Chapter 405 Fangs of Envy, Shadows of the Deal
"K" dropped in from nowhere, and the tide of public opinion flipped overnight. The Martinez Group's stock price shot skyward like a rocket.
What had begun as a meticulously orchestrated smear campaign by the Bennett family had, against all odds, turned into a coronation for Sophia.
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 I Will Marry
2. Chapter 2 Not a Vegetative State?
3. Chapter 3 Awakening
4. Chapter 4 I'll Sleep with You
5. Chapter 5 Agreement
6. Chapter 6 A Fifty Percent Chance
7. Chapter 7 Don't Touch Me!
8. Chapter 8 Stress-Related Mental Disorders
9. Chapter 9 I Hate Being Bothered
10. Chapter 10 Our Little Secret
11. Chapter 11 You Murderer!
12. Chapter 12 Die with Him
13. Chapter 13 Who Says I Can't Do It?
14. Chapter 14 I'm Definitely Getting a Divorce!
15. Chapter 15 Not Leaving
16. Chapter 16 Cooperation
17. Chapter 17 Game
18. Chapter 18 Visiting My Parents
19. Chapter 19 The Anderson Family
20. Chapter 20 Telling Lies
21. Chapter 21 You Will Never See Them Again
22. Chapter 22 Dispute
23. Chapter 23 Hating Dad
24. Chapter 24 Mystery & Blank
25. Chapter 25 At Least Dad Can Make Money!
26. Chapter 26 Birthmark
27. Chapter 27 Exclusion of the Outside World
28. Chapter 28 Of Course
29. Chapter 29 Are You K?
30. Chapter 30 Definitely the Best Leading Actress
31. Chapter 31 No One Pays Attention to Claire
32. Chapter 32 Scarily Rich
33. Chapter 33 The Appearance of Hacker J
34. Chapter 34 Apprenticeship
35. Chapter 35 Furious
36. Chapter 36 It's Just a Game ID
37. Chapter 37 Inquiry
38. Chapter 38 Got K's Painting
39. Chapter 39 Give Me a Card
40. Chapter 40 The Expensive Gift
41. Chapter 41 You Look Beautiful Tonight
42. Chapter 42 I Have A Good Relationship with Sophia
43. Chapter 43 Apologizing with Champagne
44. Chapter 44 Flirting with Men
45. Chapter 45 Coming Back Again
46. Chapter 46 I Was the Top of My Major in College
47. Chapter 47 Convinced and Admitting Defeat
48. Chapter 48 Similar People
49. Chapter 49 Tricked into Coming
50. Chapter 50 Who Dares to Remove the Needle
51. Chapter 51 Identity Exposed
52. Chapter 52 Training People Like Training Dogs
53. Chapter 53 She Is Dr. Scott
54. Chapter 54 Cripple Her Hand
55. Chapter 55 Hate Its Failure to Improve
56. Chapter 56 That Is Discarded Waste
57. Chapter 57 Proof
58. Chapter 58 Released from Prison and Committing Crimes Again
59. Chapter 59 Return Visit
60. Chapter 60 Joking
61. Chapter 61 I Was Implicated by You
62. Chapter 62 Temporarily Not Dead
63. Chapter 63 Starting a Fire Across the River
64. Chapter 64 Continuing the Lineage
65. Chapter 65 Not I Can't Do It
66. Chapter 66 Going Out with Mom
67. Chapter 67 Old Acquaintance
68. Chapter 68 Feeling Abandoned
69. Chapter 69 Trying to Believe
70. Chapter 70 Clues
71. Chapter 71 Big Cat
72. Chapter 72 The Master Arrives
73. Chapter 73 Causing Trouble
74. Chapter 74 Too Similar
75. Chapter 75 A Sudden Transformation
76. Chapter 76 Lack of Discretion
77. Chapter 77 Occupying the Trending Topic List
78. Chapter 78 Clarification
79. Chapter 79 Is Gordon Crazy?
80. Chapter 80 Tristan Returns Home
81. Chapter 81 Marriage Problems
82. Chapter 82 Weirdo
83. Chapter 83 Dealing in Antiques
84. Chapter 84 Buying and Selling
85. Chapter 85 Encounter
86. Chapter 86 Remember Your Place
87. Chapter 87 Reconciliation
88. Chapter 88 Ways to Make Money
89. Chapter 89 Her Origin
90. Chapter 90 The Man Who Says One Thing and Means Another
91. Chapter 91 Running Away from Home
92. Chapter 92 Hospitalized by Rage
93. Chapter 93 Similar Works
94. Chapter 94 Expelled from School
95. Chapter 95 I Am K
96. Chapter 96 Negotiating a Rescue
