Charlie was not worried about himself if his identity were to be exposed to the Schulz family. After all, Sheldon and Steven were both in his hands. Moreover, he had also personally dealt with Falco. So, even if the Schulz family wanted to deal with him, they did not have any ways to deal with him at all. Hence, he did not really have anything to worry about.
What he was truly worried about was Sophie.
As soon as she decided to collaborate with him, Cadfan would certainly be furious. At that time, it might be possible for Cadfan to turn his anger on Sophie entirely.
After all, the Schulz family and the Wade family had a feud with one another, and they were each other's biggest rivals. If Sophie were to collaborate with him, i n Cadfan's eyes, this would be tantamount to Sophie betraying the Schulz family and working together with the enemy instead.
Although Charlie also wanted to find a shortcut for his own business, he felt that this shortcut should not be built on the basis of placing Sophie in a dangerous situation.
To put it bluntly, that way, he would probably be causing her harm.
So, Charlie waved his hand and said to Jasmine, who did not know the truth, "Although Sophie and I know each other, no matter what it is, my business has not taken off in any substantial way yet. So, if I were to go t o her to seek a collaboration with her at this time, this would be tantamount to me seeking to gain a profit without any payout. At that time, it could give others the feeling that I was using her situation to threaten her so that she would be forced into collaborating with me. This would be somewhat similar to moral kidnapping, then." 2
When Jasmine heard these words, she nodded gently i n understanding.
She knew Charlie’s personality very well, and she knew that he would never use the fact that he had saved a person's life before as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the other party.
If they were to ask Charlie to do such a thing, that would indeed be out of line with his character. 3
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