Chapter 74

Samuel tried to suppress the strange feeling rising in his chest. Gently ruffling Sophia's hair, he said indulgently, "You just got out of the hospital. Don't run so fast." Sophia nodded shyly. "Okay, I'll listen to you, Samuel." Billy couldn't resist teasing, "She couldn't wait to see you, Samuel. She didn't even notice her own brother." Sophia's face flushed red, both embarrassed and annoyed. "Billy!" Billy chuckled, pinching her cheek lightly. "Alright, alright. I'm just teasing you. Let's head inside." "Okay." With one hand held by Samuel and the other clutching Billy's arm, Sophia was the picture of a pampered princess. The maids looked on with envy and admiration, wishing they could be treated like Sophia. Now that the Moore family's matriarch, Eleanor Graham, had arrived, it was only a matter of time before Sophia married into the family and became their young mistress. To the maids, it seemed as though Sophia's fortune was straight out of a fairytale—almost too good to b