Chapter 83

The anxiety of uncertainty was eating her alive—she could feel herself slipping away from Edward. No way. She wasn't gonna let that happen. Scrambling off the floor, she picked up her phone, swiped to contacts, and tapped the number saved under “Lydia Moore.” It rang for quite a while before someone finally picked up, her voice calm and haughty. "Who is this?" Sophia Grant scowled. "Lydia, it’s Sophia." If there was a woman she hated most around Edward, it was his legal wife. And second on that list? Lydia Moore, the woman publicly acknowledged by Robert Hawthorne as Edward’s fiancée. Even that secretary Alice ranked beneath her. "You needed something, Miss Grant?" Lydia’s voice showed mild surprise, but that was it. Sophia took a deep breath, swallowing her irritation. "You heard about Edward’s marriage announcement, right?" A pause. Then came a flat, “Yes.” Sophia's tone hinted at more. "Haven’t you noticed how he’s been getting closer with that so-called wife of his lately?” "So wha