Next One Is a Babe novel Chapter 180

“Where does it hurt?” Sophia blinked as she stood on her toes to touch John’s forehead. There was nothing abnormal about his temperature, but John took a step back to avoid her touch. He had a hard time pinpointing where in his body exactly felt uncomfortable, as his entire body just didn’t feel right.

Sophia realized upon him backing away that her gesture had crossed a line, so she giggled to relieve the awkward atmosphere while taking a few steps back. “Have you gone to a doctor?”

“That won’t be necessary, as all I need is to get some rest.” Upon holding the bottle in hand, he walked toward the stairs. Sophia gave a hum in response without saying much else. However, John stopped in his tracks after taking a few steps on the stairs before lowering his gaze to look at Sophia. “You seem to be on good terms with the second young master of the Morgan Family.”

“Yeah, that much is true.” There was a pause in Sophia’s movements before she nodded with much seriousness, as she figured the fact that she went to his company to support him meant that they were on good terms. Ever since she met him, she had regarded him as a friend, while their relationship would definitely have improved after what happened back in his family’s company, so she would say that they were on good terms.

“You only knew him for a brief time, so I don’t think you know how complicated his family is,” John scoffed as he said.

While maintaining a serious expression, Sophia nodded in response. “I know about that, as Ian told me everything. He has a few half siblings, and he is an illegitimate child. I know everything.” A sigh escaped her lips after saying so. “His situation is complicated indeed. I used to think your family is complicated enough, but it doesn’t compare at all to the Morgans. Even though you have an extensive family, they could at least get along, while that’s not the case at all for the Morgans...”

“I never expected him to tell you all this.” There was amusement in his gaze as he stared at Sophia in surprise.

“Huh?” Sophia didn’t even register the ridicule in his tone. “Yeah, we don’t keep things from each other.”

He continued to walk upstairs as he spoke, “Sophia, I realized by now that I underestimated you.”

“Huh? What do you mean?” A frown could be seen on her face, but John headed straight for his room instead of answering her question. Moreover, he locked the door behind him, which confused her, as Sophia wouldn’t go check on him regardless if he locked it.

Sophia watered the plants after spacing out for a moment, then retreated to her room. After taking a shower and drying her hair, she lay in bed for a nap with a full stomach. Such was the luxurious life she only ever dreamed of.

She dozed off after a while, whereas John got out of his room to go into the yard. There were flower pots that were arranged in two rows, in which planted all kinds of flowers. A frown formed on his face upon checking his surroundings, but he wasn’t actually worried about the scandal despite it gaining momentum.

What concerned him was the fact that he would be reminded of what happened after he was drugged whenever he came across those articles. He would then recall what happened between him and Sophia in the lounge, and the memory grew even more vivid the more he thought about it, which wasn’t helping his anxiety at all.

Upon retrieving a cigarette from his case, he left it dangling between his lips without lighting it. He wasn’t in fact addicted to cigarettes, nor did he like the smell of cigarettes, as it was more out of necessity that he smoked to blend in when he was socializing. In the courtyard he stood while gazing upon the entrance of the house, as the sight of when Ian sent Sophia home was all he could think of.