Chapter 136: This is How You Repay Me？

Sophie's cheeks burned like embers as she lowered her gaze, ignoring Leah's increasingly insistent calls. The woman's voice grated on her nerves, each syllable a shrill reminder of the suffocating control Leah exerted over her life. "Leah, honey," drawled Amanda, a sardonic smirk playing on her lips, "you've got some brass. Spot a handsome young fella and you immediately try to snag him for your son-in-law? Don't you remember Sophie's got a ring on her finger? And her hubby's right there, watching this whole embarrassing spectacle unfold. Are you so desperate to see her remarried that you'll push her into another marriage before the ink's even dry on the first one?" Leah scoffed, an arrogant glint in her eyes. "What's it to you, Amanda? Sophie's marriage to that good-for-nothing is nothing but a farce. Everyone in the family knows it. Besides," she added, her voice dripping with feigned innocence, "wouldn't it be advantageous for the Mitchells if I found Sophie a decent man?" Ella l