Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 897

"It looks like I seriously underestimated you, Mr. Odie," Sophie remarked, her voice laced with a mix of grudging respect and frustration. "Turns out, when it counts, you're actually pretty sharp."

"Why, thank you," Mr. Odie replied with a smug grin.

"I wasn't complimenting you," Sophie shot back.

At her retort, Odie's smile vanished. He glanced at Colby, who was holding Sophie's hand, and said, "I have to hand it to you, Colby. If Sophie had gone upstairs with Polly, she'd be my hostage right now. I thought you'd gotten rusty after being away for so long, but nope, you're still just as infuriating as ever."

"Let's not flatter ourselves. Even after all these years, I still can't match your level of deceit," Colby replied, his tone steady and calm.

Odie perched himself on the arm of a nearby sofa. "Let's cut the small talk. I'm not a fan of traitors. So, Colby, if you hadn't shown up, I might've toyed with them a bit longer. But now that you're here, you're not leaving."

blocked Colby's backup from entering. Colby, unfazed, suddenly said, "You

Odie asked, a hint of curiosity in his

yours," Colby declared coolly, just as the sound of car

honk. "Boss...," Jonah began, concern etched on his

as I need to counter any move you make. And to make sure you didn't have any brilliant ideas, I made quite a few preparations,"

chaos outside made it clear his

Odie cursed, his face darkening as his men inside the estate

Sophie concluded that while Odie might be clever,

go," Jonah finally suggested, understanding that further

the upper hand, but think it

all too well the suffering Sophie had endured because of