My Dreamy Old Husband

Chapter 319

Abel found it amusing to know that Sophia was actually one of the Mitchell Family. No wonder he had always had this familiar feeling every time he saw her. That must have been the reason why Nathan thought she stood out from many others back then.

Abel had also gathered some information and videos on Cooper’s car accident. Back when Cooper was appointed as the patriarch of the family, an internal strife within the family started brewing. In the end, Cooper managed to subdue the conflict by adopting a hardball tactic.

Still, many secretly held grudges against him. After all, the Mitchell Family was a prestigious family that had survived for more than a century. How could they have allowed a young lad in his twenties to become their patriarch?

Although Cooper was way more talented and competent than anyone else in the family and despite the multiple occasions he had saved them, there were some who were still eager to get rid of him. That must have been the reason that brought about the family’s downfall!

Not long after that, Cooper died in a car crash. The car he traveled in was nearly flattened due to a collision with a construction vehicle, causing the car to explode. His body was in pieces and people only knew it was him according to a DNA test.

Many were saddened to hear of the demise of a talent of the Mitchell Family. Ever since Woody learnt about his death, he had become a shadow of his old self.

It was only now that they found out the body inside the coffin was not Cooper. There were two possible explanations—the first was that he might already be dead but his body was taken away by somebody. The second was that he might still be alive and everything was just part of his runaway plan. Abel and Michael thought the second scenario was more likely.

After studying the information on Cooper’s death thoroughly, Micheal learnt that Cooper had decided to leave all his wealth in the family’s public fund and also to provide for his father’s living expenses. It was puzzling that he did not take even a dime of his wealth which he had fought so hard for.

When the car accident took place, Woody was already over eighty years old. At that age, he was supposed to lead a carefree and relaxed life but Cooper’s car accident came as a huge blow to him. Because of that, the old man was later diagnosed with dementia and he had no choice but surrender his power in the family to others.

What could have convinced Cooper to give up his immense wealth and leave his aging father behind? What made him become so cold-hearted? Where had he been over the past decades? Was he still alive? Did he know he had a daughter? Michael’s head was filled with questions.

Cooper was not the only one in the family that had pulled off something like this. Justin also became so disheartened with his family that he decided to stage a fake death.

However, what made him different from Cooper was that he left without having to worry about anything— his departure would not affect his family too much because he was not the only son. Also, Nathan had Michael to take care of him.

As for Cooper, he was Woody’s only son, so why did he do something so cruel? Would he still continue to hide even after knowing that his father had suffered from dementia because of him?

After studying the materials, Abel sighed. “After Cooper faked his death, he had severed all his ties with the Mitchell Family completely and his plan was airtight. He really needed to be extremely cruel and heartless to be able to pull off something like that. Did he not care about anything?”

Although Justin had done the same thing, he was not without worries because he had left his son, Nathan, behind.

There was no secret that couldn’t be revealed. As the patriarch of the Mitchell Family, his fake death would be something very significant and its consequence would implicate many. How did he actually ensure his plan to be so infallible that no one had ever found out there was something fishy with his death even after so many years? No one would ever find out his secret if it wasn’t for his daughter, Sophia, and his helpful son-in-law, Michael.

“I’m sure a man like Cooper would remain an outstanding man even though he might have adopted a new identity.” Reading the materials in his hands, Michael spotted a photo of Cooper taken when he was twenty-eight.

At that time, he was at the peak of his career and all the girls in Bayside City were crazy over him because of his good looks. However, he was widely known to be a man who abstained from pleasure. He did not have a long-term partner up until his death and was not involved in any scandal with any woman.

At that time, Justin was quite close with Cooper. To Justin, Cooper was in a whole other league. Back then, Old Master Fletcher tried to fix his most beloved granddaughter, Celine Fletcher, up with Cooper and the two families thought they would make a perfect couple.

But to everyone’s surprise, Cooper later asked Justin for his help to sabotage their plan by letting him attend the blind date with Celine on his behalf. Justin did the job well by showering the girl with insults and rude remarks as soon as he met her, resulting in him being beaten up. Although they got off to a bad start, the King of Soldiers later got along well with the army belle ever since.

The two soon fell head over heels for each other. When they told everyone about their relationship, the Fletchers were pleased to see them dating, especially Old Master Fletcher, who admired Justin a great

deal because he was the King of Soldiers. However, the Mitchell Family did not embrace their relationship as positively.

As Justin was neither a descendant from the main family nor the most talented member, logically speaking he was not supposed to get engaged with Celine. Many of the family were against their relationship but Cooper exercised his rights as the patriarch of the family to subdue the opposing voices, approving their marriage. If it wasn’t for him, Nathan wouldn’t have existed.

“Oh Cooper… Where are you now?” Michael sighed. “Do research on all the big shots globally who managed to make a name for themselves in the recent ten years. I believe we’ll be able to find some clues.” Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Abel was not too keen to blow Cooper’s disguise, thinking that he must have been determined to sever all ties with his family by staging a fake accident back then. However, Michael was very eager to track him down because he was Sophia’s father.

Michael was not after Cooper’s wealth nor his power. He understood that if Cooper knew he had a daughter and a son-in-law, he would be even more burdened. However, he just wanted Sophia to know that she had a very talented and prominent father.

After a lengthy deliberation, he decided not to reveal the truth to Sophia for the time being. He would only decide what to do when they found Cooper. Since the man had lived under such a perfect cover over the years, it wouldn’t be easy to locate him.

Having verified this piece of information with Abel, Michael then headed to Sophia’s study, his excitement palpable. She was no longer playing games. At that moment, she was going over a book with her laptop switched on, an online lecture playing on its screen.

Michael decided not to disturb her. Instead, he opened the door to a slit so that he could peek in on her. That was Cooper Mitchell’s daughter! He had actually slept with his daughter! He was so proud of himself. Soon, he would locate Cooper and give her a huge surprise. He wanted her to know that her father was the greatest man in the world.

Meanwhile, Sophia was reading a pornographic book intently. She had always known that Sarah’s passion was drawing and she worked as a concept designer at Stanley’s company. However, she had no clue that Sarah drew illustrations for pornographic books too.

Sarah had gathered all the drawings she had done for gay pornographic books and made it into a collection, which she then published and released to a small circle of people. The book was full of X- rated graphics of gay couples.

Drawings of her favorite gay couples were depicted in the book as well as some other imaginary gay couples. She could turn anything into a drawing!

If Michael found out about the book, Sophia was sure that he would teach Sarah a harsh lesson. Therefore, she only dared to read it secretly at home. In fact, she had secretly stashed some away too. The drawings were so lewd and exciting that she thought she was on the verge of getting a nosebleed.