n't care. Without a moment's hesitation, she swung the knife towards hi

, staining her white shirt. S

t stained the back of his hand. His eyes clouded over,

robably slashed his throat. He would be

not knowing

to do such a thing. Sophia straightened her ba

ut to break out, Denny's phone

up the phone and yelled, "You have the nerve to call me after your daughter tries to commit murder, John? You'd be

anted to ask his son-in-law for money to pay off h

g their chances of having a better life. He hurriedly tried his b

household in half an hour. After apologizing to Denny over and over ag

the alleyways till they arrived at the gates of a condominium. "Don't you think the business has enough problems for me to

er, screamed in surprise. It was as if she had seen a dead ghost. The old

s, she murmured, "Why else would she be he

in snapped. She rubbed her creased forehead in frustration, as if she had done this multiple times before. "What do you think will happen if you got divorced? Huh? Do yo

rather die than get divo

were meaningless echoes from both her stepmother and s

aughter duo had

for them either way. She already

her has said. She's only trying to say what's good for you." He sighed. "I've already hea

dn't be surprised!"

have to force me with Denny just so our entire family c

Do you know who's been helping us all these years? If it weren't for Denny, I wouldn't have the money to support all

old man who was about to have a breakdown, s

what other choice did she have? Did she really have to suffer

or our family all these years. I don't want to force you to do this, but I have no other choice. For yo

her dead mother, h

doing this because of t

the major shareholders of the Sky Group, Marcus Cheng, and borrowed money worth ten million dollars. H

d be paid within the month or else he would

rt about this, the compan

she promised. Even so, she had no qualms of going back to Denny. Seeing as she

walked out of the door without turning bac

her mind had been swimming with complex thought

he headed to Marcus Cheng's house in hopes to persuade him to delay

by the gifts of nature with its high mountains and peaceful rivers. The people living there we

er, upon seeing the sight of the weak woman, the guards si

Marcus Cheng's villa,

ned the door. Glancing at the strange

I'm here for Mr. Mar

s will be having an important guest late

hing important to relay to him. Tel

r choice but to nod and agree. "Just give me a fe

he closed the door. Ten minutes lat

, he continued, "Mr. Marcus wants you

ollowed the servant into the

r cascading down the cliffs. They twinkled like thousand

a anxiously, waiting

her some tea and desserts. In hal

e couch adjacent to her. Although Marcus was in his late fifties, his balding scalp and fat figure made him l

r visiting so sud

us n

n in debt for a long time, but you know how hard it has been for us. We really can't pay you back wholly, b

ow that I've given you a lot of time. It's not that I don't trust you, but it's been years since you haven't pai

l wouldn't be able to cover the ten million." Sophia bowed her head. "Please, Mr. Marcus, if

s a way for you to pay me bac

at made her hesitate. She took another

ve I treated you and you

ind to us," she com

asked for anyt

knew that there was no point in bea

s point, he sat beside the woman, letting his hand rest on her legs. She froze. "If you're w

, she knew that his offer wasn'

after. I've always appreciated your presence, Sophia, and I want to get to know you more." He smiled. "Of course, I

nt sure that the man wanted