Revenge is Best Served After Reborn (James) novel Chapter 272

"Yes, Mr. Burke."

The bodyguard also left.

James was alone in the office, sitting tiredly in his chair. He pulled out the only photo he had of Sophie from a drawer, a bitter smile forming in his heart.

It was from the first time he had accompanied Sophie shopping. While she was eating, he had sneakily taken a selfie of them with his phone.

Only half of his face was in the frame, and Sophie looked down, enjoying a pastry.

He had never let Sophie know about this photo.

He was surprised when he pressed the shutter button, as at that time, he clearly didn't like Sophie and was always cold to her.

James rubbed his temples and leaned back in his office chair.

'Sophie, you're not dead, right? Why won't you come back?'

The sky was dim, and the living room was airing the news about the wife of the CEO of Burke International being kidnapped and thrown into the sea.

Sophie was sitting on the sofa, quietly watching the news report on the incident.

Colby placed a cup of herbal tea in front of her, saying, "Still running around with a cold?"

Sophie looked up, saw Colby, and held the cup in her hands. "It's been three days. Seems like choosing to fake my death wasn't the best plan. Making a video to deceive James would have been much simpler."

She and the kidnappers had agreed on the plan. They just needed to fake her death in return for a hundred million dollars afterward. Naturally, they were happy to accept more money and agreed gleefully.

After falling into the water, she was supposed to return on a lifeboat, but Colby and Adler suddenly appeared. She followed them to avoid the approaching search and rescue team and headed back to Colby's house first.

While Sophie was lost in thought, Colby reached out and touched her forehead.

Sophie was startled, and Colby said in a deep voice, "You're still a bit feverish. Go back to rest. Adler will look into the rest."

Hearing this, Sophie fell silent for a moment, then asked, "What have you been doing abroad for so many days?"

She knew that Colby's business was overseas, and according to the timeline of her past life, Colby hadn't yet dominated the city or contended with James.

However, since her rebirth, everything was happening too quickly, and she wasn't sure if the future would unfold as it had in her past life.

At least for now, Colby didn't seem to have any major moves planned for the city.

Colby watched Sophie’s serious expression, and smiled slightly. He tapped her forehead, "To arrange the wedding gifts."