Chapter 1162

Sophie stayed quiet after hearing Alice's suggestion. Noticing this, Alice decided to take her upstairs. As soon as Sophie got to the room, all the emotions she had been holding inside came flooding out. She covered her face with her hands and began to sob uncontrollably. Alice stood to the side helplessly and stuttered, "M-Ma'am..." Before Alice could say more, Sophie took a deep breath, wiped her tears, and said after a long pause, "I'm okay." Meanwhile, Jacob sat quietly on the sofa after finishing his cigarette. * The next morning, Jacob received a phone call—it was from Claude. "Are you in Tide City?" Claude asked. Jacob was on the balcony when he answered, "Yeah, I'm here, bro." Claude, sounding polite and smiling, continued, "Great. I need to talk to you about something. Can you come over?" Jacob hesitated for a moment before answering, "Sure." "Good, I'll be at my place. Come here, and we'll talk." "Alright, bro." Claude didn't hang up right away. He waited for Ja