Chapter 480

After Maximus said that, all of the household staff present immediately grasped the severity of the situation. As a result, a group of them then gathered around Sophia and said, "Ms. Sophia, it would be best if you returned to your room." As Maximus walked away, Sophia glared at him with her bloodshot eyes. She yelled, "How could you do this to me! Why did you slap me? Do you think treating me like this will make Naomi like you more? If you really have what it takes, then marry her instead of taking your anger out on me!" If Maximus would just man up and sort things out with Naomi and get together with her, she wouldn't care if he became a stepfather to someone else's child. She wouldn't even be troubled if he was being taken advantage of. She would even pay for their whole wedding. Yet, for all these years, he had merely harbored a secret crush on her, never bringing himself to confess his feelings to Naomi. … Back at the Goodwin residence, after Ronald and Bailey had lef