"I'm sorry, but I don't usually poison people. So, what you just ate for breakfast was poison-free. But, I did slip in some sleeping pills. You'll probably be out for about eight or nine hours."

Just as Sophie was about to leave, she paused and added, "Oh, right. After those eight or nine hours, you might find yourself air-shipped back to Devonport. I'll get in touch with Ms. Elodie to pick you up. Hope everything goes well for you when you get back."

It was pretty obvious Sophie didn't mean a word of what she said.

If he ended up being sent back to Devonport like this, knowing Elodie, she'd definitely be furious with him.

"Sophie! You-"

Griffin tried to say something, but his eyelids were already heavy and his vision blurred. Within seconds, he collapsed to the floor.

"Oh, I forgot to mention, besides the sleeping pills, I added a tiny dose of a hallucinogen. Just get some good rest; you won't feel a thing on the way."

With that, Sophie turned and left the hotel.

Outside, a bodyguard opened the car door for Sophie and asked, "Ms. Sophie, are we heading back to the hospital?"

"Drive to the Minton estate."

"Yes, ma'am."

The Minton estate.

the study, Odie was restlessly

outside the door. Odie immediately stood up. "Is she

"Seems like it."

"Don't let her in!"

Sophie had already

been a while since Sophie last visited the Minton estate.

She was taken aback, but Sophie just gave her a brief glance, and they both acted like they had never met, without saying a word. "Odie, if you don't come out, I'm going

raised her voice and called out

immediately stepped

a dozen bodyguards, he

what's with bringing so many

"Settling scores."

say he wanted to settle things with me alone? So, I brought people

"You..."

for words, feeling guilty. Sophie then said, "Mr. Odie, how

glanced at the people behind Sophie and eventually told Jonah, "Bring

Sophie, "Ms. Sophie, the

Sophie directly sat on the sofa

blunt manners and said, "You really don't hold back,

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