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ince the money was gone, friendships would becak downIL
“Latium has been released. Could he be planning in frare un?” Sophia suddenly spoke up.
Her eyes tumed wet as she timidly looked at them, biting her lip before cautiously continuing. “Locian tried to set up me and Atlas before. He might claim we were the ones who undered him to target Odalys.
“Now that he’sunt, could he become a durat in us?” she asked softly.
She now prioritized her safety
The fate of the Bennett Group was of
was of little concern as long as she remained unaffectedl
Her words cast a heavy silence over the room.
Hannah was so angry that she hurriedly swallowed several heart medication pills.
Even so, her hands continued to shake violently as disappointment tilled her gaze while looking at Henry. Hearing Sophia’s remarks only deepened her hearthscal
The Bennell Group was on the brink of collapse, yet her daughter cared only about whether Lucian would retaliate against her.
“Enough,” Hannah said coldly, her voice carrying a sharp edge.
She hurled her water cup at Sophia’s feet, causing it to shatter into pieces.
Soplua froze, disbelief written all over her face as she stared at her mother. Her had ensured her brothers acceptance of her presence in the family.
er mind w
went blank. Hannah had always doted on her. That affection
now, her mother seemed to turn against her.
your own hands. But you want to isolate me like
Sophia snapped, “Mom, you yelled at me! You threw something at me! You raised me with your own hands ever your else when something goes wrong?
“Last time, you told me to contact someone to buy Love Spells. I got scammed and ended up falling for their trap. That man ruined my dignity and
Instead, you blamed me for everything, making me bear it all!
She added, “You didn’t comfort me at all. In
“What did I do wrong tonight I was worried that Lucian would hurt the Bennett Group. How is that a mistake? You think I’m useless, and Odalys has secured her place in the Stewart family. So, you’re turning to her!
Soplua continued, “Don’t forget you told me not to marry. You said that if Percival died, I wouldn’t have a foothold in the family and might even be buried alongside him. These were your words.
“And now that Percival is gone, Odalys is still Would you be happy if I died?”
Sophia’s
s emotions spiraled out of control.
protected by the Stewart family. So you’re angry, and you’re taking it out on me! What did I do wrong?
1 up abruptly anal strode toward the coffee table.
Everyone elie wood there in stunned disbelief. This was the first time they’d seen Sophia lose her temper so fiercely. The girl who once seemed mild–mannered and composed now appeared utterly transformed
*Sophia, what are you doing? Put down the knife Atlas arlammed in pante
He jumped up from the sola, rushing tand
The test of ille family held the rath, their eyes based on the blade na glinting in Sophia’s trembling handl. Just as someone tried to speak. Suphila raised the knife willout besitation and slashed it across ber ann
Caspian and Henry shouted in unison, their voces echoing in the tea room
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Hannah watched, her expuestos unreadable, as Sephia suddenly raised a knife and sladies
artins her corn writt Isbaat splattered indicte
She hail thought Sophia was ton cowardly in take sich drastic action, but sering her actually harm herself left her stunned
Hannah stared at Sopilis in iisbelief. Sophia was drenched in her own blood, and let out a mirthless, hitter laugh.
With the knife still in handl, Sophia pressed the blooded blade against the side of her neck, its sharp eilge
“So you all want me dead! Fine, I’ll grant your wish!” Sophia bit her lip, her tear–filled eyes scanning the
Blood continued to seep from the wind on her wrist, dripping conto the floor.
The air in Bennen
Villa was filled with the metallic scent of blood. The droplets trickled down the Idarle and fell to a the ground as she rightened her.
Before anyone could react, the mam door was kicked open.
A burlap sack was hurled inside, landing with a heavy thand. Sophia Trove mid–action. She looked at the others terrified and anxious faces. She then smirked.
She had no intention of actually ending her life. It was merely a ploy to frighten others and keep them in line.
HE
But just as she steadied herself, something charged at her with force. Sophia was knocked off her feet, crashing to the ground with a loud thud. The knate clamered to the flour brude her.
“Duch” bhurns“” Sophia groaned in pain.
Something was presung down on her. She struggled to push it away, and she almost faunted
but the pain in her recently cut wrist shot throu
through her. Her vision went black,
Then, several more burlap sacks were tossed into the room
Atlas watched as the sacks hit the ground, something alive writhing within.
“What are those?” Atlas was scared out of his wits
Henry’s brows furrowed as he exchanged a glance with Hannah
“They seem to be alive? Caspian said.
He picked up the knife Sophia had dropped and, gripping it firmly, approached one of the sacks. With a quick motion, he cut it open. A scruffy, unduven face was revealed. Caspi
Caspian froze in shock. After a moment of hesitation, he exclaimed, “Isn’t i
this Uncle Federick
“Unde Tedenck? Arlas also rushed forward.
He yanked a gag out of the man’s mouth, his face twisting in disbelief as he recognized him.
“Mr. Maplende
were opened one by or, Fork emerged, and the others were the Bennett Group’s board of shareholders,
into a signed silence. The air grew heavy as everyone stared at the men crawling on of the
str of the sharelokden, Gethin 5
(Shepherd, asked weakly
the sacks: The shock rendered them
was slit, mel abar duought she would receive throner. But unexpectedly, these murii stole the spotlight.
She was uiterly Trustrated and star
prople
Friderick
said. “Itarinah, you need to seek justior formel Dainn lit The Stewart family is
cral piece at work! All I did was try to seduce their builer.
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and what did I get
“They gave me 600 thousand dollars as they had promised. But then they y tied me up and dumped me! And now they’ve taken the money back!”
He spot on the floor and struggled to stand.
“Shut up.” Hannah was startled
She never expected Federick to survive, let alone walk into the living room. The fury in her chest made her breath quicken.
Federick retorted. “Shut up? Why should I? I’m injured You should take your sons and storm the Odalys’s fault. That bitch!”
e Stewart family to
to demand justice! This is all
He added. “Your daughter dragged people into the room to beat me up! It was her idea to have me tied up and left for dead. My whole body hurts.” Henry sat in silence, his deep gaze sweeping over the disheveled group.
“You were all at the Monolith Hotel. You got into trouble and then ended up being delivered to Bennett Villa, Henry suddenly said.
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