After Sarah left, Sophia sat back down in her seat.
This was really the worst, with her face and stomach hurting, she really had no desire to live.
"Sophia, do you want some painkillers?" Fiona poured her a cup of hot water and handed it to her.
"No, it will be fine in a while, thanks Fiona." Sophia took the cup and took a big sip.
The more Fiona thought about it, the more she couldn't help but feel aggrieved. "Why is this Miss Sarah so arrogant?"
"Why else? She's a popular actress and the eldest daughter of the Sarah family, so naturally she's arrogant." Sophia took out a wet paper towel and cooled down her face, which had been beaten to a bright red.
"What popular actress? I think she's already passed her prime. Fortunately, the CEO taught her a lesson today. Did she really think she could climb up to the CEO?"
"Hmmm..." Sophia answered absentmindedly.
She never thought that Lucas, who was always cold and ruthless, would help her. Could it be that he felt guilty towards her because of last night's brutality?
Fiona looked at Sophia's reddened side face and felt a little distressed.
According to Sarah, Sophia was a trash in high school? Then they should have known each other for a long time.
But the girl in front of her had a white and rosy face, big fluttering eyes, a straight nose and a small, rosy mouth. No matter how you looked at her, she looked like the school flower, so how could she be a trash?
But Sophia didn't say anything, so Fiona naturally didn't ask any questions.
"Sophia, do you want to eat Mexican food for lunch? I'll treat you!"
"No, Mexican food is too spicy. Do you want to be thrown out by the CEO along with your bowl?"
Fiona rolled her eyes, thinking that Sophia's words made a lot of sense.
At that moment, the finance minister, who had been in a meeting, walked out of the office with his assistant Henry.
"Secretary Sophia, the CEO is looking for you."
"Okay," Sophia stood up.
...
Lucas was sitting at his desk going through some documents when he saw Sophia come in. He looked up.
"Come here."
Sophia slowly walked over and stood respectfully next to Lucas.
"What does the president want?"
A fierce light flashed in Lucas's eyes.
What's wrong with this woman? Obviously, before last night, when the two of them were alone, she wasn't like this. Why has she been provoking him in every way, suddenly becoming a different person? Did last night scare her?
He looked up and saw five red fingerprints on Sophia's pale little face, with a slight bleeding at the corner of her mouth. He suddenly felt furious.
"Tell the publicity department to buy a hot search."
"Yes, President, what hot search do you want to buy?"
"Sarah hit someone."
Sophia's eyes widened in shock: "No need, President, I'm fine!"
"I said it was because of you?"
"Oh..."
Sophia thought it was reasonable. Lucas always had a reason for everything he did, otherwise the LU Group would not have been able to dominate the top spot in the imperial capital for so long despite his young age. How could he possibly buy a trending topic just for her?
"May I ask if the President has any other instructions?"
He didn't even raise his eyelids: "Did you take the contraceptive pill?"
Sophia's heart started pounding.
Lucas... How could he ask such a thing in the office without blushing?
"Don't worry, President, I took it, and it won't cause you any trouble."
Lucas looked at her playfully, "Did you just say I was the garbage collector? When will I collect you again?"
Sophia twisted her foot in her high heels, and almost lost her balance before she fell.
There's a second time? Isn't Lucas the abstinent demon king who doesn't get close to women?
If he's just pretending, then with his looks, what kind of woman couldn't he get? Why is he so obsessed with her?
Seeing Sophia's face turn pale, Lucas arched a corner of his lips. "What? Secretary Xiao, do you think one million a night is too little, or are you not satisfied with me?"
Sophia was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She was so satisfied, so overjoyed, that she was now experiencing cramps in her lower abdomen and both her legs were shaking.
She hesitated for a moment, then bit her lip and said with determination, "President, how about I give you back the one million and we'll pretend that nothing happened?"
An appalling look of anger flashed in Lucas's eyes. He pinched Sophia's face with one hand, "Do you think you can just get into my bed whenever you like?"
The slap she had just received was still throbbing, and now she was having her face pinched again by Lucas, and the pain made her eyes well up with tears.
"Yes... I'm sorry, President."
Seeing Sophia's pitiful appearance, Lucas felt his heart tighten, and the next second he let go of her hand.
Damn it, what's going on. He even felt a little head over heels for this woman.
Is it because he's been abstaining for too long that the volcano has erupted?
No, he needs to calm down.
"Get out," Lucas said coldly.
"Yes, President."
...
After leaving the CEO's office, Sophia turned and went into the bathroom.
The tears she had been holding back since morning flowed like broken pearls from her eyes.
She admitted that she regretted it, deeply regretted it.
When she was eleven years old, her parents died in a car accident, and Sophia was placed in foster care with the Mason family.
The Mason family and Sophia's family had been close friends in the business world. The Masons had a son, Mason, who was two years her senior.
Mason has always been the child of other people's families. He is smart, gets good grades, and is good-looking, so the parents of both families jokingly arranged a marriage between their children at an early age. Sophia also always thought that she would marry him when she grew up.
However, when she entered high school, Mason fell in love with Sarah, the school's most popular girl, and Sarah hated Sophia because she always followed Mason around and kept picking on her.
On Mason's birthday in his senior year of high school, Sophia had prepared a present in advance, but when she saw Mason kissing Sarah behind the rockery in the school garden,
she thought, "Sophia is so ugly and unattractive, who would like her?"
At that moment, she threw away the present and ran away.
Later, she returned home early after the high school graduation ceremony and accidentally bumped into Mason and Sarah, who were making love on the bed. That day, she moved out of Mason's house.
Later, during her senior year, she saw Sarah, a rising celebrity, attend a large shopping mall's completion ceremony with Lucas.
Although Lucas kept his face cold throughout, she knew that Sarah and Mason had broken up.
Sarah had her eyes on the most unattainable man in Didu, Lucas, the president of LU Group and the son of the richest man.
So, for the sake of a little revenge, Sophia decided to get close to Lucas.
Although she knew in her heart that a man who even Sarah didn't fancy would never look at her. But for some reason she just wanted to give it a try, even if it was just to make Sarah miserable for a few days.
After all, she was so insignificant that no one would ever care about her.
But who knew that the night she succeeded, she regretted it.
She didn't want to just sell her body like that. For something like this, she wanted to do it with a man who loved her and who she loved.
She cried for mercy, but no one came to her rescue.
There is no such thing as a pill for regret in this world.
Sophia knew she was in the wrong boat and there was no way out.