Chapter 104 - 104 Sofia the unwanted wife

Nothing hurts more than being ignored, replaced, forgotten or lied to --- Anonymous

"Mom….Mom, what happened?" Sofia called her mother and ask her for she can feel the IV drip that is attached to her left arm. Suzy went immediately to her daughters' side. She is very worried about her condition right now, Sofia is not in the proper state of mind as of the moment. "You have fainted darling, the doctor said that you are not nourished enough that's why you need to strengthen your body" she informed her daughter. ​​

Sofia: "Mom, does Louie called already? Does he go to visit me? We will be attending the charity gala in 3 days soon, I need to be pretty to his eyes Mom."

What Suzy hears breaks her heart….. Louie didn't call yet and it seems that he has no intention of visiting her daughter again. Atty. Rebecca Alberts is the one who always contacted them, she is the only person they can talk to regarding Louie Chen.

"Darling, Louie is busy right now. But he informs us that he will be the one to buy your gown for the event on the 24th, he will just send it tomorrow and he also said that he will meet you at the Mystic Hotel on that day" Suzy informed her daughter. She needs to make a story so that Sofia will not feel depressed.

Suzy called Butler So and ordered him to ask the kitchen staff to make some nutritious food for Sofia, she also ordered Sofia to eat the food that they will be prepared if she wants to go to the charity gala. Sofia nods her head for approval and smiled at her mother.

"I need to see your father Darling, we also need to talk about the charity gala. You see, my darling we need to buy some clothes to wear" Suzy informed her daughter but still she lied to her. She needs to talk to James but not about clothes or the gala, but the marriage situation of Louie and Sofia. Sofia nods her heads and she asks for her phone, "Mom, I need to send a message to my friends…. I want them to help me…. To help me to be more beautiful on that day" Sofia said to her mother. Suzy nodded and hands over her phone to her.

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James Su's Study Room

James didn't realize that he passed out at his study room, he was awakened by a knock on the door. He immediately hides Luna's picture on the drawer and secures it; he fixes himself as he heard a familiar voice calling his name.

James opened the door and let Suzy come inside; Suzy immediately smelled the stinking odor of the alcohol but she doesn't want to be frantic about it. Sofia is her problem right now, she doesn't want to fight with James about his drinking habits just right now. "Suzy went inside and sat down to the sofa, she didn't need to ask James if he slept there, because of it obvious that he slept because he was drunk.

Suzy: "James, we need to attend the charity gala on the 24th, I already informed Sofia about us going there as a family."

James: 'You got my card, Suzy, just buy something new for you and her….. I'll just freshen up and I will go to Chen's residence. I will talk to Louie regarding Sofia's condition. But I can't promise you and your daughter that I can persuade Louie to come with me, for him to call Sofia nor not to divorce her.

Suzy nods her head, she knew that Louie is very stubborn. Even when he was still married to Luna, Yuan his assistant persuade him not to divorce her but still, his mind was all set about it, it's just that the drowning scheme that Sofia manages to plot was successful at that time. "James, if we need to beg to Louie for him not to divorce our daughter…. I am willing to do it... Louie is Sofia's life" Suzy reminded her husband.

James just nods and gave her a fake smile, "I don't know Suzy, for what Sofia did behind Louie's back. For what is happening to Louie and our daughter is like a breakup; you see Suzy, breakups are ok, Starting over is ok. Moving on, saying no or yes and being alone is ok. But what is not okay at all is staying with someone, and somewhere where you are not contented, respected, and treasured that's not okay." James told his wife. Suzy gave him a confusing look, 'James please enlighten me."

James exhales and explains his side to his wife, "Suzy…. Sofia is like trash to the eyes of Louie….. Louie is divorcing her because she did something awful to Louie. She has hurt Louie's ego and being a man. Luna didn't do such things like that, that's why even if we beg to him…. Cry in front of him he will never change his mind."

"So you mean…. Sofia our daughter is the unwanted wife of Louie Chen? That he is ready to give up the 5 years marriage to our daughter? What kind of a husband he is?" with that statement James slaps Suzy on her face; Suzy was dumbfounded, this is the first time that James did that to her. "You must remember this Suzy... I gave up my marriage to Lily because of you…. Because you set her up….. And because of that I regret it for the rest of my life... I regret losing Luna to my life because I believe your evil schemes to my daughter Luna" James flared up and with that he grabs Suzy's shoulder and kicks her out from the study room. Suzy knew that she has gone overboard this time. Lily is the bottom line of James and her name is a taboo inside the Su Residence.

She was sobbing when she went to their room, she didn't realize that Lily is still a very important person to her husband's life. She didn't want her daughter to be a divorcee, she didn't want her daughter to be the unwanted wife. She knew all the schemes and dark secrets of Sofia, she knew about her abortions that her daughter has made before and during her marriage to Louie. Louie didn't i.m.p.r.e.g.n.a.t.e Sofia during their marriage, because Sofia is still an artist and she needs to have a beautiful body for her work; but her daughter is very ambitious, Sofia climbs the bed of the producers and director just to get a certain role. During those times that she is doing that Louie is on a business trip and he didn't have the slightest idea of what is happening to Sofia. "If Sofia is only pregnant right now with Louie's child….. Louie might not divorce her, he might not ignore her" Suzy said to herself as she went to the bathroom and take a cold shower. She needs to take a cold shower to ease the pain on her face because of the hard slap that James gave her... to ease the pain of her heart and mind for all the things that are happening to her family.

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Study room

James was still inside his study room, he manages to take a shower and change his clothes at the secret lounge of his study room. Besides him there is only three-person who knew about this lounge; Lily his ex-wife, Luna and Butler So. Inside the lounge, he kept everything that Lily owns and Luna's pictures. Since the death of both important women in his life; he never allows Butler So to enter the lounge anymore. What he had just said to Suzy about "being okay" those words are the words that his in-laws used to tell him…. They've told him that "if he can't make their daughter happy anymore, he needs to let her go... their daughter needs not to be the unwanted wife.

"If I can only have a time machine, I would like to go back where I used to be…. To be with my wife Lily Cheung and to my little girl….. Luna" James said to himself as he wears the first and last gift of Luna to him. Luna gave him a suit for his birthday at that time but he didn't show Luna that he appreciated it, he knew that his daughter was upset at that time. Luna used her first salary of being a tutor just to buy him a gift but he turned her down. He even showed that he greatly appreciated Sofia's gift which is a badminton set, but still, he keeps Luna's gift as a treasured possession.

After that Luna never gave him anything, she even visits him nor celebrates his birthday with the family. He messed up with his daughter that is also the time that the Cheung's ask for custody of their granddaughter. They've even let him signed that whatever happens to Luna all the investments that they've given to the Su Company will be forfeited.