The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia really went further than I expected last time, and I was wrong to think that a lady couldn’t do something like that. Chuckling to himself, John proceeded to head toward the empty space in the courtyard. As far as I can remember, Sophia said I should have no problem getting the answers I want with the right interrogation method.

So, I guess how fun this game can be depends on how extreme my measures can get. Knowing that he was in a race against time, John quickly acted by bleeding his victim first as he deemed this would be more effective than to ask him questions before the torture.

Screaming and moaning in agony, the man immediately gave in before John could say anything. “I’ll talk! I’ll talk!”

After hearing that, John put away his knife while ignoring the man’s bleeding palm. “Okay, I’m all ears. Let’s see whether your answers can make me happy.”

At that open-ended demand, the man instantly froze, for he didn’t know what to say, until John drew his knife once more and put the cold blade to the earlier wound. “Talk!”

The man then gibbered incoherently in response. “O-Okay! Okay! I’ll t-talk now! I’ll t-tell you everything I know.”

in the shadow bank. Then, he mentioned that he had no part in Robin’s previous abduction, though he was aware of the incident since he was the one who handled the transportation for the kidnap, as well as the mortgage in acquiring it. He went on to tell more about the vehicle, which was given by someone to clear his debt. Even though the ownership hadn’t been transferred, the van was already considered as an asset that belonged to the shadow bank. Therefore, despite the proper procedure to transfer the ownership should have been done first, no one

response. In fact, he had always been aware of the other businesses that the shadow bank was involved in, but because of his limited power, there was no way he could learn more about them in detail. For the sake of his lucrative pay and bonus, he had decided to turn a blind eye

tell as he didn’t know what else John wanted to know. Soon, he broke down in tears

nodded and passed the knife to one of the men beside him. “Alright, I heard you.” Then, he took a look at the time while walking toward the exit. “Tend to his wound and

left the place, he looked back at his men and added, “As

arrival, he saw no one there; there was only a pile of documents on his father’s desk. Staring at them, he couldn’t help but furrow his eyebrows. That’s quite a huge pile of papers. Is he trying to tire himself to

his office after a long meeting. As he opened the door, he was stunned to see John inside. “Oh,

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