Chapter 701 Please, I'm Begging You

"You casually suggested setting up a charitable fund as if it were a trivial matter, so I didn't think much of it or raise my guard. Then, you created a buzz around a horse race, raising the funds to an unexpected 15 million dollars." Charles smiled as he looked at Emelie, who was sitting across from him. She was a woman who wasn't even 30 yet. "Let me guess. At least 10 million dollars of that was contributed by your own people, right?" Emelie smiled but said nothing. Charles nodded. "And then, you used the excuse of losing the horse race to me as a way to hand over the encryption key." Instead of giving him the encryption key straight away, losing the race and then handing it over seemed more natural, and that had eased his suspicions. Every step that Emelie had taken was so seamless and unexpected that it left Charles defenseless. He sighed. "What's the difference between giving the key to me for safekeeping and handing some cheese to a mouse? You know that I'm already drowni