"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?"

his tone remained steady, and his face showed no

noticed him clenching his fists and the veins popping out on the back of his

I've manipulated

those two mines less valuable than

it

your release, my efforts

Fat Lawler gestured.

Arya turned and blinked, gradually

softly, "I'd like to have a private conversation

for a moment and then

carefully pushed open the

direction of the door. Her body instinctively leaned

entering was Daniel, she appeared somewhat surprised

pause, she softly called

to address him. Should she just call

him "Uncle". But now... it seemed he was with

Finally, she settled on

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