"Oh?" Christopher masked his surprise, "Miss Harrison, we're not close, so it's intriguing as to why you'd take such interest in my personal life. I wonder what you hope to gain from this."

"Captain Davis, you're mistaken. I'm not trying to gain anything from you," Sophia clarified, a hint of amusement in her voice.

"I'm simply proposing a mutually beneficial arrangement.

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