Chapter 33

Sophia's biggest wish right now was for her precious daughter to marry into a wealthy family. Now that Clara had finally managed to get close to Aidan, she couldn't afford to screw things up. Still, Sophia couldn't help but feel something was off. Clara and Aidan's relationship hadn't even gone public yet. How did the kidnapper know about it? It was just too weird. "What are you talking about? I don't know what you mean." Sophia feigned ignorance. She wasn't going to admit to anything. It was as simple as that. The bald man glanced at the prompt and sneered. "Oh, really? In that case, I'll just send this recording to the Ziegler family. I wonder what they'll think after hearing it. Are you sure you don't want to pay, Mrs. Callum?" Sophia was so furious that she nearly had a heart attack. She had no choice but to chalk it up to bad luck—what kind of devil had she gotten herself involved with? She snapped, "I only have 1.5 million on hand. That's all of my personal savings." Cassan