97. Chapter 97 Open Code Exchange
98. Chapter 98 Tiffany in Trouble
99. Chapter 99 Acting According to Plan
100. Chapter 100 Cooperation
101. Chapter 101 The Stolen Project
102. Chapter 102 I Want to Be Your Programmer
103. Chapter 103 You Can't Escape
104. Chapter 104 Old Matters
105. Chapter 105 Arrangement
106. Chapter 106 Confrontation
107. Chapter 107 Sensing Something Wrong
108. Chapter 108 Re-enrollment
109. Chapter 109 Enrollment Procedures
110. Chapter 110 Car Accident
111. Chapter 111 Dispute
112. Chapter 112 Parting on Bad Terms
113. Chapter 113 Unveiling Sophia's Past
114. Chapter 114 Unreasonable and Troublesome
115. Chapter 115 Deterioration
116. Chapter 116 Celebrities in the School
117. Chapter 117 Orion Diaz
118. Chapter 118 I Also Want to Go to School
119. Chapter 119 The Diaz Family
120. Chapter 120 The Show is Canceled
121. Chapter 121 Stress Response Reappearance
122. Chapter 122 Barry's Maintenance
123. Chapter 123 The Trouble Behind
124. Chapter 124 Identity Exposed
125. Chapter 125 Malicious Request
126. Chapter 126 It Has to Be You
127. Chapter 127 Coming to Seek Refuge with You
128. Chapter 128 The Reason for the Pursuit
129. Chapter 129 Red Hawk
130. Chapter 130 All Useless Idiots
131. Chapter 131 You Can Do It, I Can Too
132. Chapter 132 Barry is Missing
133. Chapter 133 Influenced by Barry's Words
134. Chapter 134 Where Are You Going
135. Chapter 135 Cooperation to Save People
136. Chapter 136 Not Biological
137. Chapter 137 Identification Report
138. Chapter 138 Not Jealous?
139. Chapter 139 Betrayal
140. Chapter 140 Shares
141. Chapter 141 Close Contact with the Anderson Family
142. Chapter 142 Talking Nonsense
143. Chapter 143 Nosebleed
144. Chapter 144 Pleading in Person
145. Chapter 145 Suspicion
146. Chapter 146 Hidden Truth
147. Chapter 147 Video
148. Chapter 148 Life Imprisonment
149. Chapter 149 Stock Trading
150. Chapter 150 Barry Buys Stocks
151. Chapter 151 Erotic Dream
152. Chapter 152 Sophia Has Dirt on Jace
153. Chapter 153 Undercurrents Surging
154. Chapter 154 Coming to the Door
155. Chapter 155 I'm Here to Pick You Up
156. Chapter 156 Underground Castle
157. Chapter 157 You Deal with Ethereal Sequence
158. Chapter 158 The Source
159. Chapter 159 Watching the Show
160. Chapter 160 Red Alert Line
161. Chapter 161 Chasm
162. Chapter 162 Encounter
163. Chapter 163 Confide
164. Chapter 164 Birthday Banquet
165. Chapter 165 Causing Trouble
166. Chapter 166 Capital Breakage
167. Chapter 167 The Heat of the Early Morning
168. Chapter 168 Paralyzing Lorenzo
169. Chapter 169 Equally Disgusting
170. Chapter 170 Interest
171. Chapter 171 Olivia Crying
172. Chapter 172 Make Up For It
173. Chapter 173 Stirring Up Trouble
174. Chapter 174 The Whole Body Has Problems
175. Chapter 175 Nothing is Excessive, Except Money
176. Chapter 176 People Arrive, Money Arrives
177. Chapter 177 Fragrance
178. Chapter 178 Returning a Favor
179. Chapter 179 Nicholas, Save Me
180. Chapter 180 The Night of Desire
181. Chapter 181 That Man Is Me
182. Chapter 182 Secret
183. Chapter 183 Confronting
184. Chapter 184 Being Approached
185. Chapter 185 The Person is Missing
186. Chapter 186 Conditions
187. Chapter 187 We Have Met
188. Chapter 188 Saving People in Advance
189. Chapter 189 Rescued
190. Chapter 190 Identification Report
191. Chapter 191 Cooperate with the Investigation
192. Chapter 192 The Martinez Family, I Want It
193. Chapter 193 Return Again
194. Chapter 194 Unfair
195. Chapter 195 You Are a Godsend
196. Chapter 196 Kneeling Down
197. Chapter 197 Law-Abiding Citizen
198. Chapter 198 A Fierce Fight
199. Chapter 199 Parent-Child Amusement Park
