Chapter 198: Curing Sophie [3]

Breaking the awkward silence in the room, Arthur asked, looking in my direction.

They had covered every inch of her body, including the area around her abdomen… And that could indeed make things a little difficult.

Though my words had no malice, even I felt my sentence could have been interpreted in the wrong way.

Arthur’s words made the girl look at her father, and then at me, before shifting her gaze to the clothes on her body.

Sophie paused, as if suddenly remembering something.

Arthur nodded his head in acceptance.

“Hm? Yes, why the question?”

Ah!

Getting the hint, I walked out of the room, taking Julien with me.

Click.

“I will head out too—”

Just as Arthur stood up to leave, Sophie gently grabbed his hand, stopping him mid-motion.

“What’s the cost for curing me?”

She knew her father was now working for someone else… And she knew the reason behind her father suddenly offering his services to Kael—

Sophie knew that her father was an individual who had never bent his knee before someone, or had never spread his hands for help.

So, it wasn’t hard to figure out the reason behind her father’s decision to serve Kael.

Her doubts began to subside, but—

She had this instinctive feeling that Kael was using her father, despite the best attempts made by Arthur to ease her worries.

Her father might have bent his knee on the assumption that Kael could cure her, and now… If Kael indeed cured her, then—

Sophie wasn’t naive.

Still… As his daughter, she couldn’t help but feel worried about what would happen to Arthur.

Arthur gently patted his daughter’s head, as her eyes were fixed on him.

“But he is using you, I know it. I am not a fool to not notice such a basic thing. I can see the subservience and respect in your eyes when you look at him.”

“Sophie… He is going out of his way to help us, to cure you—”

Sophie’s eyes watered, as tears formed at the corners.

Arthur confessed, seeing that there was no use lying to his daughter.

Still… He didn’t wish for his daughter to view Kael in a bad light, so Arthur kept trying to make her understand Kael’s kindness…

As long as his daughter was cured, Arthur was happy with any cost that he would have to bear.

After a long pause, Sophie spoke again.

“I don’t like it when you bow before someone. I don’t like it when you bow for me. You are my pride, Dad, I don’t want you—”

Arthur interrupted Sophie with a hug, as he held her tightly, not wishing to let go.

Arthur’s warm voice turned firm at the end, as he patted his daughter’s head again.

Sophie couldn’t stop the tears, as they streamed down her face.

“I trust you.”

Arthur’s lips curved into a faint smile at her reply.

“Yes.”

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