"Marcus, will you continue helping Sophia escape the Sinir family''s control?" Natalie asked, turning to look at him. "Sophia doesn''t want me involved because she doesn''t want to drag me into this. That''s why she chose to ask you for help. Will you help her?"


    "Do you want me to help her?" Marcus turned around and met her gaze. "Natalie, if you tell me to help her out, I will."


    "Is this your way of repaying me for saving your life?"


    "If that''s the way you see it, sure."


    Natalie smirked when she heard this. "Let''s call it that! If you help Sophia escape from the Sinirs, consider your debt repaid. We''ll be even after this."


    "That won''t do." Marcus rejected it without hesitation. "If helping Sophia erases my debt to you, I won''t help her."


    "You-" Natalie was at a loss for words. "I''m doing this for your own good. Don''t you know that?"


    "I do, but I don''t ept it."


    Marcus stared at her deeply. "A life-saving debt can''t be paid off that easily."


    "How many times do you n to repay it?"


    "As many times as you need."


    Natalie was speechless. She realized that it was impossible to convince Marcus.


    "Let''s head back."


    "Alright."


    Just as they were about to enter the hospital, a line of cars pulled up in front of the building. A ck Maybach led the way.


    The car came to a stop, and the driver got down to open the door. Ivan stepped out of the car, followed by Julia and Ruby.


    Behind them, bodyguards from the Sinir family exited the vehicles as well.


    Ivan was in a rush. His clothes were disheveled, and his hair was messy. He was even wearing a pair of sandals.


    As for Julia, she was elegantly dressed. However, she was covering her mouth with a handkerchief, seemingly trying to stifle a cough.


    Ruby was acting suspiciously and looking around. When she saw Natalie and Marcus, she instinctively shrank back.


    Julia couldn''t hold it in and let out a few coughs. Wendy quickly handed her a thermal sk.


    "Madam, have some warm water."


    "Thank you." Julia opened the thermal sk and took a few sips. Finally, she could suppress the cough.


    "Let''s go," Ivan said as he led the way. As he walked past Marcus and Natalie, he stopped and red at Natalie.


    Natalie ignored him and walked in with Marcus.


    Ivan snorted coldly. "Natalie, stop right there. I know you''ve been hiding my


    daughter these days. Who gave you the authority to do so?"


    Ivan couldn''t stand the righteous look on Natalie''s face and demanded an exnation.


    Natalie paused and turned around to confront Ivan, but Marcus stepped in front of her.


    "Mr. Sinir, Sophia has been with me for the past few days. Who told you that Ms. Walker was hiding her?"


    "Uh..." Ivan didn''t expect Marcus to shield Natalie, let alone speak up for her. For a moment, he didn''t know how to respond.


    "Mr. Sinir, since when did you care so much about Sophia? I thought you''ve


    been busy with other matters," Marcus said.


    "What other matters?" Ivan was confused.


    "It seems like you''re still kept in the dark."


    Marcus shifted his gaze to Julia and smirked. Mr. Sinir, you should clean up your own mess before causing trouble for Sophia. Besides, she''s mine. Are you sure you want to cause trouble for her?"


    Ivan hesitated. He looked at Marcus and didn''t dare say another word. He had a


    nagging feeling that Marcus was hinting at something else.


    Ivan stood dumbfounded, but at the same time, standing behind him, Julia and Ruby''s faces turned deathly pale.


    Fortunately, it was nighttime, and no one was paying attention to their expressions. Otherwise, it would have been easy to connect Marcus'' words to them.


    "Marcus, you''re joking. I care for Sophia deeply. Why would I cause trouble for her?" Ivan put on a fake smile. Even though Sophia lost Sky as her fiancé, she was able to get close to Marcus, who was far more powerful. That made Sophia valuable to him.


    "Marcus, since when did Sophia be yours? If you''d told me earlier, I would''ve canceled her engagement with Sky. However, it''s not toote. You two are a perfect


    match," Ivan said while smilie! X


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    "Marcus, since you''re with Sophia, why are you still calling me ''Mr. Sinir?'' Doesn''t that seem a little distant? Once the two of you get married, we''ll be one happy family."


    Marcusughed when he heard that. He sized Ivan up and said without holding back, "Mr. Sinir, you must''ve been in a rush and left your brain at home."


    "Marcus, what do you mean by that?" Ivan was visibly upset. "You''re the one who said that Sophia is yours."


    "You''re right, she''s mine. Now, I want her out of the Sinirs. Do you have a problem with that?" Marcus'' voice turned ice cold. His cold gaze locked onto Ivan, looking like a sharp de.


    His presence was so suffocating that it felt like it could crush a person.


    Ivan was so terrified by Marcus'' gaze that he fell backward. "You... you''re crazy." He struggled to form his words.


    "Marcus, since you''re younger, I''ll let this slide. If you apologize, I''ll overlook this. I''ll still approve of you and Sophia being together."


    Ivan tried to put on an authoritative tone, but he was clearly losing confidence. Marcusughed out loud. "Mr. Sinir, I don''t think you understand simplenguage."


    "Marcus Holden!"


    "Honey," Julia interjected between coughs. "Let''s go in and check on Sophia. "Mr. Holden, I apologize. Thank you for taking care of Sophia." While speaking, she pulled Ruby over. "Ruby, thank Mr. Holden properly. Who knows what would''ve happened to Sophia if he hadn''t taken care of Sophia?" Julia shot a meaningful nce at Ruby, hinting at her to seize the opportunity. If Ruby could win Marcus over, she wouldn''t have to pursue Zachary anymore.