200. Chapter 200 Unlucky
201. Chapter 201 No Medicine For Regret
202. Chapter 202 Discharge
203. Chapter 203 Confrontation and Scolding
204. Chapter 204 Bullying Students
205. Chapter 205 Cancel the Program
206. Chapter 26 Persuasion to Withdraw
207. Chapter 207 Be Careful When Going Out
208. Chapter 208 The Interrupted Meeting
209. Chapter 209 Sophia, Focus
210. Chapter 210 What Are You Crazy About
211. Chapter 211 The Sharp Man
212. Chapter 212 No One Commit Suicide
213. Chapter 213 Data Sharing
214. Chapter 214 Breaking Through
215. Chapter 215 Someone Else
216. Chapter 216 Taking Them to Court
217. Chapter 217 Court Summons
218. Chapter 218 A New Round of Cyberbullying
219. Chapter 219 Making Things Difficult
220. Chapter 220 I Will Handle the Online Matters
221. Chapter 221 Misconduct After Drinking
222. Chapter 222 Reply
223. Chapter 223 Vanished into Thin Air
224. Chapter 224 Entanglement
225. Chapter 225 Catching Up
226. Chapter 226 She Is My Wife
227. Chapter 227 Killing the Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs
228. Chapter 228 Watching the Show
229. Chapter 229 Clear Her Name
230. Chapter 230 The Past
231. Chapter 231 Paying the Price
232. Chapter 232 Thank You, Nicholas
233. Chapter 233 Reserve Price Leak
234. Chapter 234 Taking Protective Measures
235. Chapter 235 Shortness of Breath
236. Chapter 236 Correcting Mistakes
237. Chapter 237 Sharing Joy
238. Chapter 238 The Way Out
239. Chapter 239 Graham is Back
240. Chapter 240 The Cycle of Karma
241. Chapter 241 Feeling Exhausted
242. Chapter 242 Patent Certification
243. Chapter 243 Small Gift
244. Chapter 244 Sending Off
245. Chapter 245 A Subtle Stir
246. Chapter 246 Taking Action in Advance
247. Chapter 247 Doubt
248. Chapter 248 Press Conference
249. Chapter 249 Old Acquaintance
250. Chapter 250 Pinocchio
251. Chapter 251 Opportunity
252. Chapter 252 Clarifying Doubts in Person
253. Chapter 253 Solution
254. Chapter 254 The Fairy in the Sky
255. Chapter 255 Goddaughter
256. Chapter 256 Family Values
257. Chapter 257 Influence
258. Chapter 258 Irreversible Damage
259. Chapter 259 Obstruction
260. Chapter 260 Finding Someone
261. Chapter 261 Dinner Party
262. Chapter 262 Uninvited Guest
263. Chapter 263 When Needed, I Will Take Action
264. Chapter 264 Admitting Mistakes
265. Chapter 265 Investment Drawdown
266. Chapter 266 Acting Foolishly
267. Chapter 267 Witness
268. Chapter 268 Scolded
269. Chapter 269 Exactly the Same
270. Chapter 270 Let Go of Me
271. Chapter 271 No One Can Escape
272. Chapter 272 Conditions
273. Chapter 273 I'll Give You Ten Minutes
274. Chapter 274 First Aid
275. Chapter 275 Furious Beyond Measure
276. Chapter 276 Anger
277. Chapter 277 Murder Case
278. Chapter 278 Debt Collection
279. Chapter 279 Work
280. Chapter 280 Strange Taste
281. Chapter 281 Late Night Heart-to-Heart
282. Chapter 282 Aveline
283. Chapter 283 Car Accident
284. Chapter 284 Conspiracy
285. Chapter 285 Meeting Again
286. Chapter 286 Coming to Her Again
287. Chapter 287 Meeting
288. Chapter 288 Ventricular Fibrillation
289. Chapter 289 Making a Comeback
290. Chapter 290 Challenge
291. Chapter 291 Archives
292. Chapter 292 Making a Comeback
293. Chapter 293 News
294. Chapter 294 Old Friend
295. Chapter 295 Clues
296. Chapter 296 Gordon's Suicide
297. Chapter 297 Returned to Seven Years Ago
298. Chapter 298 The Conspiracy Behind
299. Chapter 299 Being Followed
300. Chapter 300 Stop Investigating Paradise Island
301. Chapter 301 Harrington Poisoning
302. Chapter 302 I Want to Solve the Bennett Family
303. Chapter 303 Trader
304. Chapter 304 Failure
305. Chapter 305 All-Out War
306. Chapter 306 Negotiation
