Angelo chuckled awkwardly, saying, "Mrs. Costello, you're just kidding around, right?"
"Still, Mr. Bradford, you seem a bit different from the last time we met," Sophie said with a smile. "Remember when I bought you out for 50 million? Quite the hefty sum, wasn't it?"
Angelo replied, "Just 50 million? If I have to, I'll pay you back. I'll buy my own freedom!"
Sophie’s tone turned serious. "That's not how it works. You've got to honor your agreements. Since you promised, you can't just walk away from being the boss. A man of your stature, Mr. Bradford, wouldn't go back on his word, right?"
Recalling James's instructions from his time abroad, Angelo could only pretend to be extremely reluctant. "To be honest, I've been under the Pollard family's thumb for too long. I just came to Devonport to get some air, nothing more."
"Quite a coincidence, Mr. Bradford. You show up in Devonport, and here we are, meeting again."
Sophie didn’t buy into coincidences that easily. Sticking to the script James had given him, Angelo said with a straight face, "It's too much of a coincidence. You didn’t come looking for me on purpose, did you, Mrs. Costello?"
Hearing Angelo's words, Sophie couldn’t help but think of Gordon. He had tipped her off about this arcade, hinting that something fishy was going on.
Could it have been Gordon who set this up, making sure she ran into Angelo here?
Seeing Sophie direct her suspicion elsewhere, Angelo quickly said, "Do you know something unusual about this arcade too?"
Pointing to a tag on a nearby claw machine, Angelo highlighted that it was clearly labeled as being made in Summerfield by the Minto Corporation.
Meanwhile—
In Summerfield, at the Minto headquarters...
"Please, boss, spare me!"
Several men were harshly pinned to the ground.
Odie sat high up, a cold glint in his eyes, his tone dripping with cruelty. "I'll ask again, who did it?"
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The readers' comments on the novel: Revenge is Best Served After Reborn (James)
why do you keep delaying updates:(...
please post new chapters.. why are they delayed...
Awaiting new chapters plzzz...
when will new chapters release??...
Enjoying the story, to much victimising Sophie, they could at least try to target others. Hope at some point Sophie comes clean and forgives James and explain her view of loving the boy James was. Just so they both learn and move on. Really needs to be some consequences for the instigators instead of being let go. Sandy needs to see Vanessa is using her as a cover, and Sandy needs to wake up to herself, or be held responsible by her father for alienating the people she was supposed to make contact with. Hope the reporter brother is keeping an eye on what Vanessa and Odie are up to, and that he has he’s own justice in store. Hope he becomes like Reese a good partner. Hope James lives and finds he’s HEA. Need to put Nicole in prison , no release and several lifetimes , with all the evidence on the crimes she’s committed just to get her out of the way guilt free. More about what’s up with Gordon....
Excellent novel!...
When will you upload the next chapter...