Chapter 317

Sophia froze for a brief moment. When she snapped back to reality, her gaze sharpened. "Your motive and goal—isn't it the Holmes Group fortune? Have I not spent enough money on you for the three years we've spent together?" I sat up abruptly. The iron chain clinked sharply with my movement, the sound piercing through the darkness of the room. Mockery filled my eyes as I looked at her, my voice turning cold. "Are you sure that money was spent on me?" I let the question hang for a second before continuing, "If I had known Ferlyn and Ashton were going to ask you for money, I would've told you not to give them a single cent. "That was my burden to bear—my family, my mess. Do you really think I wanted you to see that side of me? "Sophia, in the three years we've been married, the time, effort, and money I've put into you—have you not felt any of it?" By the time I finished speaking, my fists were already clenched tightly at my sides. Despite my anger, I managed to suppress my frustra