307. Chapter 307 The Truth
308. Chapter 308 Tiffany Wakes Up
309. Chapter 309 Agree to Paternity Test
310. Chapter 310 Barry Is Fine
311. Chapter 311 Going Home
312. Chapter 312 Paternity Test
313. Chapter 313 Insist on Appraisal
314. Chapter 314 Found a Clue
315. Chapter 315 Encrypted Bounty
316. Chapter 316 Visiting Tiffany
317. Chapter 317 Seal is Captured
318. Chapter 318 Leader of the Ethereal Sequence?
319. Chapter 319 Threat
320. Chapter 320 Bargaining?
321. Chapter 321 Imprisoned
322. Chapter 322 Lesson
323. Chapter 323 Locate Position
324. Chapter 324 I Want to See the Real Leader!
325. Chapter 325 Finally Met
326. Chapter 326 Nicholas Arrives
327. Chapter 327 Cooperation
328. Chapter 328 I Will Protect Myself
329. Chapter 329 The Spy Appears
330. Chapter 330 NSA Involvement
331. Chapter 331 Turn the tables
332. Chapter 332 Beneath the Surface
333. Chapter 333 Risky Game
334. Chapter 334 Amidst raging storms
335. Chapter 335 Double Betrayal
336. Chapter 336 Remove the Root Cause
337. Chapter 337 Fatal Blow
338. Chapter 338 Wipe Them All Out
339. Chapter 339 ChimeraX
340. Chapter 340 Turbulent Origins
341. Chapter 341 Unsettled Waters
342. Chapter 342 Ripples of Inner Fire
343. Chapter 343 Emerging Doubts
344. Chapter 344 Pull the Rug Out from Under
345. Chapter 345 The Missing One Turns Out to Be Her Own Daughter
346. Chapter 346 The Anderson Family
347. Chapter 347 Abandoned Pawn
348. Chapter 348 Paternity Test
349. Chapter 349 Fish Pond
350. Chapter 350 Undercurrents Surge
351. Chapter 351 Shadows with Teeth
352. Chapter 352 A Ray of Hope
353. Chapter 353 Old Grudges, Hidden Bloodlines
354. Chapter 354 The Situation at the Hospital
355. Chapter 355 Using One's Own Strategy Against Them!
356. Chapter 356 The Road Home
357. Chapter 357 Genius
358. Chapter 358 Undercurrents Surging
359. Chapter 359 The Night Before the Storm
360. Chapter 360 Surprise Attack on Stormwatch Cove
361. Chapter 361 The Abyss Beckons
362. Chapter 362 False Loyalty and Hidden Hands
363. Chapter 363 Mind's Game
364. Chapter 364 Frozen Whispers, Shattered Facades
365. Chapter 365 The Last Birthday and the Silent Farewell
366. Chapter 366 Madness Veiled, Hunters Unbound
367. Chapter 367 Inscription's Fangs and the Abyssal Gaze
368. Chapter 368 The Crying Patricia and the Silent Stuart
369. Chapter 369 A Family of Schemes, A Lone Player
370. Chapter 370 The Devil's Whisper and the Poisoned Apple
371. Chapter 371 Fatal Sands and a Game Out of Control
372. Chapter 372 Silent Chessboard, Invisible Blades
373. Chapter 373 Icy Rage and Whispered Gossip
374. Chapter 374 The Prey's Counterattack and the Player's Entry
375. Chapter 375 Forbidden Rules and the Judgment Protocol
376. Chapter 376 Old Ties in the Ward, New Deals in the Corridor
377. Chapter 377 The Appearance of the Fake and Boundless Fury
378. Chapter 378 Changing the Stakes, Flipping the Board
379. Chapter 379 The Trade of Secrets and the Hunters of the Banquet
380. Chapter 380 The Fake at the Banquet and the Lost Puzzle Piece
381. Chapter 381 Absurd Truth and Silent Judgment
382. Chapter 382 A New Player at the Table
383. Chapter 383 The Game's Rules and the Price of a Player
384. Chapter 384 Mr. Pena, Your Hound's Off the Leash
385. Chapter 385 The Value of the Prisoner and the Meeting with the Lover
386. Chapter 386 My Man, My Reason
387. Chapter 387 The Art of Killing by Proxy
388. Chapter 388 Endgame Whistle, Dawn Overture
389. Chapter 389 A Name She Wouldn't Wear
390. Chapter 390 Home, At Last
391. Chapter 391 Wrath of the Mentors, Regret of the Brother
392. Chapter 392 Whose Prey
393. Chapter 393 Family's Accusations and the Knife in the Shadows
