"What do I mean? Uncle Perry, do you even need to ask anymore?"

Everything was already laid out on the table. When Perry picked it up, trembling, he only flipped through one page before collapsing to the floor with a thud.

Sophie just looked on indifferently, suppressing her swirling emotions. She said, "You are my uncle, and I never imagined that you would be the person who would harm me."

"Sophie, I had no choice. If I couldn't pay back the money, they would've broken my arms and legs, and I would've been dead!"

Perry's face was now covered in tears and cold sweat.

"So, you wanted me to go to prison in your place?" Sophie scoffed, "Uncle Perry, you should know that with the charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds, I would have to spend the rest of my life in prison, yet you still did this."

"I had no choice, Sophie. I didn't want to hurt you, but you wouldn't stay as James' wife. You had to manage Russell Enterprises! It was bad enough that you took over the company, but then you even wanted to divorce James!"

Perry said passionately, "You don't know what life was like for me before. It wasn't until you married James and people heard of James' reputation that they could not mess with me! But now that you're about to break with James, those people have been coming to bother me more and more! I was afraid...afraid that the accounting issues would come to light."

"You're afraid that if the accounting issues came to light, you would go to prison, right?" Sophie looked coldly at Perry. "You're making me pay for your mistakes, Uncle Perry. I truly never saw through you." "Sophie, I watched you grow up. How could I possibly harm you? I know both Colby and James care for you. They'll definitely find a way to get you out, so I..."

"

"Colby is abroad, and James has Nicole, who is pregnant, by his side. Uncle Perry, you chose this moment to report me. Isn't it because you want to take advantage of their absence and get me locked up as soon as possible?"

Sophie's voice became almost icy. She wasn't a child who could be easily deceived with a few words.

Perry tried to play the card of familial affection, which might have worked before, but from the moment he framed her, she no longer believed in that so-called shred of kinship.

When he realized he couldn't muddle through, Perry suddenly stopped making excuses. Sophie indifferently said, "Uncle Perry, you want more than just for me to take the fall for you, right?"

Once she was out of the picture, Perry could rightfully become the head of Russell Enterprise, and the company would be his alone. From then on, even if there were issues with Russell Enterprises' accounts, he, as the head, would have full authority to explain them away.

When Sophie directly exposed his thoughts, Perry finally took a deep breath and said, "Sophie, I raised you. You owe me. If you could settle this matter for me and give me an additional ten billion, I promise I'll never gamble again. Moreover, I'll step down from Russell Enterprises, and all my shares will go to you!"

"Ten billion? Uncle Perry, you really have the nerve to say that."

Perry's shares in Russell Enterprises were not even worth five billion. He not only wanted her to pay off a billion in debts for him but also demanded ten billion in compensation. It was utterly absurd. "Sophie, don't push me. I care for you. Just agree to my terms, and I'll still be your dear uncle, the only family you have in this world!"

"Uncle Perry, I used to think only Jessica had a thick skin, but I see now that you're no different."

Sophie stood up. Whether in her past life or this one, she had never truly seen through Perry.

Just as Sophie was about to turn and leave, Perry suddenly stepped forward, but several bodyguards in black burst in from outside before he could bring down the ashtray in his hand. Sophie's eyes darkened, and when she turned back, she indeed met Perry's ferocious face.

It was just like Isaac's before.

She had thought Isaac was led astray by Jessica, but it turned out both father and son were cut from the same cloth.

Sophie said coldly, "Uncle Perry, are you trying to kidnap me to extort Colby?"

The bodyguards had been watching from outside the door, ready to burst in at the first sign of trouble.

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