Mr. CEO's Substitute Bride-Chapter 1019 - 1015: If You Can Let Me Out, I’ll Agree to Any Condition

"Uncle?" Sophie Foster’s eyebrows were tightly knitted, tears brimming in her eyes, as she asked with a wounded expression, "Do you not want to help Lara anymore?"

Suppressing the urge to comfort her, Nicholas Croft responded coldly, "No."

"Are you planning to just watch Lara get locked up?" Sophie continued to ask, as her tears rolled down, making her look pitiful. Nicholas took a deep breath, maintaining his cold demeanor, and said,

"You need to take responsibility for your own mess!"

Sophie once again grasped Nicholas’s wrist, crying, "Uncle, please don’t abandon Lara. I know you have a way to get her out. Don’t let her go to jail, she’s really scared..."

"What’s the point of being scared now?" Nicholas kept his face cold as he brushed off Sophie’s hand once again. "You expect me to cover for you after you’ve hurt someone so badly they ended up in the hospital?"

"Uncle..." Sophie pouted, tears streaming down her face, reaching out but pulling back when she met Nicholas’s clearly displeased gaze.

"Reflect on this yourself. I still have things to do." Fearing he would relent if he stayed any longer, Nicholas stood up and turned to leave.

Watching the man’s decisive back, Sophie stood up anxiously and called out, "Uncle! Don’t abandon Lara!"

Nicholas paused his steps, his hands clenched at his sides, but he didn’t look back and walked quickly out of the holding room.

Sophie’s hands were tightly clasped on the table, and as the door to the holding room closed, her heart fell into an abyss with tears streaming down her face. She muttered unconsciously, "Uncle, you really don’t care about Lara anymore..."

Walking out of the holding room, Nicholas stood at the door and took a deep breath, his heart aching terribly. He originally planned to let the little one suffer a bit to prevent future mistakes, but now, Nicholas changed his mind. After a deep breath, he left quickly and drove directly to the hospital to visit the man Sophie had injured.

In the holding room, after Nicholas left, a female officer came over and said sternly, "Go back, he’s already gone!"

Sophie turned numbly to the officer, her voice hoarse, "Officer, I would like to make a phone call..."

Due to her connection to Nicholas, the officer hesitated for a moment before handing over her cell phone. Sophie took it and, without hesitation, dialed a number she once least wanted to see.

"I’m at the temporary detention center now. If you can get me out, I’ll agree to any condition..."

...

At the hospital, Edward Holmes, after learning that the girl who injured him was Nicholas Croft’s "niece," showed leniency and instantly agreed not to hold Sophie Foster accountable, consenting to a private settlement...

Nicholas knew well that the reason the other party so readily agreed not to pursue the matter any further was simply due to his status and the camaraderie among his brothers.

In the upper society of City T, everyone knows that offending one of the four is equivalent to being at odds with the four families, and in this materialistic society, no one wants to invite a formidable enemy.

Edward Holmes’s agreement not to pursue the matter reassured Nicholas, and he initially intended to go to the police station to have a word with the chief. But just midway, he received a call from Assistant Tang reporting an accident during the shooting of a scene with faulty brakes in a car chase, leading to injured actors on a film invested by his company...

With the company’s artists involved and also being one of the investors, Nicholas had no choice but to head to the filming set first. Since Edward Holmes had agreed not to press charges for Sophie injuring someone, as long as he paid the bail, he could quickly bring her back.