"We're at Ingrid Hotel. It belongs to us. I'm coming to pick you up now," The voice on the other end of the phone sounded surprised.
"No need, I'll go over myself. Also, this is your hotel, not mine. Don't say that it's ours," Chuck hung up the phone indifferently.
He drove to the hotel. Black Rose followed behind him with vigilance.
She kept wondering where Chuck was heading.
While she was driving, she couldn't help but feel slightly hungry. She was suddenly reminded of that delicious cake that Chuck had brought her previously. When would she be able to taste that again?
However, soon, she discarded that thought of hers. She couldn't depend on Chuck since he was just a big, fat liar.
Meanwhile, at Ingrid Hotel.
The Lee family had already sat down and were waiting for Chuck. Brayden didn't come, and Elijah didn't allow him to appear either. They didn't want him to ruin the meeting.
"Chuck has agreed to come," The person who had just called Chuck exclaimed.
"Great! He's finally agreed to come! And I thought it was Karen who stopped him from coming to meet us!"
"I thought so too. I was scared to death."
They were still reeling from their previous fearful encounter with Karen.
"Go pick him up! What are you waiting for?"
"Chuck said that he's driving here. I can hear from his tone that he still doesn't trust us. We were really too strict with Karen previously so that now she... Alas, she's still our sister after all." A man with grey hair could only heave in regret.
Everyone fell silent.
"It's all right now. When Chuck arrives, we can have a good talk," Someone tried to cheer everyone up.
"Yep! Well be nice to him!"
"No matter what, I'm still his uncle. He still has to respect me, doesn't he?"
Several members of the Lee family were in agreement, but Elijah was a bit nervous. After all, Chuck was his grandson, but he had never cared about him.
At the same time, on another floor at the same hotel.
Sophia was here alone.
Someone from the Oatker family had invited her to meet with them. At this crucial moment, she wouldn't want to step into the Oatkers' territory. Hence, she suggested meeting them here, at the Lee family's hotel.
In fact, Sophia was here to break off her cooperation with the Oatker family. In her opinion, Karen was absolutely infuriated this time.
Judging from Karen's actions for the past few days, she had been giving it her all to decimate the Oatker family for good. It wasn't a trifling matter to be messed around with.
Sophia was also smart. Indeed, she was astonished at Karen's ability and sheer strength to go against the Oatker family. In the long run, she could already see the Oatker family done for.
Karen was almost guaranteed to destroy the Oatker family in the near future.
This was truly terrifying!!
Therefore, Sophia wanted to cut off all contact with the Oatker family. However, it was true that she had been hesitating to do so. After all, she was friends with some Oatker. As much as she refused to come, she eventually decided to meet them here.
With that, she went in.
In a private room, a beautiful woman and a man were staring at each other. Both their expressions were angry and vicious.
"I didn't expect Karen to be so powerful!" Celia Oatker grumbled.
"Yes, that's why we need to rely on Sophia. Well join forces to go against Karen Lee."
Thinking of this, Celia was worried, "I hope Sophia won't blame me for what I'm about to do."
"Blame you? Why are you still hesitating? You're the one who called her over. Now that everything is set in place, why are you still hesitating now?" Celia's brother, Bruce Oatker, hissed.
"I... After all, she is my friend. I... Alas!" Celia could only sigh now.
"What are you sighing for?" Bruce was mad.
Celia stared at her brother and exposed his thoughts, "Bruce, don't think that I don't know what you are planning. You have been interested in Sophia for a long time, so you suggested to father to do this, right?"
"Celia, what are you talking about?" Upon hearing this, Bruce hemmed and hawed.
"I already found out that you had a crush on Sophia since last year. You were basically drooling when you saw her from afar. That's why you're suggesting to drug her and use that to blackmail her into helping us!" Celia was furious.
"So what? Who doesn't like beautiful women? In addition, she is the head of the Lawrence family, holding both power and status! Men like us love to conquer such women. Besides, she has the looks too," After being exposed, Bruce decided not to mask his thoughts and intentions anymore.
Celia was pissed, but she had no other choice. Karen's forces were just too great, and the Oatker family had been caught completely off guard. Now, they had to reel in support to help them, and the Lawrence family was their best choice.
"Celia, I am doing this for the sake of the family," Bruce tried to appeal to his sister.
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