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.

lowered her head, aimed the pole at the

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make

couldn’t help but laugh.

it as a practice, the

help but curve the corners of

the next

passed Pierce and went into the hole of the

green.

for a moment, then began to applaud her

is not bad,

side,

“Twelve million!”

stick with a smile, and unsurprisingly, she scored again.

“Twenty–four million!”

“Thirty–six million!”

even the applause was sparse. They

second round was a par–four

the distance

by, squinting

One Thing and

poorly on her first shot, and

shot also went

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

their ability to

the five–pole hole in

breezed in four

so hard that he was almost in stitches on the side.

first time that attracting

had noticed that Sophia was deliberately hiding

mistake in every game, as a face–saving gesture for everyone else. Otherwise, the deception would be too great.

someone next to me started laughing and said:

the last ball, hold

worry, I’ll go get the ball

no small feat for Sophia to have Pierce

back

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

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

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to pick

lost her grip, and the ball shot straight towards Pierce’s wrist.

in surprise.

“Mr. Clement……”

gripping his own

after a brief pause, he slowly straightened up again

breathed a sigh

also nervously glanced at

were too accurate.”

Sophia was airing her

was truly wronged. It was

she possibly “bully” Pierce in

placed the ball on the

a goal, the previous

him, her heart

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Thing and Meaning Another

your

Cruise’s aim is

we should go to the

yeah, let’s go take a look

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