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

help but laugh.

as a practice, the next

but curve the corners of

the next

ball steadily passed Pierce and

green.

moment, then began

bad,

counted the number of people on the side,

“Twelve million!”

her third stick with a smile, and

“Twenty–four million!”

“Thirty–six million!”

applause was sparse. They looked at

round was a par–four

difficulty increased, the

by, squinting his eyes.

Saying One Thing and Meanin

on her first shot, and everyone secretly

the second shot also went

third pole to the tenth pole, there

lost their ability

of the five–pole hole in the third

breezed in four times.

laughing so hard that he was almost in

time that attracting investment was

that Sophia

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

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

it’s the last ball, hold steady!”

go get the ball

feat for Sophia to have Pierce stoop to pick up the

to back out, it was impossible.

all, Pierce was the one

the green, standing tall and upright, a soft glow enveloping

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bent down to pick

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

in surprise.

“Mr. Clement……”

color, he was holding back, gripping his own wrist, and cold sweat had broken out on his forehead.

after a brief pause, he slowly straightened up again

a sigh of relief.

also nervously glanced

were too

her personal

wronged. It was a moment of distraction that

she possibly “bully” Pierce in public?

Sophia. With an air of nonchalance, he placed the ball on the ground with

for a goal, the previous

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

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your

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

perhaps we should go to the hospital?”

yeah, let’s go take a look first!”

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