Chapter 125


    Sophie watched Gordon’s retreating figure for a while. His frame was slender, and for such a frail man


    to have borne the weight of the Aldridge family for years was indeed daunting.


    “Sir, we have brought her here.” At that moment, a security guard dressed in ck led a mboyantly


    dressed woman over.


    Sophie, thinking she was in for some entertainment, hid to the side pretending to sip her drink.


    Upon seeing Gordon, the woman’s face turned shy, her eyes filled with seduction.


    Sophie remembered that this woman had just tried to get close to Harold downstairs, only to be pushed


    away by him.


    “Mr. Gordon, did you call me up here for any instructions?” The woman’s voice lowered, so sultry that it


    could make one’s body melt.


    Unable to resist, Sophie stole a few nces. The woman was nearly clinging to Gordon, who remained


    stoic with a faint smile on his face.


    However, his smile was tinged with coldness.


    “Ah! What are you doing? Let go! Let go of me!”


    Suddenly, the woman’s arms were pinned, and she was pushed to the floor, her face losing all its


    previous charm and turning into sheer


    terror.


    “Tell the person behind you that if he thinks he can use a woman to extract information from the


    Aldridge family, he is sorely mistaken.” Gordon’s voice was as if dipped in ice, devoid of any warmth.


    His faint smile was now distinctly sinister. He paused, then added with a smile, “Never mind, I let my


    people handle it.”


    The woman, still struggling initially, turned pale the moment she heard his words.


    With a mere gesture from Gordon, the security guard grabbed the woman’s hair and threw her down


    from the second floor.


    A scream followed, and Sophie’s heart trembled. This was the second floor, falling wouldn’t kill


    someone, but it would likely c r i p pl e her for life.


    Gordon was indeed ruthless.


    But then, Sophie thought, if Gordon didn’t have such tactics, how could he maintain control over such a


    vast family empire?


    It’s no wonder people in these circles were terrified at the mention of him. He was truly an enigma


    “Ms. Sophie, have you watched enough?” Gordon wheeled around, his gaze meeting Sophie’s full-on.


    Sophie instinctively looked away. It was her uncontroble curiosity that had led her to spy. She


    deserved to be caught.


    “Mr. Gordon, that woman.”


    “She was just an escort, a ything of the upper ss.” Gordon spoke nonchntly as if what he had


    just disposed of wasn’t a person but a piece of trash


    Continuing with a hint of amusement in his tone, he said, “I’ve heard Harold mention you a few times. It


    brother are quite close.”


    Sophie’s heart s ip p e d a beat, detecting no trace of amusement in Gordon’s eyes.


    seems you and my younger


    Initially, her approach to Harold was motivated by his status and future position, but her little scheme


    didn’t even fool Harold, let alone Gordon.


    Sophie realized that Gordon’s decision to deal with the mboyant woman in her presence was clearly


    a warning.


    Her heartbeat quickened, yet she managed to say calmly, “We are just ssmates, not particrly


    close.”


    Gordon merely chuckled lightly and said, “It’s rather windy here, Ms. Sophie. It would be best if you


    don’t stay. Harold is also downstairs. You can chat with him.”


    Unable to decipher Gordon’s intentions, Sophie knew one thing for sure-Gordon didn’t want her near


    the balcony.


    Naturally, she wouldn’t challenge Gordon. She politely nodded and then went downstairs.


    Once Sophie was downstairs, she spotted Harold alone near the staircase, nursing his drink. SeeingN?velDrama.Org (C) content.


    Sophiee down, he immediately set his ss aside and approached, asking, “Why did you go up


    there?”