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."

living room, expertly throwing darts at a vase worth a small fortune. The next second, the vase

picked up a paring knife from the table, and Rick, fearing the worst,

I was gonna throw it?" Colby replied coolly, picking up an apple. "Just

п

living room, where a maid was nervously

at your own

clearly in a foul mood, didn't respond. Gordon added, "You brought this on

this, Colby's knife slipped, the apple peel breaking off suddenly. He

a mix of resentment and

she must've gone to look for James. Otherwise,

the paring knife into the apple

my bad,

stood up and headed for the stairs without a backward glance. It might have been an accident, but

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