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.

at the hole on

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didn’t make it in.

help

practice, the next shot

but curve the

the next second.

and went

green.

fell silent for a moment, then began to

is not bad, she

people on the side,

“Twelve million!”

stick with a smile, and unsurprisingly, she scored

“Twenty–four million!”

“Thirty–six million!”

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

second round was a par–four

increased, the distance became further.

squinting his

Saying One Thing and Meanin

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

the second shot

third pole to the tenth

their ability

five–pole hole in the

breezed in

he was almost in stitches on the side.

for the first time that attracting investment was so

that Sophia was deliberately

a face–saving gesture for

more ball was left, someone next to me started laughing and said:

it’s the last ball, hold steady!”

paused, “Don’t worry, I’ll go get the ball for

Sophia to have Pierce

back

one who got the

standing tall and upright, a soft glow enveloping him, as if he were coated in a layer of

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Thing and

he bent down to pick

rod in a daze, suddenly lost her grip, and the ball shot

gasped in

“Mr. Clement……”

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

straightened

slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

also nervously glanced at

too

thought Sophia was airing her personal grievances in

was truly wronged. It was a moment of

could she possibly “bully” Pierce in public?

at Sophia. With an air of nonchalance, he placed the ball on the ground with his other hand,

a goal, the

up at him, her heart felt

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your

Ms. Cruise’s aim

we should go to the hospital?”

let’s go take

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