Revenge is Best Served After Reborn (James) novel Chapter 986

Watching Sophie, who had clearly pieced everything together, Colby sighed and said, "Babe, can I lie?"

"No."

Getting a firm no from Sophie, Colby pulled out his phone. The screen showed a series of calls from an unknown number from the night before. But to Sophie, this number was all too familiar.

"James... really put on quite the show," Sophie said, her voice calm.

Later, at the Burke Estate...

Rick walked into Gordon's room, unable to hold back his words. "Sir, you need to step in."

"Step in for what? He brought this on himself," Gordon replied, his face expressionless. "I didn't force him."

"But if this keeps up, Colby’s going to bring down the entire Aldridge family!"

Gordon rubbed his temples, feeling a headache brewing. He really shouldn’t have let all these people move in.

"Go check on him."

"Yes, sir."

Rick pushed Gordon’s wheelchair into the hallway, where they could see Colby sitting in the living room, expertly throwing darts at a vase worth a small fortune. The next second, the vase shattered.

Colby then picked up a paring knife from the table, and Rick, fearing the worst, rushed over. "Colby! You can’t throw that!"

"Who said I was gonna throw it?" Colby replied coolly, picking up an apple. "Just peeling an apple."

"Oh, my bad, it slipped."

Colby stood up and headed for the stairs without a backward glance. It might have been an accident, but at that moment, he almost wished he could’ve aimed for Gordon’s mouth.

Rick immediately checked the fruit platter. The paring knife had nearly embedded itself into the table. "Sir... the table’s ruined."

Gordon said indifferently, "Put it on the tab. Sophie can pay for it when she gets back."

Rick hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Sir, Mrs. Costello probably went to find Mr. Burke. If she actually finds him..."

"She won’t," Gordon replied. He knew James wouldn’t show himself, which is why he hadn’t tried to silence Colby. This whole act wasn’t meant to fool Sophie but to shape public opinion. Now that the public had seen James wielding a knife and knew Colby had been hospitalized from a stab wound, it didn’t matter whether Sophie knew the truth.

Once the three-month period was up, James Burke would no longer be the CEO of Burke International.