"Could it be..."

"Sophia!" the two of them exclaimed simultaneously.

After uttering that name, they shared a knowing smile.

"It's really her!" Daniel took out a cigarette. With a quick nod from Fat Lawler, one of his subordinates handed him a lighter.

The smell of tobacco filled the room as Daniel contemplated and then flicked off the ash.

"I guess... by now, both of us are blamed for kidnapping the Bayer heiress, right?"

"What else!" Fat Lawler snorted. "She acted all friendly with me on the surface, but then she pulled off this stunt, spreading rumors everywhere that I abducted Arya!"

"We're pretty tight, so naturally, others would suspect me," Daniel said with a grin. "This way, more people are implicated. My brother-in-law is Nicholas, so it affects the relationship between the Bayer and Thompson families."

Fat Lawler scoffed. "She really thinks she can manipulate us like this?"

"What do you think?"

showed no signs of an emotional ripple. However, Daniel noticed him clenching his fists and the

whispered after a brief silence, "Fat Lawler, I've manipulated the price of Cumulus

did it to help you release your frustration. As

Fat Lawler gestured.

that moment, Arya turned and blinked, gradually sitting up in bed

"I'd like to have a private

Lawler hesitated for a moment

carefully pushed

body instinctively leaned back. When she saw the person entering was

she softly

him by his name? That might seem disrespectful. He was Pammy's uncle. In theory, she

Finally,

a seat in

though I'm Linda's younger brother, there's a significant age gap between us. Besides,

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