"Speak nicely? Huh..."
The man laughed, his icy blue eyes flashing.
Standing beside him, his assistant Ray Mckinley adjusted his gold-framed glasses, expressionless, as he spoke to Sophie, who was shivering on the sofa.
"Sophie got caught up in pleasure and has likely forgotten the promise she once made. Last year, when Stellar Haven faced a financial crisis and approached Loyalty with shares to offset debt, she stated that all debts would be repaid by June this year.
If overdue, the pledged shares of Stellar Haven would be transferred to Loyalty."
Now, it's been almost six months since June, Sophie... where are your shares?"
"I... I..." Andrew Mitchell glanced around frantically, looking for someone to help.
But the young girls he had called to accompany him in the private room were all huddled, hiding in corners.
Over here in the booth, facing him was a cold-faced, deep blue-eyed, tall man he dared not plead with.
