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.

head, aimed the pole at the hole on

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make it

help but

a practice, the

but curve the corners of his

the next

passed Pierce and went into the hole of the

green.

silent for a moment, then

not bad, she has improved!”

people on the side, adding Pierce’s five

“Twelve million!”

her third 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 at Sophia in

second round was a

the distance became

stood by, squinting his

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shot, and everyone secretly breathed a

shot also went in.

pole to the tenth pole, there were even fewer

lost their ability to laugh.

hole in

breezed in

hard that he was almost

for the first time that attracting investment was so easy!

present had noticed that Sophia was

as a face–saving gesture for everyone else. Otherwise, the

left, someone next to me started laughing

last ball,

go get the ball for

for Sophia to have Pierce stoop to pick up

wanted to back out, it was impossible.

one who

a soft glow enveloping him,

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down to pick up the ball.

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

in

“Mr. Clement……”

watched as Pierce’s face suddenly changed color, he was holding back, gripping his own wrist, and cold sweat had broken out

brief pause, he slowly straightened

a

glanced at

too accurate.”

thought Sophia was airing her personal

truly wronged. It was a moment of distraction that caused her to lose

could she possibly “bully” Pierce in

nonchalance, he placed the ball on

up for a goal, the

looked up at him, her heart felt as if it had been squeezed, very

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was your wrist?”

also followed up with inquiries: “Yeah, Ms. Cruise’s aim is really good, is your

should go to the hospital?”

go take a look first!”

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