My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 985

Vincent stared at Sophia dazedly for about ten minutes; his surprise and bewilderment grew as he shifted his gaze multiple times between her and Linus.

He was well aware of Sophia’s background since he and Sophia were in the same grade at Bayside University. He knew that she was Cooper’s daughter and that she grew up in Riverdale as a child; he also knew that she became who she was today because her uncle had sold her to Joe, who then sold her to Michael.

Sophia took off her sunglasses and asked impatiently, “Didn’t you say that the car had some issues, Mr. Mitchell? What exactly is the problem with the car?”

Still being in a complete daze, Vincent stared at Sophia in shock and disbelief. He turned and asked, “Linus, where is Lucile?”

As Vincent’s face froze completely, some muscles on his handsome face twitched slightly. He looked at Sophia and Linus with a look of shock in his eyes.

Still refusing to believe this, he waved his hand repeatedly. “This is impossible. This can’t be true; she’s Scarlett, Cooper’s daughter.”

The truth would be too horrifying if Sophia was indeed Lucile. The scheme behind the sports car that cost 100 million and the competition for the agency’s contract would be more sophisticated than one could ever imagine!

Sophia frowned, but she unknitted her brows soon after that. She folded her arms across her chest and said, “Mr. Mitchell, you don’t really think that my father has been mining coal in Africa all these years, do you?”

Vincent suddenly recalled that Cooper had shown up and told them about mining in Africa back when Woody passed away.

Since he talked about mining, Mark assumed that he was mining coal. As word about this spread like wildfire among the Mitchell Family, the story became one about Cooper being trafficked to a coal pit to mine coal for 20 years. Vincent was also present at the time, and he recalled what Cooper had said back then about him mining in Africa.

The Michel Family had been mining in Africa as well; what their family mined was not coal, but underground diamonds and rare metals used in the military and high-tech industry.

Upon thinking about Fass and Cooper, Vincent suddenly realized that the two of them were strikingly similar to each other!

Fass was a gifted genius who headed the Michel Family, whereas Cooper was a mind-blowing hidden talent from the Mitchell Family; they both worked in similar industries with equally outstanding achievements.

Back when Cooper was present, the Mitchell Family was in its prime. Half of the world’s computers had products bearing the Mitchell Family’s logo and intellectual property.

After Cooper ‘died,’ the Mitchell Family slowly went downhill until it was gradually replaced by its later peers in the high-tech industry. On the contrary, the Michel Family had Fass, an amazing genius who led the Michel Group—a conglomerate that had been leading the world in the first place—to even greater heights.

Vincent thought that all geniuses were about the same, but he didn’t expect this…

Alex touted Vincent as the genius who surpassed Cooper, but it wasn’t until Vincent truly took over the Mitchell Family’s business and worked in the Mitchell Group did he realize how incredible Cooper was. He missed the era when Cooper was at the helm, but he could still see how incredible Cooper was even after more than ten years had passed.

As it turned out, Cooper was Fass!

As it happened, Fass rose to glory after Cooper’s ‘death,’ and Lucile emerged after Sophia ‘died.’ If Fass and Cooper were one and the same, so was Lucile and Sophia!

As it turned out, all of this was a ruse. No, this wasn’t a ruse at all—it was just wishful thinking on his side. He thought he had everything under his control and was a step ahead of everyone else, but he was merely an outrageous joke in the eyes of others.

He was never a match for Cooper, for he couldn’t even hold a candle to the latter; this was what drove him to despair.

Vincent cried in the tearoom for a long time before he was helped away by the Mitchell Family’s bodyguards. Crying as he walked out of the room, he had never cried so sadly and hopelessly as he did on this day in his 27 years of life.

His agonized look drew the attention of the front desk ladies as he tearfully walked to the building’s lobby. However, once in the lobby, he saw someone whom he had never expected to meet.

“Why are you crying like that, Vincent?”

Vincent wiped his tears and saw a familiar person coming toward him. Surprised, he asked, “Why are you here, Derek?”

The person was none other than Derek, Alex’s illegitimate son and Sandra’s younger brother who used to bear the surname Oak. Vincent had known Derek back when they attended Bayside University; they even had meals, drunk alcohol, and discussed professional knowledge together. Vincent was already in graduate school at the time, whereas Derek was still an undergraduate. Nonetheless, the latter quickly rose to fame as a well-known straight-A student in the department. Back then, Vincent didn’t know that Derek was Alex’s illegitimate son. However, he wanted to make Derek work for him because he noticed the latter’s cleverness and talent.

On this day, he saw a young and handsome Derek dressing like a successful businessman with a suit and leather shoes. Derek was no longer the baby-faced junior he was back then; he was now Plum Technology’s manager. He seemed to be here on business, for he was carrying a laptop and a briefcase while being followed by assistants and bodyguards.

Vincent knew that Derek was in Cooper’s camp, so it didn’t come as a surprise to see Derek here at the Michel Group’s office building.

“Stan and I are here on business!” responded Derek with a smile.

Vincent looked up to see Stanley and Sean. His tearful appearance was immediately met with ridicule from Stanley as he said, “Hahahaha! Aren’t you Vincent, the dupe who spent 100 million to buy a second-hand car from my aunt?”