My words froze in my throat when I saw the man holding her hand. His gaze swept over me, while Sophia avoided my eyes and looked only at my father.
“Boss, I don’t want the credit for this mission. I only ask to break off the engagement with the young master.”
With that, Sophia dropped to her knees. The sound of them hitting the floor slammed into my chest like a hammer.
My father stayed silent, while my sisters glared at Sophia with fury.
“Are you insane? Have you forgotten why you left in the first place?”
“Ethan has waited five whole years for you. Do you even know how he’s lived during that time, worrying every day that you might die out there? Is this how you repay him?”
“Sophia Lane, do you want to break off the engagement because of the man standing behind you?”
Their accusations filled the hall, but Sophia pressed her lips together and said nothing, as if waiting for my father’s decision.
He took a coat from the butler and draped it over my shoulders.
“Ethan, say the word. If you don’t want this, those two won’t walk out of the Cole Family Estate alive today.”
I let him put the coat on me, but my eyes stayed fixed on Sophia.
Five years had passed, and Sophia had grown much thinner.