[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rebirth-clinging-to-my-possessive-magnate":3,"chapter-rebirth-clinging-to-my-possessive-magnate-rebirth-clinging-to-my-possessive-magnate-chapter-73":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rebirth: Clinging to My Possessive Magnate",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1201772,1551,"Chapter 73: Complete Defeat","rebirth-clinging-to-my-possessive-magnate-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>\"Sophie, your knight in shining armor is here to pick you up!\" Colleagues called out to Sophie Wilson with a laugh as soon as Charles Seymour appeared at the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey hey... Sophie, your guy is really on top of things, picking you up on time,\" a colleague nearby teased with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While packing her things, Sophie Wilson joked back, \"Well, I can’t help it. I’m just so amazing, he’s afraid someone might snatch me away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shameless boast drew a chorus of boos from the colleagues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Charles Seymour, with a slightly serious expression, said in a deep voice, \"Sophie is great!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sophie really is excellent, so why are they booing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His serious demeanor made the colleagues laugh. This guy is really honest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All right, all right, my guy is simple and honest, don’t bully him,\" Sophie Wilson \"warned\" them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, oh... you’re defending him...\" a colleague who was close to Sophie teased with a wink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, if I don’t protect my own, who will I protect?\" Sophie finished packing her stuff, raised an eyebrow, \"Not chatting with you guys anymore, I’m off, bye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, Charles Seymour didn’t say a word to Sophie Wilson, the elevator was crowded, and there were many people in the hallway, not a good time to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Charles isn’t someone who likes to chatter endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they got to the car, Charles opened the door for Sophie, and just as she sat in, four words softly drifted over her head, \"I protect you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice was so light that Sophie thought she was imagining it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baffled, she looked up to see Charles nonchalantly closing the car door, calmly walking around to the other side to get in, leaving Sophie a bit stunned...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, was she imagining things just now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why did she suddenly have that illusion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because she wanted a response from Charles too badly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She should know his feelings for her, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her mind was in a jumble, Sophie noticed Charles’s slightly blushing earlobe and instantly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone has switched back from being openly flirtatious to being secretive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you looking at me?\" Charles asked Sophie with an air of calmness, as if nothing had happened, as if he hadn’t said anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for the telling evidence of his blushing ear, Sophie might have been fooled by his composure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How dare he ask her that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why doesn’t he ask himself what he just did?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her mind, the Little Demon, with black horns and a black pitchfork, was screaming wildly, \"Teach him a lesson! Teach him! Teach him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Sophie followed her \"sinful\" thought and slowly said, \"I was just thinking, what if someone was to snatch me away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t it be better to just admit you like me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why switch between being openly and secretly flirtatious, isn’t it tiring?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Snatch away?\" Charles let out a disdainful chuckle, and a dark storm suddenly gathered in the car, swirling with icy wind and snow, completely blocking out the over thirty degrees Celsius heat outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That would depend on whether they have the fate for it.\" Charles spoke each word clearly and calmly, yet each word landed like a thousand-pound boulder, making one’s heart tremble violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the front, the driver was so scared he broke into a cold sweat; even though he’d survived gunfights, he couldn’t withstand Charles Seymour’s aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold sweat was trickling down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Little Demon in Sophie’s heart... the Little Demon met its master from hell... and there were only two words—complete defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>",599,"2026-06-03T13:57:31.225Z",1,"novelbin.me","b6d5b42ced3686153da3542a158632636a3d14b7d1e8e2f6090bab6730177323","rebirth-clinging-to-my-possessive-magnate-chapter-74","rebirth-clinging-to-my-possessive-magnate-chapter-72",992,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-clinging-to-my-possessive-magnate-cover.jpg"]