Chapter 145 - 145: With Her Autograph

She had heard from Benjamin that he was invited by Albert to investigate the case. So, he should have told Albert about his investigation. To get the truth of the laboratory fire, Albert must have investigated Eddie.

Obviously, Eddie had noticed these investigations.

Albert was as calm as if Benjamin had nothing to do with him. "I'm honored to get interested in you, Mr. Patton." The voice was quite calm.

"Well, don't say that, Mr. Pearson."

Sophia had never been to a business event, nor had she ever seen two people talk nonsense with fake smiles like them, and she was impatient.

"Well, it's late. Let's go home," said Sophia. While she wanted more contact with Eddie, the timing was clearly not a good one.

Before Albert could speak, Eddie chimed in, "Home? Do you live together?"

Then he turned to Sophia and said in a serious voice, "Girl, rich men like us are not good people. Be smart; don't be cheated by him. Seriously, I mean it. We are all playboys and will never fall in love with girls."

What kind of rich man was Albert? What's more… Was it really okay for Eddie to bad-mouth himself like that? Sophia thought.

Besides... She didn't make it clear. She did not live with Albert.

"Pardon me, please. See you next time, Mr. Playboy," said Albert.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed Sophia's hand.

There was a warm feeling in Sophia's palm, which touched her heart. She did not let go of her hand and just let him hold it.

Albert just wanted to leave this dangerous man with Sophia. He didn't want her to interfere in this matter.

Unconsciously, he grabbed Sophia's hand. It took him a moment to realize what he was doing. He felt his face burn.

But Sophia didn't get away from him.

Her hand was a little cold. Her soft hand gently grabbed his, as if it had suddenly caught him in his heart.

***

Albert walked very slowly. He wanted to take the longest time to get to his car. Because he knew that once they got in the car, she would let go of her hand.

Mitch had walked to the front. He turned back and looked at Albert with disdain as if to laugh at his slowness.

Albert didn't want to argue with him. No matter how smart he is, he would not understand why he walked so slowly, did he?

Sophia slowed her steps as well.

Holding Albert's hand, she felt at ease. And the warmth of his hand made her feel warm.

She always felt that there was something about Albert that she had never known before.

The park was not big. No matter how slowly they walked, they arrived at the car soon.

Albert had to let go of his hand. He took out the key, unlocked the car, and opened the door for Sophia.

***

Sophia had called Kate to say she would eat out and be back later. Thus, when she came back home, Kate didn't want her any food.

However, Kate had been sitting on the sofa, waiting for her to come back.

"Did you hang out with your friend?" Kate asked, sounding relaxed and casual.

Sophia knew she cared about her.

"No. I had a barbecue with Mr. Pearson." Sophia said, honestly. She felt that she had nothing to hide from her mother.

"Albert Pearson?" Kate smiled. "He came to you? Well, he's a good boy, but… he's years older than you."

"Five years older," said Sophia.

Then she realized what Kate was talking about.

Couldn't she think...

Sophia didn't want her to misunderstand them and explained, "No. We're just friends."

Kate smiled, "You're nineteen. If it hadn't been for the car accident, you'd have gone to college by now. Whatever you do, I will support you, understand you and give you advice, so… you mustn't hide anything from me, okay?"

She couldn't explain it clearly, could she?

On Tuesday, the Olympic Games Committee announced the results of the Chemical Olympic Games online.

As soon as Sophia entered the school, she saw many people without uniforms peep or stop students from asking about something. Their voices were not low, and Sophia could hear her name from them.

Sophia got a call from Director Bull before she came. He didn't say anything but asked her to check the blog.

The Committee released the results at midnight. The person who released the results might have obsessive-compulsive disorder and specially chose this time.

Sophia slept early at night. She knew the releasing time but wasn't so curious about her score. She could basically estimate it.

She logged on to "Sophia Green of Colin High School" and was stunned by the numbers of the comments.

A message she posted recently got seventy thousand comments, and the number of her followers had risen to more than a million overnight.

What? Some so many people didn't sleep and had been waiting to see her score.

She checked the comments and got the information she wanted to know.

"I just checked the results. Sophia got a full score AGAIN! That's unbelievable. I doubt my eyes."

"If this isn't an Olympiad, I'd suspect there are some inside stories."

"Touch your good luck, hope to pass the final exam."

"Anyway. I have to visit her tomorrow. She's at Colin, right? I'll go get her autograph. Anyone want to go with me?"

"Me. Last time, I went to Glinton but missed her. I can't miss her this time."

"Me. I'll go even if I have to ask off tomorrow. With her autograph, I may pass all exams."

***

Sophia saw the crowds waiting at the school gate were young people and knew they were probably the netizens who came to ask for autographs.

She was annoyed. The school students knew her. If one student told them about her, it would be trouble. She was not a star and didn't want to sign any autographs. Besides, her autographs couldn't guarantee that they could pass exams. If they believed autographs blindly but did not study hard, they would definitely fail exams.

She bowed her head and pushed her bike to school.. If it were not for the school rules not to ride a bike on campus, she really wanted to rush in on a bike.