Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 1717

Sophie stepped out of her apartment, her phone buzzing incessantly with calls from Jenna. There were also calls from Adler and Harold, but most were from Colby. Sophie thought about calling Colby back, but Jenna's call popped up again.

"What's wrong?" Sophie asked, picking up.

"Sophie, get to the hospital, quick! Mr. Gordon's had an accident!"

Sophie's heart stopped for a moment. Her instincts kicked in, and she was racing to her car before she even realized it, the call ending abruptly as she sped towards the city hospital. The night wind howled around her, and the lingering scent of her perfume intensified her headache. She took a few wrong turns, traffic lights appearing as blurs in her vision.

accelerator harder. Only one thought blazed in her mind: Gordon couldn't be hurt. She had so many questions for

in her memory. Why had he helped her-from getting M Corporation off the ground to giving her the Aldridge family crest? Was it

had always given more. She had always been the one reaping the

more frantic her driving became. Suddenly, a car zoomed by, and as she turned the corner, it

icy water rushed in, enveloping her entirely. Sophie struggled to unbuckle her seatbelt, choking on water

remembered being tossed into a filthy ship's hold, salty water covering her almost entirely. The faces on board were twisted and cruel,

witnessed their brutality. The sea was freezing, and every day

the exchange, she saw her brother arrive alone. To her, he was always invincible-smart, wise, approachable,