Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

"Run! Little lambs, run!"

The mercenary's twisted laughter, followed closely by the sound of gunfire, had Sophie forgetting the pain in her ankle as she ran for her life, not daring to stop for even a moment. "Hold on to me. Don't let go!"

James was pulling Sophie forward, but she could feel him slowing down.

The light was finally visible ahead, prompting Sophie to exclaim, "James! We're almost there!"

Suddenly, a grunt stopped Sophie in her tracks. She turned around and noticed that James' calf had been pierced by a bullet at some point.

"James!" Sophie cried out, and by then, the mercenaries had caught up.Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.

Sophie fiercely looked back, supporting James up, and said coldly, "Did Odie send you?"

The mercenaries exchanged glances. They didn't speak, but their expressions gave Sophie her answer.

Facing the mercenaries with their guns, Sophie managed to steady her voice. "Odie likes to play the hunter and the prey game. I'm his prey. James has nothing to do with this. Let him go."

"Sophie!" James, fighting through the pain, clenched his teeth and angrily muttered, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I mean it! I never liked you. I don't want to owe you anything. Besides..."

Besides, if that dream was real, James wasn't the person who killed her in her past life.

This past year, she had done enough damage to James and Burke International. She didn't want to own James a life.

Sophie didn't continue but turned to the mercenaries, saying, "You should know he's James. I don't think I need to say more about his identity! If you touch him, the Burke family will hunt you down to the ends of the earth. While I may be the daughter of the Russell family, Russell Enterprise is bankrupt. Killing me will settle your score, but killing him will bring trouble for the Minton family!"

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James couldn't suppress his overwhelming emotions any longer. to the mercenaries, "Then kill us both. If I live, I'll never let you off!"

"Shut up!" Sophie yelled at James. "Who do you think you are? Do you think you can go against Odie head-on know you're the king of Devonport, but don't forget, I am no longer your wife! We're divorced! What does my life or death have to do with you?"

"Sophie!"

"Shut up!" one of the mercenaries raised his gun at Sophie, "Behind is the the sea. You jump, and I let him go."

James gripped Sophie's wrist tightly, saying, "Sophie! If you dare jump, I'll kill Colby! Do you hear me clearly?"

Sophie chuckled lightly. "What nonsense are you talking about? If I die, you know exactly who you should kill." Sophie lowered her voice, whispering in James' ear, "Avenge me."

With those words, Sophie walked towards the cave's exit. It was a coastal cliff there, with a drop of at least five stories high. "James, remember what I told you."