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.

her head, aimed the pole at the

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99: Saying One Thing and Meaning Another

make it

couldn’t help but

the next shot officially starts.”

curve the corners of

the next second.

steadily passed Pierce and went into the hole

green.

then began to applaud

bad,

counted the number of people on the side, adding Pierce’s five million, and spoke loudly:

“Twelve million!”

raised her third stick with a smile, and unsurprisingly,

“Twenty–four million!”

“Thirty–six million!”

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

was a

the distance became further.

by, squinting his eyes.

Saying One Thing and Meanin

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

shot also went

pole to the tenth pole, there

their

of the five–pole hole in the third round

in

laughing so hard that he was almost in

the first time that attracting investment

had noticed that Sophia was deliberately hiding

every game, as a face–saving gesture for everyone else.

ball was left, someone next to me started

Cruise, it’s the last ball, hold

paused, “Don’t worry, I’ll go get

for Sophia to have Pierce stoop to pick up the

if everyone wanted to back out, it was

all, Pierce was the one who got the most money.

soft glow enveloping him, as if he

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down to pick

suddenly lost her grip, and the ball shot straight towards

gasped in surprise.

“Mr. Clement……”

he was holding back, gripping his own wrist, and cold sweat

pause, he slowly straightened up again and walked towards

breathed a sigh

also nervously glanced at Sophia.

were too

Sophia was airing her personal grievances in

was truly wronged. It was a moment of distraction that caused

“bully” Pierce

of nonchalance, he placed the ball on the

for a goal, the previous one didn’t count.”

up at him, her heart felt as if it

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One Thing and Meaning

was your wrist?”

“Yeah, Ms. Cruise’s aim is really good, is

should go

go take

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