Married a Secret Billionaire

"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?"

remained steady,

him clenching his fists and the veins

after a brief silence, "Fat Lawler, I've manipulated the price of Cumulus City's

those two mines less valuable than they used

"Originally, I did it to help you release your frustration. As long as

your release, my efforts

Fat Lawler gestured.

moment, Arya turned and blinked, gradually sitting up in bed

said softly, "I'd like to

Lawler hesitated for a moment

pushed open the

eyes locked on the direction of the door. Her body instinctively

person entering was Daniel,

a long pause, she softly called out,

him. Should she just call him by his name? That might

could also call him "Uncle". But now... it

lip awkwardly. Finally, she settled on