If so, had Michaelâs sudden promise to allow her to have contact with Woody merely been a ruse to use her as a tool to achieve Michaelâs own goals?
Her heart clenched; she didnât want to see Michael involve Woody in his ideaâ¦
Looking at Sophiaâs worried expression, Abel made her reassured by saying, âYou donât have to be so nervous. Boss just wants to find Cooper and ask him to verify something very important.â
Is that so? Sophia was still suspicious, but she took a glove from Abelâs toolbox to help.
She remembered Cooperâs manuscripts that she had just read, and there should be a fingerprint on it.
So, she quickly took it out and turned a few pages. Sure enough, there was a faint fingerprint in the corner of the page. It must have been accidentally smudged there with his inky finger, but then carefully hidden away by Woody.
Seeing the fingerprint, Abelâs expression grew concerned and he carefully kept the manuscript away.
He had come on this day as Nathan and Sophiaâs bodyguard, allowing him to safely and boldly conduct his search. Aside from the fingerprint, he had hoped to find other clues, so he continued to rummage through the bookshelf.
Sophia was extremely worried, so she asked, âIs Cooper really not dead? If he didnât die, then where is he now? What does Taylor want to ask him? Does it have anything to do with Old Master Mitchell?â
As Abel continued his search, he replied, âCooper couldnât have died. Boss wants to ask him about certain matters, but it has nothing to do with Woody.â
Sophia was still uneasy, afraid that Cooper had done something to have wronged Michael, so the latter was seeking revenge, and she was worried that it would affect Woody in the future.
While carefully opening Cooperâs book, Abel suddenly stopped and his gaze seemed to be fixed on something. Then, he turned around slowly toward the small figure not far behind him.
Nathan had woken up for some time, standing in front of Cooperâs desk, his hair messy from sleep.
Raising his head, he looked at the ugly man in front of him, his eyes full of horror and curiosity.
Abel was shocked. His gaze swept across Nathanâs body, but after a second, he forced his eyes away from his own son.
That was his son; his biological son who became orphaned at 3 months old.
However, he didnât dare acknowledge him. He would rather never let him know the truth!
Seeing Nathan suddenly pop up, Sophia was afraid that he would be frightened by Abelâs appearance.
Quickly blocking his line of sight, she said, âSon, this man was sent by your daddy to look for some information. Letâs not bother him. How about we go see if Stan has brought back a big crab?â
Thus, Nathan was whisked away by Sophia. As he was leaving, he still looked at Abel curiously. It was as if he seemed to know this person from beforeâ¦
Abel stared at the door after Sophia had left for a full minute before closing his eyes.
He had obtained Cooperâs fingerprints now, so the rest would be left to be long-term considerations. With Sophia around, it would be easier to get his hands on Cooperâs things.
Sophia took Nathan downstairs and saw that Stanley and Sean had returned, but they had also brought home an unexpected person.
Sophie looked at Michael who was talking to Woody while sitting on the living room sofa, stunned.
âHubby, why are you hereââ Isnât he supposed to be with the filming crew today?
Michael saw Sophia, and before he could say anything, Woody spoke up first. âCooper, come here. This is Nateâs mother, Celine.â
Sophia was speechless. Well, if he could mistake a young damsel as his own forty-year-old son, then I suppose he could also mistake Michael to be his twin sister, Celine. After all, they look so alike.
Michael played along and pretended to be Celine. âOld Master, Iâm already registered for marriage with your son!â
Woody was stunned for a while before he could react. âYou and Justin got a divorce?â
Michael frowned and answered, âYeah, weâre divorced, and now Nate is under my custody.â
Woody scratched his head and said, âNo wonder Iâve been seeing Nate follow Cooper aroundâ¦â
He happily accepted the fact that Cooper and Celine were married; he was so overjoyed that he even ate two extra bowls of rice at dinner.
During dinner, Sophia deliberately didnât eat as much, wanting to leave room in her stomach for the seafood feast.
After dinner, Old Master Mitchell went to bed early and everyone went to the beach for the barbeque.
Harry and Daniel also joined in, as the resort was their property as well. Also, Michael even brought a few bottles of red wine from home.
Everyone else was at the seaside barbeque eating and drinking, enjoying the blowing seabreeze, but Michael, Harry and Daniel seemed to be talking about something important at the side. It looked like a very serious scene, for Hale had even been put on guard to block people from joining them.
Nathan led the dog and picked seashells along the beach, while Sophia was happily eating a big lobster.
As everyone was busy drinking, she was busy eating all the seafood.
Stanley was already drunk; he looked like a dead dog, lying on the beach chair as he babbled nonsensical words.
Sean had also drank a lot of alcohol. Under the night sky, his facial features appeared softened, making him look like a girl with short hair. He looked at the dark sea horizon with sadness in his eyes.
As the two of them continued to gobble down seafood, Sean suddenly said, âSophia, Cooperâs amulet must be kept properly. You canât let anyone from the Mitchell Family see it. Iâve been hearing rumors among the Mitchell Family that theyâve found Cooperâs private assets kept within foreign banks. Theyâre thinking of ways to access it, but they need the password and the token.â
He glanced at the amulet Sophia was wearing on her chest, his eyes worried. âThey suspect that the token needed is the amulet.â
Sophia was in the middle of tackling her lobster as she mumbled, âIsnât the Mitchell Family already very wealthy? They still care about this bit of money? How much is the fortune worth?â
Sean replied, â100 million Kuwaiti dinars.â
Kuwaiti dinars? What the hell is that? Sophia scratched her head, trying to think about it for a long time, before her eyes suddenly widened. âKuwaiti dinars? And 100 million?! Thatâs so much!â
Kuwait was a rich oil country with the worldâs most precious currencyâthe Kuwaiti dinar. One Kuwaiti dinar was equivalent to about 23 Cethosian currency, so 100 million Kuwaiti dinars would be more than 2 billion worth of Cethosian currency!
Sean shrugged. âIf it really is currency, even after ten years, it is still currency. However, if Cooperâs deposit was gold or land titles, after these past 10 years, the value of these could have appreciated significantly.â
The value it was 10 years ago wouldnât be the same as the value it was now. When converted, it could easily be more than 2 billion Cethosian currency!
Sophia ate a crab in shock. âYou Mitchells are really rich!â
Sean corrected her and highlighted the focal point. âItâs Cooper who had money. The entire Mitchell family now is living off the wealth Cooper earned. Now that they know about this new pot of money and property, theyâll be trying their best to get it.â
Unfortunately, the bank required a token and a password to be present at the same time when withdrawing the money.
As it was a password and token that was decided upon by Cooper, there was a high probability that the amulet was that exact token.
As for the password, it might also have something to do with the amulet, so she asked, âCanât they just make do with the password?â
Sean shook his head with a mocking smile. âThe password is made up of a thousand random digits without any pattern. The withdrawing party is required to recite it all at once without pausing or reading off the information.â
Sophia was rendered speechless.