"What's the rush? You'll find out soon enough," Lucas replied coolly, his deep, magnetic voice laced with indifference.

Sophia's sense of dread intensified.

Suddenly, she stood up, saying, "If you two have things to discuss, I'll just leave."

She quickly headed for the door, but before she could reach it, she was met by five or six disheveled men being escorted in by the bodyguards. Each man looked filthier than the last, with some even covered in unsightly warts, making the sight revolting.

The bodyguards blocked her path. "Miss Winter, the matter isn't over yet. You can't leave."

Sophia's face paled as she eyed the men. "What are you planning to do?"

The bodyguards didn't answer. Instead, they pushed her back into the room and shut the door behind her.

leg making it difficult to steady herself—and fell to the ground. Panic spread across her face as she looked up at Lucas,

and a bodyguard approached Sophia with a small

the bodyguard. Half the

overwhelmed her as she gasped, "What did you make me

at her with cold,

as he took in her pitiful state. "You've repeatedly plotted against her, yet now you have the nerve to ask what I'm

again, I swear. Please, forgive me. I promise, I'll stay out of your lives from now

she had just been forced to drink. "Lucas, I'm sorry, I truly am..." Sophia's voice was filled with desperation, fear gripping her as she

back, his expression

her inside," he

the bodyguard's hand, the disheveled men moved forward, lifting

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