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

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didn’t make it

couldn’t help but

a practice, the next

curve

next second.

Pierce and went into the hole of the

green.

a moment, then began

is not bad, she has

side, adding Pierce’s five million, and spoke loudly:

“Twelve million!”

a smile, and unsurprisingly,

“Twenty–four million!”

“Thirty–six million!”

applause was sparse. They

second round was a par–four

difficulty increased, the distance

by, squinting his eyes.

Thing and

first shot, and everyone secretly breathed

second shot also went in.

the third pole to the tenth pole, there were even fewer mistakes.

lost their ability to laugh.

five–pole hole in the third

in

was almost in stitches on the

the first time that attracting

noticed that Sophia was deliberately

as a face–saving gesture for everyone else.

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

last ball, hold

I’ll go get the ball for

have Pierce stoop to

back out, it was

was the one who got the

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

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Thing and

bent down to pick

rod in a daze, suddenly lost her grip, and the ball shot straight towards Pierce’s wrist.

in

“Mr. Clement……”

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

pause, he slowly straightened up again and

a sigh

nervously glanced

too

Sophia was airing her personal grievances in

was truly wronged. It

could she possibly “bully” Pierce

of nonchalance, he placed the ball on the ground with his other hand,

up for a goal,

changed slightly, she looked up at him, her heart

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was your wrist?”

with inquiries: “Yeah, Ms. Cruise’s aim

perhaps we should

go take

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