Is this destiny?

~ Los Angeles, Cliffside House ~

September 17, 10:25 AM

In the living area on the second floor, above ground…

Sophia finished talking with Sarah on the phone and turned to face Felix\'s curious gaze.

"How are they?", Felix reluctantly asked while taking a seat next to her on the sofa. He knows that this might be a sensitive topic for Sophia. After all, her youngest sister and future brother-in-law were targeted.

Sophia\'s head moved slightly in an ambiguous way. "I\'m not sure. I guess they is fine, considering everything. Sarah said that they will come home today, after lunch."

"She called to ask if I can help with resettling employees from a number of companies." Sophia pointed to the paper with notes on the table in front of her. "They are also angry and are planning to retaliate."

"Any new one?" Felix knows that since Stella\'s call yesterday Sophia is busy canceling contracts and figuring out the best way how to handle employees of more than dozen companies which will be impacted by Hill and White parents\' actions. Luckily, she is collaborating with Oscar, and Steve and Bridgette are helping out, otherwise it might be too much for only Sophia to take care of all of them.

"No. But she said that the number might increase as they keep on digging." Sophia looked at her notes which she took during her talk with Sarah. "These are all on the list that Edward and Oscar provided. I\'m curious if they find additional targets."

An amusing smile danced on Felix\'s face while looking at the list. He thought how it\'s interesting that all of them have similar mindsets: destroying companies first. "Did you tell that to Sarah?"

"I did. She had difficulty understanding how come we are working on these from yesterday. I explained that Elanor and Stella had a need to vent A LOT of anger, so companies of those three directly involved were not enough. That is why angry-mother-duo expanded their wrath to extended family members of those three, but it didn\'t seem enough. And it ended with Edward asking Eve if anyone else plotted to hurt Sarah and Aiden that evening, and that is how parents got five additional targets."

"What did Sarah say?" Felix regretted that he joined her toward the end of the call. If he came earlier, he would ask her to put Sarah on speaker, so he can hear everything first-hand.

"At the beginning, she was not happy. Sarah and Aiden wanted to do this themselves, but I assured her that Miss Turner and those seven young men will be left to them, while angry-parent-quartet will limit their actions to businesses and older generation. At the same time, Oscar is helping me with taking care of employees since he is now in charge of White corp. That pacified her. Oh, I\'m pretty sure that I heard Aiden squeal miserably in the background when he found out that Oscar and Edward also know about what Miss Turner did to him."

Felix snorted. "So… unmanly."

Sophia frowned.

Felix didn\'t miss Sophia\'s reaction. "Are you defending Aiden?"

Sophia was not sure how to answer this question. They watched security footage and know what happened all up to the point of Sarah and Aiden going to their room. And Sophia knows that there must be a reason why two of them decided to spend extra time at the resort… and it\'s probably nothing good based on Sarah\'s tone during the call… but she can\'t judge Aiden based on her guesses. She needs to look at what she knows. And she knows that Sarah and Aiden were targeted, and they managed to get out of the traps which were set up for them (almost) without consequences.

"I\'m not defending anyone. But when I think about the whole sequence of events, I can\'t blame Sarah or Aiden either. Luckily Sarah and Aiden placed cameras almost everywhere, and we have access to Eve, so we were able to see how those guys plotted to use Sarah and hurt her just because they have some grudge against Aiden. I think that Sarah\'s plan to gather them all in that shed was an efficient approach. The only thing they missed was an additional player, Miss Turner. If she didn\'t agree to make a move against Aiden, that shed would have seven young men with numerous fractures in the morning… Six actually, since one of them lost interest in the plan because he found something better. However, he will not be spared, because he was part of the plot."

Sophia leaned into Felix\'s embrace. "I can\'t forget how Miss Turner attacked Aiden with help of those two… It makes me wonder if that attack was directed at you, would you be able to avoid it? Remember, just a scratch was enough…"

Sophia shook her head and exhaled sharply in frustration. "And I spoke with her before the wedding. I found her to be full of herself, unreasonable, and infatuated with Aiden. I should have realized that she is unstable and dangerous."

Felix saw that Sophia is getting upset. "Shhh… there is nothing you could have done."

Sophia sighed, grateful that Felix is by her side. His embrace is comforting. "Her father is actually a decent man. I feel sorry for what is coming for him. He will lose everything because his daughter is corrupted."

"Can you help him?"

"I can. But how can I do that without helping his daughter? No matter how decent he is, and how wicked she is… he is still her father. It is difficult, if not impossible to separate them. I remember at the wedding, she was talking \'Aiden-this-Aiden-that\'

, and it was obviously not appropriate, but he was mostly embarrassed. I believe that if he finds out about all of her misdeeds, he will end up blaming himself for not raising her properly."

"What about her mother?"

"Mrs. Turner passed away sixteen years ago. He raised his daughter as a single parent while growing his company."

Well, Felix was out of ideas to find solutions for some unknown people. His focus is on Sophia and the fact that she is getting upset over this. "Stay away from stress if you can help it. It\'s not good for the baby."

"OK. We need to change the topic then."

Felix thought for a second before asking: "Did you decide on how to tell your parents about our move to Los Angeles?"

Sophia straightened her back and faced Felix with a slight frown. "Why did you bring that up? There is no way I will not be stressed if you bring that topic!"

"Sorry, ma chéri…"

Felix\'s eyes flashed and a mischievous smile appeared on his face. "There is only one way I\'m familiar with, which can reduce stress effectively."

"What…?" Sophia\'s eyes darted around in panic when she felt his hands gliding up her thighs, under her skirt.

"This is the living room! And we are guests here!", Sophia whispered with urgency.

Felix\'s hands slowed down a bit but didn\'t stop moving up. "You said that they will come after lunch… that gives us at least three hours."

Sophia closed her eyes and took a deep breath while savoring the feeling of his touch. Felix\'s fingers spread high up her skirt, and his thumbs rubbed gently over the skin of her inner thighs, brushing lightly over her panties.

She opened her eyes abruptly when his hands moved away. Her eyebrow arched questionably, in obvious protest.

Felix chuckled and said teasingly: "Mrs. Martin, this is the living room."

Sophia cleared her throat. "We can go to our room."

Felix\'s smile revealed his dimples when he picked Sophia up and carried her to their room, princess style.

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