An Understated Dominance (Maria Vittori) novel Chapter 2040

"Me?" Sophia was stunned when Dustin pointed at her. She asked instinctively, "Why?"

The discussion earlier went well, she had no idea why things turned sour abruptly.

"Because I really hate people who repay goodwill with ill will. That's my reason. Happy?" Dustin replied coldly.

He had never liked Sophia's behavior. However, her behavior hadn't affected him before, as such he was able to let it slide. However, it was different now.

If Sophia hadn't caused subversion, they wouldn't be in this mess today. If they were any weaker, they might have been murdered for profit. Hence, he was unable to forgive Sophia for what she'd done.

"Dustin, please listen to my explanation. This wasn't my fault, I had no other options!" Sophia was flustered and appeared pitiful.

"Not your fault? You had no other options? There are only a handful of people who know that we have treasure with us.

"If it wasn't you, who else could it be? Who could work with Harmony Sect and Embersteel Order simultaneously?" Dustin asked.

"It wasn't me… It really wasn't!" As Sophia thought of something, she suddenly said, "It was Jackson Hawk! Jackson was behind all this, I was just following orders. If you're unhappy about this, please bring it up with Jackson. It's not my fault!"

It was difficult to convince them without any evidence. She needed to find a scapegoat. Jackson wasn't around now and he was also involved in this incident. He was the best fall guy.

Chester frowned slightly when he heard Jackson's name but he said nothing. It wouldn't be wise for him to speak up in a situation like this. The smart way was to keep quiet and save himself.

"Jackson?" Dustin smirked, "Do you think I'm an idiot? If Jackson was involved, why isn't he here now?"

Discounting the fact that Jackson had already sent him a message in secret prior to this, he wouldn't even suspect Jackson if he didn't.

"He has already escaped when he saw that things have gone awry!" Sophia was still trying to push the blame on Jackson.

"Is that so? Since Jackson has already escaped, then you should take the blame. I feel uncomfortable if you're not dead." With a chilly expression, Dustin reached for his Celestial Blade with an outstretched arm.

The sword which was located more than ten yards away, transformed into a black light and reappeared in Dustin's hand.

"Don't… don't kill me!" Sophia was getting anxious and kept begging. "If you let me live, I'll do anything you ask me to. I'll be your slave!"

When she saw that Dustin remained unfazed by her begging, she turned to look at Bertha, her mentor, and shouted while crying, "Master Peach, please save me! I'm still young, I don't want to die yet!"

Bertha sighed and didn't say much when Sophia begged for help. She wasn't even able to save herself, how would she be able to save someone else?

"You should have known better before you did it. Time for you to be on your way!" Dustin didn't want to waste any more time so he raised his sword and got ready to swing it down.

"Hold on!" Suddenly, someone shouted loudly in front of the hotel. Dustin raised his eyebrows slightly and turned to look, only to see Jackson running frantically toward them.

As he ran, he kept shouting, "Hold on! Hold on!"

Jackson ran forward as fast as he could and stood in front of Sophia with his arms outstretched to protect her.