Mr. Knight seemed to be influenced by Cathy's words. He pondered for a moment and looked at Sophia. "Fine, if you're so determined, I'm afraid we can't be friends. You guys, beat her until she is willing to give money."
The beaters came as they were told. But what gave them a shock was that Sophia, all of a sudden, broke away from the one who held her and fought with them fiercely.
Cathy and Mr. Knight were utterly stunned. They had not the least idea what was going on.
Meanwhile, Sophia fought as hard as she could. Though the beaters were well-trained, Sophia was not worse than them. At least it was quite easy for Sophia to protect herself from their attacks.
Cathy and Mr. Knight soon found that out so Cathy shouted anxiously, "You guys! Get her under control, quickly!"
"Who do you want to control?" Saying that, Drake walked in.
Hearing his voice, Cathy froze while Mr. Knight tried to escape out of extreme fear.
However, Drake would not let him. "Paul, bring them to me. Oh, remember not to kill them."
"As you said, Mr. Riley."
Drake's words gave Cathy and Mr. Knight a cold shudder. Not killing them didn't mean not hurting them.
Mr. Knight didn't like the idea of getting hurt so he surrendered at once. "Mr. Riley, please forgive me! It's Cathy, your dear cousin-in-law who offered the idea!"
Cathy was shocked. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, you shut up, liar. You said you wouldn't let Mr. Riley know. But he is here in no time. You idiot, we're done."
"What? How can you pretend to be innocent? It's you who agreed with this plan."
Drake interrupted, "That's enough. I know you're behind this, Cathy Lawson."
Cathy shuddered and tried to be as innocent as possible. "Drake, I won't deny that. But you should understand I am a victim too. I have lost a great amount of money in investment but Mr. Knight blamed me for costing him money and threatened me that if I failed to pay him back, he would kidnap me. But I've broken myself and even though I have asked my parents and Sophia for money, they wouldn't like to help. I didn't know what to do."
Drake could not tolerate this nonsense. "Oh, I think you know exactly what to do. Conspiring with others to kidnap your own cousin. What a great idea."
"I really don't have other choices. Or what should I do? Let Mr. Knight kill me? How can you and Sophia be so cruel to me? If something happens to me, our Lawsons won't let you two get away easily!"
Drake sneered, "Our Lawsons? Don't be so ridiculous. Once you're married, you'll not be a Lawson anymore. Given the ungrateful things that you have done, I doubt your ancestors have already given up on you."
His words quieted Cathy at once.
At the same time, Mr. Knight was still begging for mercy. "Mr. Riley, I've told you what I know. Please forgive me!"
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