"Could it be..."

"Sophia!" the two of them exclaimed simultaneously.

After uttering that name, they shared a knowing smile.

"It's really her!" Daniel took out a cigarette. With a quick nod from Fat Lawler, one of his subordinates handed him a

lighter.

The smell of tobacco filled the room as Daniel contemplated and then flicked off the ash.

"I guess... by now, both of us are blamed for kidnapping the Bayer heiress, right?"

"What else!" Fat Lawler snorted. "She acted all friendly with me on the surface, but then she pulled off this stunt,

spreading rumors everywhere that I abducted Arya!"

"We're pretty tight, so naturally, others would suspect me," Daniel said with a grin. "This way, more people are

implicated. My brother-in-law is Nicholas, so it affects the relationship between the Bayer and Thompson families."

Fat Lawler scoffed. "She really thinks she can manipulate us like this?"

"What do you think?"

Lawler said that, his tone remained steady, and his face showed no signs of an

noticed him clenching his fists and the

I've manipulated the price

valuable than they used to

shoulder. "Originally, I did it to help you release

your release, my

Fat Lawler gestured.

that moment, Arya turned and blinked, gradually sitting up

to have a private

a moment and

carefully pushed open the

direction of the door. Her body instinctively leaned

person entering was Daniel, she

she softly

wasn't sure how to address him. Should she just call him by his name? That might

uncle. In theory, she could also call him "Uncle". But now... it seemed he was

awkwardly. Finally, she

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