Chapter 180 - None of us can be bullied (1/2)

There was a period of silence, Sophia, Felix and Stella were busy in their own thought.

Felix felt the silence pressing on him, making him aware of guilt he feels for keeping from Sophia that the 'small robot' is his invention. Felix looked at Sophia and glanced at Stella nervously. ”There is one more thing...”

Sophia looked at Felix curiously waiting for him to speak.

Felix told himself that he has to say this and continued, ”The device you call 'small robot' is actually MX31. It is one of my designs that I didn't finish.”

”What are you saying?”, Sophia was not sure she heard him right. Stella squinted her eyes and listened without making a sound.

Felix was facing Sophia, while explaining, hoping that she will listen until the end, and not hate him after he is done. ”Two years ago, I designed it. I hit a bottleneck with movement mechanisms, and then other things took priority, so I never completed it. I never sold the design or produced it. I don't know how it ended up inside your sister.”

”Are you sure it's your design?” Sophia had difficulty believing what he said. It's not that she does not believe that Felix is capable of designing such a device… but him designing it two years ago, and then they end up dating, and now his two-year-old design ends up inside her sister? How crazy of a story is that?

”I'm absolutely positive. I remember every design I created, and this is one of them.” Felix was reassuring her that he is confident.

Sophia thought for some time before asking, ”And you are saying that someone stole it?”

”There is no other explanation... I was thinking to ask Sarah and Aiden to help me in figuring out who took it.”

”Why didn't you say this right away?” Sophia could guess that he feared that she will dislike him because his design contributed to her sister getting hurt, but she needed to hear that from him.

This was the part Felix was uneasy about. ”I was fearing... that you will not believe me... or that you will believe me and blame me for Sarah getting hurt.”

Sophia nodded in understanding and patted his shoulder. ”I'm sure that Sarah and Aiden will be willing to help you out. We all want to get to the bottom of this.” Sophia was glad that he told her even though it might incriminate him. He had a choice not to say anything, but still decided to tell her. At that moment, he gained her trust a little bit more.

JoAnna came to the cafeteria and joined them.

”Where did you disappear?”, Sophia asked JoAnna.