Sophia was startled. "No! I... I was anxious because I wanted tofort you..."


    Zachary looked at her coldly. "You''ve never wanted me to regain the ability to walk, do you?"


    Sophia reached out her hand to try and hold him. "Why would I think that way? You''re my husband..."


    Zachary waved her hand away coldly and said, "Thanks to you, I''m very exhausted after what happened. Could you please be quiet for a while?"


    Sophia opened her mouth as if to say something, but her expression froze instantly. She had to calm herself down for a moment before closing her mouth and sitting quietly to one side.


    When Zachary said he was ''very exhausted after what happened'', Sophia''s mind immediately recalled what happened between him and the female nurse in that special examination room earlier. She became angrier with every passing thought, but she knew she had no right to lose her temper or be jealous since she arranged everything herself.


    The ride remained silent until the car stopped in front of the hotel. Sophia approached to help push Zachary''s wheelchair out of the car. He neither refused nor did he thank her as he typically would. He simply remained silent and expressionless.


    Sophia knew that everything she did that day had thoroughly angered him, so she did not dare to say anything to him. However, sheforted herself in the fact that he was angry because he did not enjoy his time with the nurse. There was nothing else she could do for the moment other than to let Zachary vent his dissatisfaction before cating him a few dayster. After all, the doctor got the sample from him, and all she needed to do was conceive Zachary''s child. His attitude toward her would surely change by then.


    She wheeled Zachary into the hotel while contemting her n. She intended to bring him to her father''s ce to greet him and pick Benjamin up along the way, but Zachary imed to feel unwell and did no want to enter Adam''s room. He told her to fetch Benjamin instead. Knowing that Zachary had a ''tough'' day, Sophia decided not to insist upon him to greet Adam and proceeded to go into Adam''s room without him.


    When she entered, she saw Adam sitting on the sofa irritatedly. He had a cigar in his mouth and seemed to be displeased as he spoke on the phone. It was not until he hung up the call that Sophia approached him and asked, "What happened? Have you located Aunt Melinda and Lilin?"


    After getting pped by her father on the previous day, Sophia reflected on her approach and decided to temporarily appease him to secure her inheritance rights. Once she had full control over the assets, she could easily deal with Melinda and Lilin as she saw fit.


    Adam turned around and looked at her without addressing her question. He asked with a cigar in his mouth, "You''re back? Where''s that cripple?"


    Sophia did not appreciate her father referring to her beloved man that way, "Please don''t call Zachary that! He is your son-inw!"


    Adam snorted and asked sarcastically, "How''s the hospital visit? Can my ''precious'' son-inw still get hard?"


    Sophia frowned. "The hospital is highly professional, and everything went smoothly. Please show some more respect to Zachary, Dad."


    Adam''s eyes widened. "You want me to respect him, but does he respect me? If he doesn''t even bother toe in and greet his father-inw, I have no reason to show him any respect."


    Upon realizing that she could no longer persuade Adam, Sophia sighed and said, "Forget it, Dad. I won''t argue with you when you''re in a bad mood. Where is Benjamin, by the way? I''ll bring him to keep Zacharypany. He''s not in a good mood right now."RêAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only