"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?"

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

fists and the veins popping out on the back

silence, "Fat Lawler, I've

those two mines less valuable than they used

it to help you release your frustration. As

my efforts aren't

Fat Lawler gestured.

and blinked, gradually sitting

"I'd like to have a private

hesitated for a

pushed open the

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

entering was Daniel, she appeared somewhat

she softly

call him by his name? That

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

her lip awkwardly. Finally,

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