Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 696

Sophie glanced at the chaotic mess of the wine cellar, realizing that even with ten cleaners, tidying it up in a single night wouldn't be possible.

It was clear that Odie was deliberately making things difficult for her.

If she wanted Odie to personally take her to the casino, she would need to devise a new strategy.

Seizing the moment before Jonah returned, Sophie hurried to the ground floor.

The maid there frowned upon seeing Sophie, asking, "Ms. Sophie, why are you out here? The boss ordered that you can't leave tonight if you don't finish cleaning up."

"I was just too scared being down there alone. Have you seen Jonah? He was just downstairs, and then when I turned around, he vanished."

When Sophie mentioned Jonah, the maid then said, "I think I saw Jonah come up a while ago. He should be going back down soon. Ms. Sophie, if you're scared, I can help you clean."

Sophie replied with some difficulty, "But Mr. Odie said no one but Jonah can watch over me. Actually, I just noticed we're out of detergent downstairs. Could you perhaps get me a bottle of detergent? I'll wait for you down there.”

you go down first. I'll bring it

"Thank you."

maid leave, Sophie returned

to find the maid who was supposed to be watching the first floor missing. His brow furrowed slightly. The basement was eerily quiet,

met only

"Ms. Sophie, stop hiding."

back of the wine cellar, which was

"Come out now, or I won't

'Clatter-'

from the corner indicated something had fallen. With his exceptional hearing, Jonah immediately pinpointed the sound to his southeast. Walking

Sophie, what are

her face flushed with panic, "I-I wasn't doing

dangerously, "You weren't doing anything?" He was all too familiar with the way Sophie looked when she

her arm,

anything..." Sophie bit