Sophie excused herself to the restroom during the event, but just as she rounded the corner, a hand


    shot out, pulling her into a hidden nook. Instinctively, she tried to scream, but the man behind her


    swiftly. covered her mouth.


    “Don’t move.” His voice was a low whisper.


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    Feeling the heat of his chest against her back, Sophie regained herposure and bit down hard on


    the webbing between his thumb and forefinger.


    “Ouch!” The man sharply inhaled from the pain. “Did you really bite me?”


    He let go of Sophie..


    Immediately, Sophie stepped back, creating distance between them, and when she saw who it was;


    she stared in shock. “Colby?”


    “Who else did you think it was?”


    “What are you sneaking around for?”


    “I snuck in. I didn’t want to be seen.”


    “Are you joking? Lennon was your…” She stopped herself, closing her mouth abruptly.


    Colby raised an eyebrow. “What about Lennon?”


    Avoiding his gaze, Sophie shifted ufortably.


    In the past, after Lennon’s death, all his wealth had gone to Colby, something she had only found out


    afterward. Currently, no one knew that Colby was Lennon’s grandson.


    I mean, Lennon was a kind man, and you, being a business magnate yourself, wouldn’t have, anyone


    dare to question your presence here even if you sneaked in.”


    “Perhaps, but I prefer to y it safe.”


    Sophie said, “Don’t tell me you snuck in just to talk about this.” She couldn’t believe Colby would be


    that trivial.


    “For you.” Colby handed her a contract.


    Sophie nced down and saw a contract for a loan of eight billion dors. “All that for this?”


    Colby nodded.


    “How mundane.”


    Sophie signed the contract swiftly and tossed it back to Colby.


    To think he hade all this way at night just to have her sign a contract, and right outside thedies”


    room, no less!


    “As your creditor, may I ask you something?”


    “Go ahead.”


    “Why spend ten billion on that piece ofnd?” Colby’s voice was deep, always carrying a hint of


    seduction


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    thatpelled an answer.


    Sophie pursed her lips. “I can’t tell you now.”


    “What if I insist?”


    He could sense Sophie had other ns for thend. Yet, he couldn’t see what on thend could


    possibly be worth ten billion dors.


    It seemed like a losing deal, but through Sophie’s eyes, he felt thend’s future value far exceeded ten


    billion dors.


    “What if I told you, in six months, thatnd will be immensely valuable? Would you believe me?”


    “No.” At least not yet.


    “And what if I told you that upscale condominiums are about to beunched around that barrennd?”


    “What upscale condominiums?” Colby frowned. He had never heard of such a thing.


    “You’ll find out soon enough.” Sophie smiled and then slipped past Colby into the restroom.


    Colby, frowning, walked back to the lobby, where Adler asked, “All signed?”


    “Yes.”


    “Why the long face?”


    “Sophie bought that barrennd because it’s surrounded by upscale condominiums.”


    “There aren’t any.”


    “Check who owns thend around that area. The sooner we get the results, the better.”


    “That barrennd is surrounded by a sewagework. There’s nothing to check. No upscale


    condominiums, let alone a basketball court, would be built there.”


    Colby was taken aback. “A sewagework?”