Chapter 47: Kicking Is All You Deserve

"Mr. Peggy, I'm counting on you for the financing issue. Let me toast you again." Sophia's face was already showing signs of drunkenness. She stood up and raised her glass to one of the men. Mr. Peggy also stood up, smiling, "Sophia, we're old acquaintances, no need to be polite. Leave the funding matter to me." The man patted his chest, looking very generous. The other two men and a woman exchanged glances. One of the men raised his glass and stood up, "Miss Henley, if you can drink with me, I won't have any issues either with the stores in the Hang Lung Plaza." Sophia, already a bit tipsy, filled her own glass and then stood up, raising it, "Mr. Zechariah, since you put it that way, I'll drink with you!" Sophia drank the contents of her glass. "Miss Henley sure is forthright," Mr. Zechariah commented after taking a small sip of his drink. At this point, the woman also stood up, forcing a smile on her heavily made-up face, "Miss Henley, since both Mr. Peggy and Mr. Zechariah h