Besides, the apple did not fall far from the tree. It would not be difficult to imagine what kind of person Adam was with a daughter like Sophia.

Then there were, of course, the rumors of Adam being ruthless enough to not even blink when he killed people and how he would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.

Thus, it was not that Corinne did not trust Jeremy but because she was worried about him. Unfortunately, she could tell he had made up his mind, and nothing she said could ever change it.

“I trust you,” she finally said calmly and determinedly. “But, I don’t trust either Sophia or her father.”

Jeremy naturally understood where her worries were coming from, but he made sure to cover for all sorts of eventualities.

“Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing,” he said.

decided not to waste her time trying to convince him otherwise. Thus,

this, Jeremy kept putting food on her plate like an

asked, “By the way, why

food on her plate as he answered, “Because I wanted to find out who’s the mastermind behind all the silver-haired man’s scheme. I didn’t expect that you’d risk your life to look

blaming

smiled. “No. But please don’t ever risk your life for

Corinne said, “In other words, the silver-haired man who kidnapped me wasn’t the mastermind? There’s someone

dragging you into my family’s mess. If it weren’t for that, you wouldn’t have ended up

back now. But Mister, what you should’ve done was to tell me everything so

scared of those people nor would you listen to me if I told you to stay

‘He’s right. Instead of being afraid, I’ll help him investigate the matter

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