Chapter 489


    News of Dillon''s death soon traveled to Jadeborough. Percy felt strangely uneasy when he learned


    about the news.


    Sure enough, his sixth sense was right.


    As soon as Sophia gave Felix the order to file a police report against Percy for embezzlement of


    company funds, Felix gathered all the evidence and handed them to the police that morning. At around


    three in the afternoon, Percy was taken away by police officers from the economic crime department.


    Percy had yet to realize what was happening when he was being taken away. In fact, he did not look


    the slightest bit guilty.


    "I''ll cooperate with the investigation, officer."


    Percy looked too calm to be a criminal.


    When Sophia heard the economic crime police officers had arrived, she purposely took the elevator to


    wait on the first floor. After all, it was a rare scene.


    It did not take long for her to see a few policemen leading Percy out of the elevator.


    With a smile on her face, she approached them and asked, "What''s going on?"


    Percy scowled at the sight of her, but he quickly recollected himself. "It''s nothing. The officers said


    someone reported me for embezzling thepany''s funds, so I''m going to the station to cooperate


    with their investigation."


    Sophia shed him a meaningful smile. "Please do your best, Mr. Zaat."


    With that, she turned around and walked off in the opposite direction.


    When Percy turned around to nce at her, she had already arrived at the elevator door.


    Suddenly, a thought urred to him when he recalled her ambiguous smile from moments ago. His


    countenance changed, and his heart pounded with panic.


    "Let''s go." The police officer nudged him.


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    Percy quickly gathered his thoughts and left with the officers.


    Soon, news about Percy being taken away for investigation spread like wildfire among the employees


    of Odyssey. Even the senior executives who were on his side began feeling uneasy.


    On the third day after Percy was taken away, his men finally surrendered to Sophia.


    However, she did not respond to them. She simply watched as they fought among themselves.


    Two weeks after Percy''s arrest, almost all thepany''s traitors were exposed. That was when Sophie


    gave Felix the green light to eliminate all of them.


    Percy was next after they dealt with his people.


    Sophia did not have to do anything, though. After all, the evidence was solid. Percy would need a


    scapegoat if he wanted to get out of his predicament.


    Unfortunately for him, Sophia had cut him off from Truce and the others. Basically, Percy was on his


    own, and no one wanted to be his scapegoat.


    Sophia and udius had been busy for the past few days. And with the time difference, they barely


    interacted with each other.


    Sophia''s life became smoother when Percy''s matters ended. She even gotzier and slept until nine


    o''clock in the morning.


    Upon finding her phone, she realized udius had called her after she had fallen asleepst night.


    Sophia raised a brow, no longer feeling sleepy.


    It should be around seven o''clock at night over there. She gazed at her phone, feeling a little hesitant.


    Still, she returned the call.


    The moment udius'' phone rang, everyone in the conference room fell silent.


    udius nced at the phone on the table. Seeing the caller''s name, he picked it up and walked out of


    the conference room. "One moment, please."


    The manager, who was in the middle of a presentation, instantly paused the slides and watched


    udius step out of the room.


    The phone rang for quite some time without udius picking up. Just as Sophia was about to hang up,


    the call connected.


    "It''s me, Sophia."


    The two had not seen each other for more than twenty days. However, Sophia did not really miss


    udius when she was busy with work. Now that things had calmed down, she had the sudden urge to


    secretly pay him a visit.


    A subtle smile formed on her lips as she nced out of the window. "I just woke up and realized I


    missed your callst night. What''s up?"


    The sixteen-hour time difference made it difficult for them tomunicate via phone calls.


    "Nothing. I just wanted to hear your voice."


    Sophia was taken aback by the deep voice that came through the phone''s speakers.


    She had missed Alexander''s pickup lines.


    Chuckling, she asked, "Have you eaten?"


    "Not yet."


    His answer immediately brought her back to reality. She cocked an eyebrow and asked, "Are you still at


    work?"


    "I''m in a middle of a meeting."


    It was at that moment Sophia realized why udius took over ten seconds to answer the phone.


    "Carry on with your meeting, then. I won''t disturb you anymore."


    "Okay."


    Despite saying that, udius did not hang up.


    Sophia hummed a response, saying, "I''m going to hang up now."


    "Okay."


    Upon hearing that, she ended the call.


    When udius saw the words "call ended" on the screen, he did not return to the conference room


    right away. Instead, he dialed another number.


    Samuel thought his eyes were ying tricks on him the second he saw the caller ID.


    Alexander had returned to Moranta for more than a month. Their most recent interaction was a month


    ago when Rose passed away. That was when Alexander sent Samuel an obituary.


    Seeing that, Samuel told the secretary to postpone the meeting to ten minutester before returning to


    his office with the phone. "Alex, if you had called me a littleter, I would''ve taken a flight to Moranta to


    see for myself if you''ve gone missing again."


    Regardless, the person on the other end of the phone went straight to the point. "I need your help with


    something."


    "What is it?"


    "I want to propose to Sophia."


    Samuel gasped. "You haven''t regained your memories, though."


    "That doesn''t change my love for Sophia."


    Samuel was speechless.


    This is too much. Why do I even have to listen to this?


    "Spit it out. How do you n to do it?" uttered Samuel through gritted teeth.


    It''s just a proposal, anyway. I have my fair share of experiences with proposals.


    "I need you to get her measurements for the ring."


    For a moment, Samuel forgot the fact that udius had lost his memories. The former asked


    subconsciously, "Didn''t you get a ring custom-made for Sophia already? You can just ask Anne for the


    measurements. I''ll help you with anything but getting the measurements of Sophia''s fingers. I feel that''s


    a rather inappropriate thing to do..."


    Samuel did not dare to touch Sophia, let alone take her finger''s measurements.


    In fact, some mediapanies cooked up nonsensical articles just because he had a meal with her. I


    bet those paparazzi will evene up with rumors of us having a child together if I touch her.


    Samuel paused briefly before adding, "Besides, Sophia knows about the ring already. I think that ring is


    quite meaningful. If you use that one—"


    Before he could finish, udius'' icy voice sounded. "How did Sophia know about it?"


    Samuel felt a rush of guilt, and his phone almost slipped from his trembling hands.


    Nheless, he quickly came to his senses. Alexander lost his memories. He wouldn''t know what


    happened.


    "Weren''t you the one who spilled the beans?"


    "Really?"


    "Y-Yep."


    "Oh... Okay, then."


    With that said, udius ended the call.