394. Chapter 394 My Fight Now
395. Chapter 395 What's Mine Is Yours
396. Chapter 396 Judgment Day: The Stream Shattered
397. Chapter 397 A Free Ace, A Pawn in Despair
398. Chapter 398 When Power Shifts, Who's Laughing Now?
399. Chapter 399 Self-Inflicted Stakes, the Call to Seize Power
400. Chapter 400 The Ace's Game, The Clown's Farce
401. Chapter 401 The Throne's Gambit: Return of K
402. Chapter 402 Midnight Confrontation, Unexpected Assist
403. Chapter 403 In the Eye of the Storm: The Strategist's Game
404. Chapter 404 The Kings Stay Offstage, the Clown Steals the Show
405. Chapter 405 Fangs of Envy, Shadows of the Deal
406. Chapter 406 The Missing Trail, the Power Outside the Board
407. Chapter 407 One Call, Total Domination
408. Chapter 408 The Stray's Oath
409. Chapter 409 Shadows on the Net, Oath on the Field
410. Chapter 410 The Arrival of Legends Ignites the Arena
411. Chapter 411 The Uninvited Fan Club
412. Chapter 412 The Stolen Love
413. Chapter 413 The Altered Paternity Report
414. Chapter 414 Ashes of Vengeance
415. Chapter 415 This Is Her Game to Play
416. Chapter 416 Family Infighting
417. Chapter 417 The Hour of Reckoning
418. Chapter 418 The Hunter Turned Master
419. Chapter 419 Shattered Board
420. Chapter 420 Strike at the Heart
421. Chapter 421 War Beneath the Spotlight
422. Chapter 422 The Patron and the Clown
423. Chapter 423 The Isolated Ace
424. Chapter 424 Face the Real King
425. Chapter 425 The ID Unsealed, The Legend Revealed
426. Chapter 426 Shattered Pride, Throne Denied
427. Chapter 427 Whoever Cares, Loses
428. Chapter 428 Value, Defined by Us
429. Chapter 429 Ghost in the Code: Doomsday Protocol
430. Chapter 430 Campus Chaos Over a Gaming Legend
431. Chapter 431 The Morgan Family
432. Chapter 432 Nicholas in Green
433. Chapter 433 Bad Victim, Unwanted Witness
434. Chapter 434 Dusty Studio, Old Friend
435. Chapter 435 Birthday Present and The Uninvited
436. Chapter 436 The Mask Cracks
437. Chapter 437 When Pride Falls, Precision Prevails
438. Chapter 438 Utterly Convinced, An Uninvited Guest
439. Chapter 439 The Woman and the Message
440. Chapter 440 Hidden Truths
441. Chapter 441 Call and Truth
442. Chapter 442 Vanishing Olivia, Unraveling Mother
443. Chapter 443 Her Weakness, His Illusion
444. Chapter 444 Paternity Test: The Drama Begins
445. Chapter 445 Sinks Her Teeth In!
446. Chapter 446 Twisting the Facts
447. Chapter 447 Recording Exposed
448. Chapter 448 PR Gone Wrong
449. Chapter 449 A Fallen Piece's Cry and an Unexpected Hand
450. Chapter 450 Jake's Olive Branch, Winifred's Lethal Calm
451. Chapter 451 The Hopeless Castaway and Hell's Call
452. Chapter 452 The Shadow
453. Chapter 453 Silent Wars, Capital's Bite
454. Chapter 454 Hell Beckons, Evil Awakens
455. Chapter 455 When Sophia Strikes Back
456. Chapter 456 The Villain Is Furious! Your Scare Tactics Are Too Low
457. Chapter 457 S-Level Alert! She's Going to Release Bees to Kill Olivia!
458. Chapter 458 Sophia's Transformation, Hummingbird's Counterattack
459. Chapter 459 Whisper of the Ghost, Gaze of the Abyss
460. Chapter 460 You Are Just a Dull, Useless Piece
461. Chapter 461 Sophia's Counterattack Press Conference
462. Chapter 462 Family Rift, Iron-Handed Reckoning
463. Chapter 463 Winifred's Poisonous Plot, Deadly Gentle Bait
464. Chapter 464 Draw a Smiley Face for the Villain
465. Chapter 465 White Orchid, Invisible Enemy
466. Chapter 466 Gentle Trap, Letter from the Past
467. Chapter 467 Orphanage Crisis, Buried Past
468. Chapter 468 The Undercurrent Surging Jade Pendant
469. Chapter 469 White Orchid of Clay
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