"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?"

tone remained steady, and his

However, Daniel noticed him clenching his fists and the veins

silence, "Fat Lawler, I've manipulated

those two mines less valuable

Fat Lawler patted his shoulder. "Originally, I did it

my efforts aren't wasted.

Fat Lawler gestured.

gradually sitting up in bed inside

to have a private conversation with

Lawler hesitated for a moment

pushed open the

was cautious, her wide eyes locked on the direction of the door. Her body instinctively leaned

person entering was Daniel, she appeared somewhat surprised

a long pause, she softly called out,

him. Should she just call him by his

she could also call him

lip awkwardly. Finally, she

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