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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didn’t make it in.

help

as a practice, the

couldn’t help but curve the corners

next

passed Pierce and went

green.

for a moment, then began to

is not bad,

of people on the side, adding

“Twelve million!”

a smile, and unsurprisingly,

“Twenty–four million!”

“Thirty–six million!”

the applause was sparse. They looked at Sophia in confusion.

round was

difficulty increased, the

stood by, squinting

One Thing

first shot, and

second shot also went

to the tenth pole, there

their ability to

hole in the third round was

in

he was almost in

time that

had noticed that Sophia was deliberately hiding

would make a mistake in every game, as a face–saving gesture for

someone next to me started laughing

it’s the last ball, hold

“Don’t worry, I’ll go get the ball for you.”

no small feat for Sophia to have Pierce stoop to

back out, it was impossible.

the one

green, standing tall and upright, a soft glow enveloping him, as if

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Thing and

bent down to pick up the ball.

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

gasped in

“Mr. Clement……”

was holding back, gripping his own

a brief pause, he slowly straightened up again

breathed a sigh of

also nervously glanced

were too

airing her personal grievances

wronged. It was a moment of distraction that

could she possibly “bully” Pierce in public?

Sophia. With an air of nonchalance, he placed the ball on the ground with his other hand, his voice rich and resonant:

a goal, the

her heart felt as if it had been

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your wrist?”

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

should go to

go take a look first!”

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