Chapter 99: Saying One Thing and Meaning Another

They were rarely intimate, but their communication at night was exceptionally harmonious.

Pierce’s pupils were pitch black, reflecting her delicate face in his eyes, as if a clear lake was rippling with the deepest secrets.

The palm of my hand was empty.

Sophia snapped back to reality, glaring at him with some annoyance, unwilling to show weakness, she hooked up the corner of her lips in defiance:

“Generally speaking, it’s all lies, utterly terrible.”

She said, and then walked right past him.

Pierce’s face darkened, anyone would be upset to hear such a comment.

Reflecting on their few encounters, her performance should have been considered satisfactory.

Watching her retreating figure, he gritted his teeth in silence:

“Words were not matching the heart.”

Sophia walked over, and/Mike, observing his niece’s expression, immediately made room:

“Come on, you take a turn.”

Sophia laughed, “I’m not good at it.”

Others laughed and chimed in, “Don’t be shy, Ms. Cruise, it’s just a

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game. How about this, for every goal you score, we’ll put in a million. How does that sound?”

Everyone found it interesting: “Alright!”

They had just witnessed Sophia’s ball skills a moment ago, which were really not impressive.

So that’s why they started this gamble so generously.

Anyway, I couldn’t invest much money.

Sophia blinked, watching them:

“Really?”

“Of course, Mr. Clement was there too. Did Mr. Clement agree?”

One of them called out to Pierce, who was standing not far away.

Pierce hooked the corner of his lip:

“I bet five million on scoring a goal.”

He just had to be different from others!

Mike clapped his hands and exclaimed excitedly:

“Alright, it’s settled then, Ms. Cruise. Whether we can attract investment this time is all up to you!”

Sophia, seemingly under great pressure, walked to the middle.

She played ball like a weakling, everyone was waiting to laugh at her.

The first hole was a par three.

pole at the hole on the

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One Thing and Meaning

didn’t make it in.

couldn’t help but laugh.

the next shot

help but curve the corners of

the next second.

second ball steadily passed Pierce and went into

green.

a moment, then began

bad,

the side, adding

“Twelve million!”

stick with a smile, and unsurprisingly, she scored again.

“Twenty–four million!”

“Thirty–six million!”

could hardly laugh anymore, even the applause was sparse. They looked at Sophia

second round was a

increased, the

stood by, squinting his

One Thing

on her first shot, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of

second shot also went

third pole to the tenth pole, there

lost their

of the five–pole hole in the third round

breezed in four

laughing so hard that he was almost

that

had noticed that Sophia was deliberately

a mistake in every game, as a face–saving gesture for everyone else. Otherwise, the deception would be too

left, someone next to me started laughing

it’s the last ball, hold steady!”

I’ll go

was no small feat for Sophia to have Pierce stoop to pick up the

back out, it was

Pierce was the one who got the most money.

soft glow enveloping him, as if he were

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he bent down to

suddenly lost her grip, and the ball shot straight towards Pierce’s

gasped in

“Mr. Clement……”

suddenly changed color, he was holding back, gripping his own

slowly straightened up

slowly breathed a

nervously glanced at Sophia.

were too accurate.”

airing her personal grievances in

It was a moment of distraction that caused her to lose

possibly “bully” Pierce in public?

With an air of nonchalance, he placed the ball on the ground with his other hand, his voice rich and resonant:

a goal, the previous one

changed slightly, she looked up at him, her heart felt as if it

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your

Ms. Cruise’s aim

should go to

take a look first!”

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