Watching Sophie, who had clearly pieced everything together, Colby sighed and said, "Babe, can I lie?"

"No."

Getting a firm no from Sophie, Colby pulled out his phone. The screen showed a series of calls from an unknown number from the night before. But to Sophie, this number was all too familiar. "James... really put on quite the show," Sophie said, her voice calm.

Later, at the Burke Estate....

Rick walked into Gordon's room, unable to hold back his words. "Sir, you need to step in."

"Step in for what? He brought this on himself," Gordon replied, his face expressionless. "I didn't force him."

"But if this keeps up, Colby's going to bring down the entire Aldridge family!"

Gordon rubbed his temples, feeling a headache brewing. He really shouldn't have let all these people move in.

"Go check on him."

"Yes, sir."

room, expertly throwing darts at a vase worth

paring knife from the table, and Rick, fearing the worst, rushed over. "Colby! You can't

it?" Colby replied coolly, picking

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living room, where a maid was nervously cleaning

you wanna break stuff, do it at your own

Gordon added, "You brought this on

apple peel breaking off suddenly. He shot

a mix of resentment and

she must've gone to look for James. Otherwise, you wouldn't

knife into the apple on the fruit platter

bad, it

a backward glance. It might have been an accident, but at that moment, he almost wished he could've aimed for Gordon's

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