Filed to story: The Billionaire Trying Hard to Win Her Heart Novel (Sophie & Tristan) >>
Realizing that Tristan was on her side, Yale did not dare to show any disrespect. After all, the Lombard family was very prominent in the city of Jipsdale.
“The operation was a success, but we will only know the whole picture after Grandpa wakes up.”
After all, he was advanced in age. Younger folks may take a few days to recover, but he would take longer.
“The successful operation is a good thing,”
Yale mumbled, almost to himself.
Charmaine glanced at Yale in surprise. That was the first time he was so cordial to Sophie.
“Okay, you’re tired. Go and rest.”
Tristan did not want her to stay and talk for too long. The operation had already sapped too much of her energy.
Sophie stopped talking and went off to the VIP ward nearby accompanied by Tristan.
“Why are you so nice to Sophie today? Is there something I do not know?”
She did not understand the present situation at all. What is going on? She did not like that feeling at all as she liked to be in control of every situation.
“Have a better attitude towards Sophie in the future. The entire Tanner family can only rely on her in the future.”
Yale had not expected that after he spent so much time and effort on Willow, the boss turned out to be Sophie in the end.
Charmaine frowned.
“Why? I don’t understand.”
“You don’t need to understand.”
Who was Tristan after all? He did not even know if Tristan would mind others finding out about his relationship with Sophie.
It did not matter what Tristan thought of Sophie, they could no longer ill treat Sophie.
Even if Sophie was just a pet kept by Tristan, no one would dare to harm his pet.
Furthermore, no one really knew what Sophie meant to Tristan.
“What was that about? Can’t you tell me the truth?”
We are one family, aren’t we? Why is it necessary to be so secretive and hide the truth?
“Don’t question me. Just do as I say, that’s all.”
Charmaine was rather upset. She was his wife, after all. Why does he always use the same reason to shut me up?Tristan led Sophie to the ward. He had to see her lie down with his own eyes.
“Sleep well, so I won’t worry about you, okay? I shall go over to Grandpa now and watch him. There won’t be any problem.”
“Mr. Tristan, I really appreciate this.”
She felt at ease having him around.
“You don’t have to mention that with me.”
Tristan tucked her in, closed the door and left.
Soon, she fell asleep and had a dream. The dream went on for a long time.
In the dream, she was about seven or eight years old. Her grandfather went down on all four and dotingly carried her on his back.
The memory became vivid and it was difficult to differentiate between a dream and reality.
Nonetheless, she had smiled sweetly in the dream.
Then, the dream changed and it was about the recent surgery but was a failure.
“Grandpa—”
Sophie woke up in fear from the nightmare, drenched with perspiration.
Sitting up on the hospital bed, Sophie gasped violently. With one hand placed over her beating heart, she reached out for her phone with the other to check the time.
She had slept for more than forty minutes.
Unable to go back to sleep, she dressed up and went outside. Tristan was standing guard outside and saw her the moment she appeared.
He walked toward her, frowning in disapproval. How long did she sleep? Why is she up already?
“Why don’t you sleep a bit longer?”
He led her to a bench nearby and seated her. Seeing her covered in perspiration, he could not help looking at her with concern.
“What happened? Did you have a bad dream?”
“Mr. Tristan, is my grandpa alright?”
As someone who was knowledgeable in the field of medicine, she knew that the operation was very successful, but as Grandpa’s beloved little girl, she actually asked a silly question.
Knowing that she was worried about Josiah, Tristan held her hand tightly.
“Didn’t Arius say it’s a completely successful operation? You took part in it yourself.”
She knew everything, but that did not stop her from worrying.
Sophie nodded. That’s true! She knew everything, from beginning to end. She knew it all.
Yet, she could not help but worry. In fact, she was even fearful.
Sophie leaned on his shoulder.
“I know that this is not good but I can’t help it. I can’t control myself.”
She did not like it but she cared too much for her grandfather, so she became all worried and felt awful about it.
“Worry has driven you into a mess, but you have really done a good job.”
After all, humans were born with emotions and desires, and there was no way to have total control over them.
She had done very well.
At that very moment, Arius and Barney came over. When they saw her in that state, Arius could not help but shake his head.
“Soph, don’t you trust me? As your mentor, I was right beside you throughout the operation. It was totally faultless.”
Sophie rose to her feet.
“Dr. Smith, thank you very much for coming here,”
she said gratefully, knowing how busy he was.
Barney burst out laughing.
“My dear, I don’t know when you will take me as your mentor. However, I’ll wait, no matter how long it will take.”
As a leading figure in the medical field, Barney founded International Medical Association.
The medical association had a lot of medical experts from all over the world under its umbrella.
From the time he met Sophie, he had always wanted her to helm his medical association.
“Just give her some time. You’re almost there.”
After going through so much, Sophie could think of nothing else but her grandfather.
“Fine, I will not rush you. For your sake, I have mastered Chanaean. I’ll leave it to you.”
At that point, he spoke Chanaean well, but with a foreign accent.
Arius shook his head. His mentor seemed totally obsessed with Sophie. However, Arius could understand Barney’s feelings.
Sophie was indeed the most gifted medical prodigy they had ever come across.
“Sophie, Dr. Smith has to leave now. I’m sure you know how much work he has at the medical association.”
“Dr. Smith, let me see you out.”
Sophie decided to walk him to the entrance because he had come such a long way.
“You stay here. I’ll walk with him.”
Tristan knew how much she wanted to stay with her grandfather, so he offered.
“Neither of you need to do that. It’s good enough that Arius is with me.”
Barney understood how she felt, and he did not want her to do that.
“Tristan, you stay here too.”
Tristan had already done a lot to bring him over.
“Sophie, you stay here and watch your grandpa. Don’t worry. I’ll stay until he wakes up.”
He didn’t want to go off just like that.
“Thank you, Dr. Smith,”
Sophie said sincerely. Anyhow, she was grateful that he had come all the way.
At that moment, Constance turned up. She had heard that the founder of the medical association was visiting. Even though Arius was unwilling to help her, there was hope for Mason’s legs to recover as long as Barney agreed to help.
What she had not expected was that she had no way of reaching that level.
Nonetheless, that was a rare opportunity to meet the foreign expert.
“Hello, may I know if you are Dr. Smith? My son’s legs are broken. Can I ask you —”
Before Constance could finish speaking, two bodyguards came over immediately and caught hold of her.
Seeing that it was her, Sophie’s expression was particularly cold, while Tristan just glanced at the two bodyguards.
“This must not happen again!”
Tristan warned them sharply.
The two bodyguards were so afraid that they broke into cold sweat. They were well aware of Tristan’s fiery temper. Furthermore, they could not give him any satisfactory reply for Constance’s intrusion.
The woman had already entered the room and that was an indisputable fact.
“Sorry, Mr. Tristan.”
The bodyguards apologized for their mistake, but the damage was done.
“Take her away!”
“Dr. Smith, if you can heal my son’s legs, I can give you whatever you want,”
Constance yelled for that was her last chance.
Barney frowned.
He did not like the woman’s attitude. There was nothing he wanted that he could not have so far.
The name Barney Smith was synonymous with absolute power. Where fame and fortune were concerned, he had everything.
If there were anything he wanted then, it was Sophie.
Constance was taken away even while she was still trying to convince Barney.
“Soph, you must come to visit me in Anglandur. Even if you do not wish to join the medical association, you can at least check it out.”
He was confident that the moment she visited the medical association, she would definitely be fascinated by what she would see.
“Alright, I will certainly pay the medical association a visit,” Sophie promised.