Chapter 159.

Chapter 159

Sophia kept her gaze fixed on Jarvis, the man who'd just taken them captive.

He practically radiated arrogance-enough to set entire villages ablaze.

Yet here he stood, trying to appear as harmless as a kitten.

"Miss Lancaster, I'm going to cut the rope," he said softly, as though afraid to startle her.

With a swift motion, he drew a military knife and sliced through the restraint. He paused a moment, then turned his face aside before speaking again.

"Please find a pair of jeans in that wardrobe. I'll let you and your family go. This was all a mistake."

A mistake? Sophia didn't believe a word of it.

Tigers didn't just stop being predators overnight.

Still, she wasted no time hurrying to the wardrobe.

She dug out a pair of jeans she could find and slipped them on, all while watching Jarvis out of the corner of her eye.

Surprisingly, he didn't move a muscle.

He stepped to the doorway and called out, "Soldier! Take Miss Lancaster to her family and escort them home."

"Yes, sir,” the young officer replied, confusion flickering across his face. They had barely been here an hour-why set them free so soon?

"Please follow me, miss," he said.

She followed him hesitantly, her confusion mounting. Before she left, she turned one last time to Jarvis.

"Did you meet Alex?" she asked.

Jarvis thought of that man sitting so calmly at the table earlier.

He chose silence over any explanation. Sometimes, silence was the best answer.

Seeing he wouldn't speak, Sophia followed the soldier out.

Minutes later, the entire Lancaster family was driven away from the mansion.

but when he opened

couch, he poured himself a

smartwatch and

the other end. "Have you found

Patriarch," Jarvis replied, trying to steady his

you killed him?" came the next

a short,

the thought. He warned me that if we keep pushing, the entire Drake family could be wiped off

settled on the

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up in trouble

wrong woman," Jarvis answered taking

man chooses evil because it is

of their lives. I nearly crossed that line myself. My military standing is the only thing

time, anyway. If we ever challenge

"What

Jarvis admitted, pressing his

post. My final advice? Steer clear

to provoke that man, we'll go down right along

sigh came through the

Then Jarvis remembered something.

into the family account. Combine that with

sever ties with

Lancaster family arrived at the Lancaster Building, shaken as though returning

forward the

you're all

outrage. "We were nearly killed! And that crook, Marco-he stole our money! I swear, if I ever

Megan interrupted, her tone urgent, "you need to

have ordered all our business activities to

"What?" Sophia's eyes widened.

Kingston funneled any illicit funds through our company," Megan explained. "Since you two signed a partnership contract,

from Charles! That contract

snapped. "This is absurd! Where is Charles? I

Charles. We don't know if he's alive. The paramedics rushed him to the hospital, but he lost a lot of

gripped the entire family. Megan pulled a file

grimly. "We have to suspend operations until they complete their

sank into a chair,

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