Chapter 28

"Mr. Bennett, I don't know you. Please show some respect. And just so we're clear—I, Sophia, have nothing to do with you. Not now, not ever." Sophia leaned slightly against James, her eyes cold as she glanced up and down at Lucas like he was just a stranger off the street. She had no clue how Lucas found out she came back to City J, let alone how he managed to crash this dinner party and bump into her like this. But ever since that day three years ago—when he pushed her into that operating room to be Eva' damn guinea pig... ever since he staged that "accident" trying to get rid of her and ended up killing their son… ever since he trapped her and the child in that fire, leaving her to burn alive— The woman who used to love him, wait for him, and believe he'd come to his senses? She died that day. Died with her eyes wide open. The Sophia who came back to City J now? She's not here for some pathetic nostalgia trip. She's here to start over. Sophia gently took James's arm, flashing him a s