sophia froze. For a moment she couldn't do anything but stare at him. She shook her head.
"I know my father. He wouldn't even think about hurting a fly!!!!"
"He has killed more than just flies Sophia. Your father was a criminal"
" He's not a criminal"
"You're right. He's not 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 a criminal. He's a murderer too"
"I won't sit here and listen to you insult my late father"
"You might as well be welcome to leave" Jason said darkly.
Sophia glared at him.
"Your father and my father were friends many years ago. While your father was the typical bad boy. Killing old vibes, by clubbing and free-fucking....My dad was determined to make the most meaningful out of his life. So he established the Xuo Chang refinery in New York"
"So that means you own the Xua Chang company"
"I owned a whole lot of things that your father took into custody. Your father has nothing. He wasted his resources on things he didn't need. He was a drug dealer. But when the drug business fell apart, he went into gambling. He envies my dad. He was a successful billionaire. He had everything he ever wanted. He married my mum, few years after and had kids. I was one of them. I was the first child. Janvier was the second and we had two little siblings. They were twins. They were still toddlers"
Jason stopped seeing her shudder slightly from the cold. He went to his walk-in wardrobe and pulled out one of his jackets.
He tossed it to her and she wore it around her shoulders and muttered a strained 'thanks'
"Soon enough, the envy turned into something else.....it turned to hate. Your dad hated my dad so much that he couldn't stand the sight of him.
So one day, in the night, he burst through the doors with thugs. He tortured my father right in front of us all and made him sign over all we ever owned into his name. And then...."
Sophia looked at him. He had used his thumbs and forefinger to close his two eyes. It was as if he was holding in the tears that threatened to fall out.
"And then?" She whispered. Her lips were trembling.
"He killed him. Your father killed my father right in front of us"
Sophia covered her mouth. "No"
"He was a beast. He didn't stop there. He gave us all something to drink which made us all to doze off"
"What happened next"
"I woke up to see myself face to face with our house. It was on fire. Your dad had poisoned us and had set the house we were in to burn. My mum was quick to save Janvier and I. But before she could save the others, they had burnt in flames"
Sophia stifled a cry within her. She closed her mouth and shut her eyes. Jason looked up and closed his eyes
" I couldn't forget that day. The screams of my baby brothers as they roasted in that fire with my Dad's corpse was something I promised not to forget. My Mum had Asthma because of that incident. The poison which we took destroyed Janvier's womb and destroyed my internal reproductive system so badly. I couldn't have been what I am today if not for the help of Veronica's late father who was the founder of the Chao Xiang company"
He looked at Sophia. She was speechless.
He looked away again, brushing his hair backwards.
"And all I ever wanted was to have my revenge for everything he did, everything and everyone he made me loose"
He heard a soft cry and he looked. Sophia's face was on her hands and she was crying. Heart-breaking cries that moved him. He reached out his hand to touch her but she looked up at him. His hand was left in the air.
"What have you gained now"
He gave her a confused look.
"You said you wanted revenge against my father. But you just killed him. You lost Jason. You didn't punish him. You punished me. You killed my father. So what exactly did you gain from all these"
"You"
Sophia stopped crying immediately. She sniffed. "What"
Jason lay back on the bed and looked up the ceiling. "I never loose Sophia" His voice was filled with sleepiness. "I may not have got the chance to torture you Father the way I wanted. But it doesn't matter. I've got you. You're a human. You're a Pueterico. His daughter. You still have the blood of wickedness and desire to acquire power. You're just like your father"
Sophia was shocked. She was surprised because every word he uttered hurt her.
"When I worked as his P.A. I thought that maybe his daughters would be different. But no. Sophia when I look at you, all I see it's your late father. You look a lot like him. You act like him. You're no different from him"
"I'm nothing like my father" Her tears choked her voice.
Jason turned to look at her.
"I hate you Sophia" Sophia felt a pang of pain in her heart. "I hate you so much" She could note the pain in his voice. She couldn't stop the tears that rolled down her eyes.