Sophia interrupted him, her tone cold yet calm:
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"Pierce, are you afraid that I''ll harm her? Actually, you don''t need to be. You''re the one involved. Even if you insist, the police won''t ept what I say."
Pierce furrowed his brows, looking at her with a dark andplex gaze.
Sophia chuckled lightly, her tone dismissive:
"Actually, I was quite envious of Emelia. Every time something happened to her, you would firmly take her side, making her fearless. Perhaps this is what true love is!"
Sheughed, slowly closing the window, then pressed down on the elerator.
Pierce stood there watching her leave, his heart feeling as if it had been. tugged by a thin thread.
An indescribable feeling of suffocation hit me.
It left him somewhat breathless.
The police arrived quickly.
After asking questions andparing with previous records and surveince, it was confirmed that this woman was indeed the perpetrator who had hit old Mr. Zhou and the olddy before.
Now it was an attempt to murder again, which was very serious, so the body was taken away.
However, no clues were found regarding this person''s identity.
Emelia narrowly avoided police questioning, thanks to Pierce''s protection.
Very quickly.
This woman was found out.
He was a notorious gambler, well-known far and wide, and owed a considerable amount of high-interest debt.
However, this woman recently was not short of money. She had no record of bank transfers, but her extravagant spending still attracted a lot of
attention.
She usually bragged after drinking that she had a daughter who had married a wealthy businessman and had gone abroad...
But who her daughter was, there were no clues at all.
A weekter.
The charity auction was held as scheduled.
Kn couldn''t make it due to a temporary issue, and Sophia was also ten minuteste.
She was wearing a limited edition long dress from the Starry Sky series, her whole demeanor cool and elegant. As soon as she sat down, the person next to her turned their head and gave her a gentle smile. "What a coincidence!"
Sophia hadn''t expected to see Derick here and gave a slight nod.
Brycen and Cecilia sat at the very front, the two of them sitting closest to each other, yet outside they were like strangers.
Brycen had expressed his opinions multiple times, but they were all
rebutted by Cecilia.
Could only continue the secret marriage.
Sophia watched as Cecilia happily photographed a few collectibles, helplessly curling the corners of her lips.
Her mother had always refused to wrong herself.
Derick, who was next to her, saw herugh and assumed she liked the jade bracelet on disy, so he raised a sign. "Three million at a time..."
Sophia looked at him in surprise, Derickughed and winked at her, and suddenly, Sophia understood something. The price for this bracelet was already quite high.
No sooner had the words fallen, than another woman raised her sign:
""Five million!"
Derick raised the sign again: "Seven million!"
There was hardly anypetition for this price.
As a result, the woman was relentless and continued to quote:
"Nine million!"
Derick remained indifferent and was about to continue holding up the sign when he was stopped by Sophia.
"Mr. Woodward, do you absolutely have to do this? Please, don''t be impulsive!"
Derick paused, his eyes clear as stars, looking at her:
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"Didn''t you like it? I wanted to give it to you."
Sophia pursed her lips, firmly denying:
"No, I didn''t like it, I would rather you just gave me nine million!"
The bracelet was at most worth one million, but it was hyped up to nine million, which was already the highest.
Derick nodded with a smile and didn''t continue to bid.
The woman received the bracelet, extremely delighted, only hearing the host congratting someone named "Ms. Wilson".
Sophia looked around, didn''t see anything she liked, so she didn''t participate in the auction.
However, she did privately donate three million to build schools in the
mountainous area.
Cecilia and Brycen went off to mingle with others.
Sophia and Derick were talking when someone walked up to them and let
sarcasticugh:
out a
"Some people, they juste to freeload, not only are they stingy, they can''t even afford a bracelet, it''s reallyughable. If I were her, I would have found a crack in the ground to crawl into a long time ago!" Sophia and Derick were taken aback.
Saw Molly walking over with a wealthy businessman.
She knew the portly man next to Molly, who was the CEO of an entertainmentpany, Keh Capra.
Keh greedily scanned Sophia with his eyes, a glint shing in his gaze that instinctively repulsed people.
"Ms. Cruise, I''ve long heard of your reputation. As the parachuted director of Eagle Entertainment, we should have contacted each other earlier. Let''s find an opportunity to have dinner together sometime!" Sophia tugged at the corner of her mouth, "Let''s talk about it if there''s a chance."
Keh didn''t know Derick''s identity, he just thought he was attractive and assumed he was a newly signed artist under Eagle Entertainment.
Molly watched as she ignored her, snorted coldly, her face falling:
"Ms. Cruise is already divorced, she naturally wouldn''t reject you, everyone has a chance!"
Keh raised an eyebrow, his smile full of implications.
After all, he also wanted to taste what Pierce''s woman was like.
Sophia gave Molly a cold nce, watching her smugly twirling the bracelet that had just been disyed on stage, and let out a softugh.
So it was Molly who had been bidding all along, thinking that Derick was bidding for her?
She ignored it, not wanting to engage in a verbal dispute with such a
woman.
Molly nced at Derick, couldn''t help but say with a sour tone:
"Mr. Woodward wouldn''t mind, would he? After all, Ms. Cruise is still entangled with Mr. Clement, and here she is, hooking you in as well. Honestly, I''m green with envy at such tactics!" Derick''s face slightly darkened, he gave Molly a cold, icy look, his tone clear and gloomy:
"I pursued Ms. Cruise openly and honestly, not as sordid as you think. Besides, Ms. Cruise is more beautiful and charming than you, your envy
is useless."
This was the first time Molly had been called ugly. She had always had it easy in her circle, being used to being ttered by everyone.
Being called ugly by the man I fancied, such a blow really drove me crazy!
Molly''s face turned slightly pale with anger, and she unpleasantly grabbed Keh''s clothes.
Keh still favored Molly quite a bit, and immediately smoothed things over with augh:
"Alright, you''re a big star and you still have the opportunity to work with Ms. Cruise, don''t be too capricious."
Molly snorted coldly, turned her gaze away, and coquettishly clung to Keh''s arm.
"People wouldn''t coborate with such a person, who had a bad character and a chaotic personal life!"
Keh fell for it,ughing as he wrapped his arms around Molly and left.
Sophia sneered inwardly, wasn''t she talking about herself with her corrupt character and chaotic private life? Derick was watching Sophia from the side, her expression was indifferent, she wasn''t really angry.
"Sophia, don''t be angry, she is really terrible, don''t let her affect your mood!"
Sophiaughed, "No way."
Just a Molly, a nobody who couldn''t evenpare to a grasshopper.
Derick held his phone, not knowing who he had sent a message to.
Then he watched her with a smile.
"Shall we go grab something to eat?"
Sophia was about to strike up a conversation when Cecilia walked over from the side, smiling with a gentle and gracious demeanor:
"Mr. Woodward, right? I heard about you from Mr. Cruise. There''s a project I''d like to discuss with you. Do you have some time?" Sophia looked at her mother, Cecilia winked at her, telling her to shut up.