"Colby! Put me down!"


    Sophie panicked a bit, thinking they were about to have sex again. She couldn''t stand such torment!


    "Scared?"


    "I''m scared. I''m scared! I won''t ever be away from you for too long again. I''m afraid I might end up dying in your bed one day."


    Before Sophie could finish her sentence, Colby leaned in and kissed her lips, silencing her words. "From now on, don''t say such ominous things." "...Okay, I got it," Sophie murmured.


    This time, she and Colby were so close to never seeing each other again.


    At that moment, there was a knock on the door.


    Adler said, "Colby! Sophie! Are you up yet?"


    Hearing Adler''s voice, Sophie hurriedly got off Colby and asked, "What''s up?"


    "Ricardo''s secretary is looking for you. He says he wants to meet you in the lobby."


    "Alright, got it."


    Sophie thought Booker was quick, but she didn''t expect him to be this quick. She tiptoed and pinched Colby''s cheek, saying, "Go squeeze some toothpaste for me. I need to get to work." Colby said indulgently, "Okay."


    Booker was inside the hotel lobby and could clearly feel that the staff had been reced, but he didn''t ask further.


    Soon, Sophie came down from upstairs. She saw Booker approaching with a briefcase and knew that he had already investigated the cause of Weldon''s death.


    "It seems you have made your choice."


    Sophie sat opposite Booker.


    Booker took out the documents from his briefcase, which included Weldon''s death certificate and a voice recorder containing the testimony of the Cloude family''s old nanny. All of these were put into evidence bags.


    "Did you know all along?"


    "Sort of," Sophie replied, sipping her


    tea nonchntly while Booker said,


    "Mr. Ricardo has always been cautious. These things can''t be investigated unless deliberately sought out. But what I don''t understand is why you paid


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    cause of death."


    Sophie didn''t speak, and Booker, knowing better, didn''t ask further. He said, "The Cloude family has suffered severe losses recently. On the surface, they might still manage to operate, but if arge amount of capital is mobilized at this time, the Cloude family''s financial chain willpletely break. Are these also your doings?"


    "What do you think?"


    In just one sentence, Booker fell into deep thought.


    After yesterday, he realized he had underestimated Sophie. Not only had he underestimated her, but so had Ricardo.


    Initially, he and Ricardo thought Sophie was just a woman who relied on men, gaining some men''s favor through her eloquence and past family status.


    But as time went on, Booker realized more and more that Sophie didn''t depend on men or her past family status to gain her position. Instead, she utilized all avable resources around her to weave a vastwork.


    The Cloude family was just one prey in this giant web.


    Booker couldn''t even investigate when the Cloude family had fallen into Sophie''s trap. But he knew that once Ricardo signed contracts with those businessmen in Devonport and invested capital, the Cloude family would bepletely doomed.


    Booker stood up and said lightly, "Alright, I''ll tell you the answer now. I won''t give up on Mr. Ricardo."