At that moment, Colby furrowed his brows and said, "Something''s not right."


    "What''s not right?"


    "This ring is so small. How could it have been dredged up?"


    A ring falling into the water would sink to the bottom. A fisherman''s could never catch it. It seemed more like the ring was intentionally left behind.


    "Where did the fisherman who found this ringe from? Bring him to me!"


    "Right away, I''ll have someone fetch him!"


    Adler was slow to catch on but soon realized that Colby had a point.


    How could such a small ring be caught in a fishing? And besides, if a normal person found such an expensive ring, why would they go out of their way to return it to them? Soon, Adler''s men brought the fisherman before Colby.


    Colby watched the fisherman shivering in front of him, ced the ring before him, and asked, "Who told you to hand this ring over to me?"


    "I-I dredged it up myself."


    The fisherman was too scared to meet Colby''s gaze. Just the sight of the thugs around him was enough to scare him witless.


    "Not talking? Fine."


    Just as Colby was about to take action, Adler interrupted, "Colby! Talk nicely!"


    Colby scowled, and Adler stepped up to the fisherman, pulling out a photo of Odie, asking, "Was it him who told you to bring the ring to us?"


    A flicker of fear passed through the fisherman''s eyes at this photo.


    "You don''t have to say anything. Just tell me, is the owner of this ring still alive?"


    The fisherman nced at Adler, then at Colby, and finally, with great difficulty, nodded.


    Colby realized that Sophie was still alive, and joy flickered in his eyes.


    Alive... Sophie was still alive!


    "Colby, did you hear that? Sophie is still alive!" Adler, too, finally felt a weight lifted off his chest.Têxt ? N?velDrama.Org.


    But soon, both of them came back to their senses.


    Sophie was alive but in Odie''s hands. That could be worse than death.


    Adler, watching the smile fade from Colby''s face, asked, "What are you nning to do next?"


    Colby''s eyes zed with a cold fierceness and restrained ruthlessness. "We''re going to take her back."


    Meanwhile, Sophie woke from a nightmare, her body covered in cold sweat. Only when she realized she


    Olive did she breathe a sigh


    It was the middle of the night. After the afternoon''smotion, Odiez had prepared a clean room for her,plete with a round window through which she could see


    outside.


    At that moment, the maid outside heard the noise and knocked on the door, asking, "Ms. Sophie, is everything alright?"


    Sophie was about to dismiss the


    maid with a few words, but she


    hesitated the moment her fi


    touched the ring finger on her left hand. ,


    Where was the ring?


    Sophie immediately turned on the light and searched all over the bed, but the ring was nowhere to be found.


    That was the ring Colby had given her!


    Sophie immediately opened the door, startling the maid. "Ms. Sophie, are you okay?"


    "Where are my things?"


    "Ms. Sophie, your clothes were all soaked through. Mr. Odie instructed us to throw them away."


    "What about my ring?"


    "Ring?"


    The maid looked confused.


    When Sophie realized that the maid knew nothing about the ring''s whereabouts, a terrible thought suddenly crossed her mind.


    Had Odie taken her ring to either threaten Colby or perhaps James?