Chapter 158

Sofia’s POV

It had been a few weeks since the Cortes had been taken care of. At that time we celebrated Sterling’s thirty-second birthday and started focusing on the opening of the second Amethyst and the wedding ceremony. We were now in February and starting to also prepare for Steel’s eighth birthday. Everything was going relatively well right now, to be honest.

Sterling was right, no one came questioning us. I’m sure Maria protested but it didn’t work. Sterling had been keeping an eye on things through his connections within the police to make sure everything stayed in our favor. As more time passed it became obvious we were in the clear.

“Mommy!” Steel came running in from the kitchen. I could tell by the chocolate on his face that he had been getting a snack when I had come in.

“Hey, buddy!” I held my arms out and wrapped him in a hug.

“How was school?”

“It was great!” He was in a good mood so he must’ve had a good day.

“We got a