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Although Sophie felt something was odd, she did not say much. She moved along with his support and returned to the wardrobe..
“I want to change into a set of pajamas,” she said as she opened the wardrobe.
But Roger was standing right behind her. As she opened the wardrobe and moved backward, she unexpectedly bumped into Roger.
Roger instinctively tried to support her, but they were too close, and she ended up leaning on him directly. Before Roger could react, both of them had already fallen onto the bed together.
Afraid that Sophie might fall, Roger instinctively held onto her. She ended up almost sitting on him with her back against him. She was almost sitting directly with her buttocks on his crotch. In an instant, Roger’s whole body tensed up.
Sophie was merely wrapped in a towel, the thin fabric only separating her and Roger by a layer. She immediately sensed something from Roger. In a fluster, she tried to get up. “I, I’m sorry,” she said. “I didn’t stand steadily…
As she apologized, she stood up. That darn towel, because she exerted force, opened immediately at the spot where it was tucked in at the chest. Before she could react, the bath towel dropped immediately in front of both of them in the next moment.
“Ah!” she instinctively exclaimed as she hurriedly grabbed the towel. However, the towel had lost its wrapping ability. It could barely cover her chest, but her figure outline had undoubtedly been revealed.
“Gosh!” she said. She looked into Roger’s eyes. She was extremely flustered. Even though she knew Roger could not see, for some reason, his expression also showed that he was somewhat shocked at
this moment.
“Close your eyes!” she shouted instinctively.
Roger immediately closed his eyes after he recovered from his shock. He thought, ‘Damn! How come I didn’t anticipate that the towel would drop at this exact moment?
He had already had a surge of arousal once in the bathroom. He forcefully restrained his body’s reaction at this moment. But his physiological functions were nearly driving him insane.
“I’m going to take a shower,” he said. Feeling that he was about to have a surge of arousal again, he abruptly got up and left the bed.
Sophie watched as he left. She then hurriedly took out a pullover pajama set from the wardrobe and put it on immediately. However, she was still thinking about the big blunder she made earlier. She thought, ‘Oh golly! Why did I fall? The towel even fell off! Even though he can’t see… I could
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feel that he helped me just now. Maybe he sensed something. That’s why he hurriedly pulled away. Embarrassing! So darn embarrassing!”
Sophie covered her face in frustration. She could only comfort herself inwardly, thinking. Thank goodness he can’t see. It’s okay… I didn’t get exposed to him…
Little did she know that someone in the bathroom was frantically taking a cold shower. Roger was afraid that he would have a nosebleed again.
The night passed. In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.
After the awkwardness of last night, Sophie and Roger were visibly awkward the next day.
When Roger was freshening up, she did not go over to the bathroom. It was only after he went downstairs that she went to freshen up.
She then went downstairs for breakfast. She would blush when she saw Roger. The image of them falling together last night kept coming to mind. It was truly embarrassing.
During the meal, Sophie initially almost lowered her head into the bowl.
It was not until the butler reminded her that she snapped out of her thought. “Mrs. Sophie, you forgot to help Mr. Roger with the dishes,” the butler said.
It was only after Sophie was reminded by the butler that she turned her head to glance at Roger. He looked ahead with a blank stare. Surprisingly, he had not even taken a single bite of his food yet.
Sophie could not help but furrow her brow. She thought, “This guy could grope around and eat previously. Why is it that after I take care of him for a few days, he develops the habit of depending
on me?”
But since Sophie still had to ask for his help with rehabilitation today, she had no choice but to temporarily set aside thoughts of the incident that happened last night and continue helping him with his eating. With her care, his complexion improved somewhat.
Seeing Sophie’s meticulous care for Roger, Norman became even more satisfied with her.
However, Jasmine’s gaze was filled with disdain as she watched the two of them being affectionate in front of everyone.
The breakfast ended. As soon as Damian went to work, Jasmine could not help but say, “Sophie has been married to you for three days. We didn’t hear both of you mention visiting her family’s home. Shouldn’t you visit her family’s home today?”
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Sophie anymore. She wished Sophie would quickly go back to her family’s home for a few days.
As the topic of visiting her family’s home was brought up, Sophie’s hand paused for a moment. She said sarcastically, “Jasmine, you seem to be quite concerned about my affairs. Although Roger and I have registered our marriage, we haven’t had a wedding ceremony. The Bourn family doesn’t ask me to return home, yet you are in such a hurry. Am I bothering you that much?”
As she uttered the last sentence, she actually said it with a great sense of grievance in front of
Norman.
Jasmine could not help but be stunned, thinking. I merely asked her about visiting her family’s home. Why does Sophie look as if I’ve bullied her?”
Before Jasmine snapped out of her thoughts, Norman immediately rolled his eyes at her and said, “Mind your own business. Let the younger generation handle their own affairs.”
Jasmine, being reprimanded, immediately got flustered. “Norman, the Nicholls family is the most prestigious family among the top ten prominent families, and our family rules have always been orderly,” she said. “When I got married to Damian, we didn’t have a wedding ceremony either, but we still visited my family’s home three days after getting married. I was just offering a friendly reminder. Why
am I perceived as meddling in others‘ affairs?”
Norman’s expression turned grim..
But at this moment, Rebecca said softly, “Norman, Jasmine may be straightforward in speech, but that’s a principle. While no one from Sophie’s family has pressed the issue of both of them visiting their family’s home after three days, they’ve been married for so many days. Apart from sending gifts over to them, Roger hasn’t visited them again. If this gets out… I’m afraid others might say that the Nicholls family lacks proper etiquette…”
Rebecca’s words made Sophie frown. She thought, ‘My previous hunch was right. The one who is the most skilled at talking in this family is Rebecca. With her considering the relationship between the two families like this, even if Norman wants to defend us, he won’t be able to do so.”
But Sophie disliked the feeling of being treated as a bargaining chip. She could not help but say, “Rebecca, you are so afraid that my adoptive parents would form negative judgment toward the Nicholls family, huh? If that’s the case, you should have followed the agreement and let iny sister get married into the Nicholls family previously instead of worrying about adhering to etiquette
now.”
Sophie thought, ‘Asking us to clean the mess she created and patch things up with the Bourn family? No way!”
Rebecca had always been a smooth operator in talking. In this family, very few people would confront her. However, she did not expect Sophie to be so straightforward.
But she was not angry. Instead, she put on an apologetic look and said, “Sophie, I’ve wronged you in
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this matter. However, seeing that you and Roger are so affectionate toward each other and share a great mutual understanding. I feel like it’s a relationship arranged by the universe. So, some things are arranged by the universe. What do you think?”
Sophie thought, ‘Rebecca is really good with words. She forcefully describes our marriage of sacrificing for the family as the universe’s arrangement.”
Seeing Sophie remaining silent for a moment, Rebecca spoke again. “Regardless, you have married into the Nicholls family,” she said. “We are all one family now. I genuinely like you, but on your parents‘ side, there may be some lingering estrangement due to the previous incident. I think Roger should go home with you, sincerely express apologies, and let both families clear up any misunderstandings to truly become one family. What do you think?”
