Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 1281

"Come on, can we talk about something positive for once?"

Jenna smacked Adler on the back of his head. "The elders from the Aldridge family were here earlier. They want Sophie's private seal back. I've called you a million times, why didn't you pick up?"

Adler rubbed the back of his head. "It's not like I didn't want to. It was Colby..." He glanced at Colby and then sheepishly corrected himself. "It was the Costello family meeting. I had my phone on silent. I didn't mean to ignore your calls."

"Next time you don't answer, you're dead meat!"

"Alright, alright! It won't happen again!" Adler quickly agreed.

Colby chimed in, "Looks like everything's sorted out."

"Sorted out? Then what's with this guy?" Adler pointed to Timothy, who was lying on the ground. "Why's this guy napping here in the middle of the day?"

"I knocked him out," Sophie said. "I was worried he might overhear something he shouldn't, so I used a bit of force."

'a bit' of force." Adler looked at the bruises on Timothy's neck.

always this

I don't have that kind of

asked, "How did things go on your end? Everything

Adler exclaimed. "That Johns guy wanted to take over the Costello family's power, but look what happened

be safe, I bought back all the

situations like this, it's safest to keep the shares in our own

noticed the box in Sophie's hands. It looked like an aged mahogany box, and judging by the family crest carved

family's accounts from back in the day. The elders gave it to

it the same accounts you saw at the Russell family chapel? How does the Aldridge family

"I haven't

Jenna opened the box and took out all the account books inside. The pages were yellowed, showing they

the Russell family's account books