Chapter 591

Harvey Ferber didn't have a clue what the deal was between him and Brandon, or what kind of mess they were tangled up in. Frankly, he didn't give a hoot.

Saving Sophia in the first place was just a spur-of-the-moment humanitarian thing -they couldn't just stand by and watch her die.

It wasn't until he caught wind of Brandon offering a hefty reward to find Sophia that he figured he could use her as a bargaining chip to swap for Aurora Wharf.

But he wasn't sure if Brandon would bite or not.

After all, Brandon might've been ready to shell out a fortune to find a woman, but the revenue a dock could generate was way beyond that kind of money.

In Harvey Ferber's book, Sophia was small potatoes compared to the wharf.

So, during the brief layover of the cruise ship at the West district dock, he hatched a plan to meet up with Brandon. He wanted to strike a deal while Sophia was still unconscious, but before he could get down to business, Brandon had to leave urgently.

With the ship's departure time upon them, they had no choice but to set sail. Once Sophia was fully conscious, Harvey laid it on the line and told her straight up: it was him who saved her.

But let's get real, he wasn't the type to play the hero for nothing. He didn't know who she was, nor did he care about her connections. It was just his luck that the moment he saved her, someone was ready to pay a fortune to find her, and that someone just happened to be his business rival. So, he planned to use her as a bargaining chip.

Despite being patched up by the doctors, Sophia was still weak. Confronted with Harvey's blunt truth, she wasn't scared or freaked out. With a frail, soft voice, she just asked him, “Swap for what?"

"A dock," Harvey Ferber said, not missing a beat.

Sure, it's not exactly noble to cash in on a good deed, but he wasn't about to stoop to dirty tricks, so he didn't keep Sophia in the dark.

She seemed a bit dazed at first, then managed a weak smile and said, "Who would give up a dock for one woman?"

He chuckled back at her, "Wanna find out?"

Deep down, he was hoping Sophia would agree.

If she gave the nod, he'd be on the phone with Brandon in a heartbeat.

But Sophia said no.

She shook her head slowly and firmly, still weak: "No thanks."

"Don't you want to know how much you mean to that guy?" he baited her, figuring most women would want to know their worth in the eyes of the man they cared about.

But clearly, either Brandon wasn't Sophia's type, or she genuinely didn't care. Lying in her hospital bed, she shook her head again: "Don't care."

Her gesture and gaze were resolute, without a hint of hesitation.

that moment, Harvey Ferber had to admit,

were clear and calm, and beneath that serenity was

had him

come around enough to chat, the confusion

he asked her again if she remembered who she

She had forgotten herself.

hematoma inside her skull was pressing on her brain, messing with

her memory back,

back quickly,

It was all uncertain.

sea with no chance of surgery, so they had to make

port, the hematoma had mostly been absorbed, leaving only a tiny spot deep

surgery would bring her memory back. So, after a big discussion, the consensus was no surgery

own.

was something that

Harvey Ferber

her, and no memory comeback

that if Sophia was on board, he'd get in touch with Brandon to negotiate. But her refusal threw a wrench in

aware, he couldn't just bypass her wishes and negotiate with Brandon like when she

ask who the guy

few months, even though she was often confused, she was always calm and stable, never panicking about being without a past

Ferber had to admit, he just couldn't figure this girl

him, not asking, not caring meant she didn't

had much

the odd check-in about her recovery and that one chat about

for the dock,

anything but close, even though

Sophia as a goddaughter was more

since Sophia couldn't remember her own family, she figured it

hand and foot in the hospital and literally saving her life, Sophia couldn't turn down such

proposal to become her goddaughter, and they did start calling each other "godmom" and "goddaughter," but Harvey Ferber could tell

kept everyone at

a life is worth more than

out of her element; he wasn't much for getting close to

let her and Amanda know he wasn't planning on

head back first, he'd make sure someone gave them

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