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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