Sophia retorted stubbornly, "I don’t care about other people’s business."

“Do you know he’s been in trouble before?” William chuckled softly. “There was a rape case back in March last year.”

Sophia was momentarily stunned, finding it hard to believe.

William paused deliberately, waiting until he saw the tension in her expression before continuing, “Matthew was implicated. He spent over a month in jail before his father paid to get him ...