As Bryan did not respond, there was complete silence in the dining room. However, his expression changed as he lifted his gaze from the plate and fixed his eyes on Sophia.
He set the spoon on the plate and leaned back in his chair.
He shifted his gaze to Victor, who continued eating with a satisfied look, and said,
“He can’t be my brother, so…”
Sophia caught Bryan’s mocking tone as if he were giving it back to her and Victor. She scoffed at him in front of everyone, which shocked the four elders seated at the table.
Sophia continued to eat before saying,
“It looks like Big Brother-in-law doesn’t like it when I call him that. But I will still call him that.”
Victor patted her hand gently and asked,
“Do you know something interesting?”
“What?” she asked.
“He is going to marry Mila, and you are going to be my wife. So even if he doesn’t want to, you are allowed to call him that.”
Both Sophia and Victor chuckled together.
Bryan’s officials were also seated at the table. They kept glancing at their Alpha. Abraham looked at his sister as if he were thinking about something. If you are not reading this novel on J o b n I b . c o m, some sentences are incomplete. He was lost, trying to find a way to save his sister from the conspiracy around her. He was unhappy with her marriage to Victor, but since Victor had agreed to the contract, it was clear that he wanted his sister to be his Luna.
What could a brother want more of? He just wanted his sister to be happy with a responsible man. He was curious whether Victor could do it.
Alpha Harry Morrison had been observing everything all these times. He could not understand why Bryan called Victor here and offered a contract with a nonsense condition.
It was a baseless contract until Victor rejected it and denied the marriage.
What was the point of imposing such a condition when two people agreed to marry each other?
Bryan’s calm demeanor in front of Victor surprised him. In fact, he even told him to have dinner with him.
His gaze shifted slowly to the young woman who had just spoken boldly with his son.
No one had ever dared to do that. He had a negative impression of Sophia from the moment they discovered she was Bryan’s mate.
It was shocking that Bryan was letting her do that. Otherwise, even old Alphas were afraid to talk like that to his son. Victor was an exception, as he had a different story with Bryan. So no one could include him in the count. However, who was Sophia to mess up everything in his son’s life?
“Where is your other son, Alpha Harry?” Victor spoke out.
Harry heard Victor’s question and glanced at Bryan. Bruce did not attend the party and was not present at the family dinner. He suspected Bryan was behind it.
“He is a little busy.”
“Busy in what?”
“He is going to join business very soon.”
Victor nodded his head, then asked Sophia,
“I just missed meeting your ex-boyfriend.”
Sophia shrugged her shoulders in a careless manner and said loudly,
“So what? You can look at big brother-in-law. Because his brother is no better than him.”
Juliana Morrison could not hear more about her son, as she said,
“You are lucky that my son is quiet today.”
Sophia looked at her and smiled with a reply,
“And your son is lucky that I remain quiet every day.”
Mila and her parents became nervous at the thought that Sophia would reveal the matebond in front of Victor.
Alpha Harry gave a stern look to Abraham and said,
“Tell your sister to shut—”
“Dad.”
Bryan’s one word stopped Harry Morrison. He looked at his son. Bryan’s gaze was telling him not to say anything to his gamma.
Victor was enjoying the family drama as he ate quietly while looking at everyone.
Bryan got up from his chair and said,
“I’m done here.”
Sophia glanced at his plate and saw that he had not finished his food. She moved her gaze away from it.
Did Bryan lose his appetite? She could not count how many meals she skipped after he abandoned her in the hospital with a broken heart, revealing how little he thought of her.
When Bryan exited the living room, all of his officials quickly finished their meals and left.
Sophia and Victor also got up and left the pack house.
When Sophia got out of the pack house, she let out a deep breath.
“Are you okay? Do you feel weaker after meeting him?” Victor asked.
His words made her realize that she did not feel okay after leaving the pack. She knew it was because of her wolf. But she refused to give in.
“No, I’m not.”
“That’s great.”
Sophia remained silent throughout the ride, and Victor did not push her to speak to him. He only asked her once if she had any issues with the two-week decision.
She replied that, since he had already decided and announced it to others without consulting her, there was no point in asking her now.
Sophia wanted to ask Victor many things tonight, but her wolf was not pleased, so she had to prevent herself from speaking further.
After dropping her off at her house, Victor left.
Sophia entered her house and checked on her mother, who was soundly sleeping.
She proceeded to her bedroom afterward. Instead of changing her clothes, she lay on her bed. She stared at the ceiling for a long time.
This was all she wanted—to humiliate Bryan Morrison. Then why was she not feeling happy? She would have to push herself more. Like Victor said, she could not get weaker in front of him.
While staring at the ceiling, she didn’t even realize when her eyes closed, and she fell asleep.
—
It was midnight when she opened her eyes.
All of the lights in her room were turned off. Only the moonlight shining through the window lit up the dark room.
Sophia rubbed her eyes and looked around her room until her eyes landed on a man.
Her eyes widened in shock.
A man was standing beside the window. With one hand tucked into his pocket, he held a cigarette in the other. The smoke around him, along with the moonlight, was glowing.
“You!”