Sophie watched Nichole bow before her and showed no intention of responding for quite some time.


    Nichole felt her back aching from bowing, but she couldn''t raise her head at this moment. She was seething inside.


    "I''m not heartless," Sophie finally spoke, her tone icy. " Ms. Rowena, I just hope that in the future, you can watch your words more carefully. Don''t make baseless assumptions about others. That way, you won''t bring shame to the Burke family, right?"


    Her gaze shifted pointedly towards Bea.


    Tonight, Bea had truly embarrassed herself. By tomorrow, the gossip amongst the elitedies would spread like wildfire.


    The Burke family''s granddaughter-inw bowed and apologized to the Costello family''s granddaughter-inw with a bow. After this, who in Devonport wouldn''t understand the implication?


    Having lost all her dignity, Bea couldn''t bear to stay a moment longer. She red at James andmanded, "Take your woman and go home now!"


    "Yes, Grandma," Jamesplied. He walked over to Nichole and took her hand, which only made her tears fall harder.


    Sophie, seeing the pity in James'' eyes, couldn''t help but scoff at the scene.


    Once everyone had left, Tricia noticed Reece hesitating and realized he wanted to ask about Sophie''s engagement. "Let me take you home; your grandmother is worried about you." "Okay," Reece agreed, his nce lingering on Sophie onest time before leaving.


    When they were alone, Sophie asked, "Didn''t we agree that I''de alone to pick up Reece? Why did you follow me secretly?"


    "I was worried about you. It was for your safety," Colby raised an eyebrow, his tone confident. "Turns out I was right toe."


    Sophie was used to Colby''s innate self-assurance by now.


    Finally, she nced back at James helping Nichole into the car and mentioned, "Don''t you think James has been acting strange?" The first thing James said when he saw her...


    "It is strange. I heard that since


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    "Did he get amnesia?"


    How did such a cliché happen to James?


    Sophie didn''t buy it.


    "Whether his amnesia is real or fake,


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    I won''t allow anyone to bully you Colby Said, holding Sophie''s hand firmly. "Let''s go home. We have an exciting day ahead of us tomorrow."


    "What? What exciting thing is happening tomorrow? You could at least tell me!"


    "It''s a secret."


    "Colby!"


    The next morning, Sophie was rudely awakened by the doorbell.


    Dragging herself out of bed, she opened the door to find Adler and Jenna Carrying boxes of various sizes into her house, leaving her stunned.


    "What are you guys doing?"


    "Ah, Colby asked us to bring these over early. He''s off getting a makeover," Adler exined casually.


    "A makeover? For what asion?"


    "Don''t just stand there;e on in!" Adler ushered the rest of the crew inside, including makeup artists and stylists.


    Sophie was still trying to process why her house was suddenly filled with people.