Trembling with nerves, Zoe suddenly recalled the man calling Jasper 'Uncle' outside the elevator. She feared she had escaped one peril only to fall into another, suspecting this man might be here to settle scores on behalf of his uncle. That's why he was inquiring about her age and name now.

In near despair, she was about to kneel again, "I didn't mean to stab his neck. He forced me, it was really him who pushed me to it."

Penelope paused, recalling the bloody wound on Jasper's neck, likely inflicted by a sharp object and quite deep.

He exchanged a glance with his driver, finding her intriguing, "To dare use...