Chapter 837
“Are you seriously thinking about picking a new manager from that bunch?”
“Someone who’d do anything for their own gain? No way I’d let any of them near that position.”
“Then why are you even…”
Sophie didn’t get to finish her sentence before she put two and two together. Colby was playing a clever game, letting others do his dirty work for him.
In the end, Oran would be taken down by those staff members. And they’d end up turning on each other for the manager’s spot. None of them would make it out alive.
“Wow, Colby. I tell you not to take lives, and you go and have others do it for you?”
“Honey, I’m innocent,” Colby said, looking all hurt. “If they didn’t have those greedy thoughts, why would they even resort to violence? People like that aren’t worth mourning.”
As he said this, Colby stretched out his hands, showing them off. “My hands are clean, haven’t done a thing wrong.”
“You’ve got some nerve!” Sophie poked Colby’s forehead.
Colby just grinned and took Sophie’s hand. “I know I was wrong. Don’t worry, I’ve got eyes on it. No one’s dying.”
“That’s more like it.”
Sophie understood that being in Colby’s position meant many things were out of his control. But if she could, she wished he’d cause less harm so they could have a peaceful life.
Sophie asked, “So, where are we heading next?”
“I’ll take you to see a good show.”
Colby held Sophie’s hand as they got into the car.
Inside the CEO’s office at Costello Corporation overseas, a blonde, blue–eyed secretary was in Dominic’s arms. Dominic, over forty and,balding, looked like
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a respectable middle–aged man but had a lecherous grin as he pressed the secretary against the desk.
“Stop it, it’s still daytime.”
The secretary’s voice was coy, but Dominic was already impatient, his hands roaming. “Daytime? Who cares? The whole Costello Corporation is mine! Anyone who dares say otherwise will pay with their life!”
Before he could finish, the office door was kicked open.
Disrupted, Dominic snarled, “Who the hell?! Got a death wish?”
“It’s me.”
Colby’s voice made Dominic snap back to reality. “…Colby!”
Dominic was terrified. He pushed the secretary away and fumbled to straighten his clothes. “Colby, what brings you here now? No notice… I would’ve sent someone to the airport to pick you up.”
He struggled with his bulk, and couldn’t get his clothes right. The secretary, even more scared, bolted out of the room.
“No need to get dressed. You’re fine as is.”
Colby, with his arm around Sophie, sat on a nearby couch.
Dominic looked up and saw Sophie next to Colby, nearly losing his composure. He’d seen countless beauties overseas, but none like Sophie.
“Mr. Dominic, is there something on my face?” Sophie feigned confusion, batting her eyelashes, making Dominic’s knees weak. “Mr. Colby… who, who is this?”
“My wife.”
Colby’s words made Dominic instantly snap out of his lascivious thoughts. Could this be the Russell family’s lady who got engaged to Colby in
Devonport?
Completely oblivious to the situation’s gravity, Dominic still tried to flatter them. “You make a stunning couple, truly enviable.”
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