Chapter 92: I’m Not Close to Her

Hudson and Lucas had no idea what had just happened. When they arrived, they saw Sophia teary-eyed, looking pitifully at Olivia.

“What’s going on?” asked Lucas, puzzled.

Sophia, with tears glistening in her eyes, lowered her head, looking immensely wronged. “I don’t know either. It seems Livi doesn’t want me interacting with you two…”

Lucas paused, momentarily confused, while a trace of amusement flickered in Hudson’s eyes.

“Olivia, you’re overthinking this,” Hudson began calmly.

Sophia looked up at Hudson, her tear-streaked face resembling a fragile flower—a sight many boys found irresistible. Surely, no man could resist her. Whenever she played the victim, men would rush to comfort her.

But then Hudson added, “I don’t even know this classmate. Why would I be interacting with her?”

His words left Sophia’s carefully crafted look of sorrow frozen in place.

Lucas scratched his head. “I don’t really know her, either…”

Sophia was surprised by the result of her actions. Wait a minute! Why isn’t this going as I had imagined? Shouldn’t they be chastising Olivia for being petty and then comforting me?

Sophia was utterly unprepared for her charms to fail so completely today.

Leaning lazily against the wall, Olivia glanced at Sophia, who now resembled a clown. Without lifting a finger, Sophia had already embarrassed herself beyond repair.

Bored with Sophia’s poor acting, Olivia proceeded to invest the money she won last night—about ten thousand dollars—into the same stock she had purchased previously.

Just then, a few young men entered the brokerage firm. Seeing Olivia confidently buy shares in a stock that was plummeting, they looked incredulous.

“Seriously? Someone’s buying this trash stock?”

“Girl, are you burning money for fun? This stock’s about to hit rock bottom, and you’re investing in it?”

As they joked, one of them spotted Lucas nearby.

“Hey, Mr. Thompson, you’re here too?”

Lucas vaguely acknowledged them with a nod. He had no clue about stocks, but from the way these guys were talking, it sounded like Olivia had made a terrible choice.

“My friend bought this stock. Is there an issue with it?” he asked.

One of the young men laughed. “Issue? It’s a sinking ship! The company’s about to go bankrupt.”

Lucas looked at the stock chart. The price had indeed been dropping, though there was a slight recent…

The young man shook his head. “Impossible! Just some irrational diehard fans of the company pooling money to save their so-called memories. But look, this stock is beyond saving.”

“Buying it now is throwing money into a black hole. If this stock rises, I’ll eat my shirt standing on my head!”

“Better talk some sense into your friend. Tossing money into a river at least makes a splash. This? A total disaster.”

“How can a bunch of nobodies fight capitalists?”

Hearing this, Lucas was taken aback, and even Hudson frowned slightly.

“Olivia, maybe you should think twice about this?” Lucas suggested, knowing the young men had insider knowledge and were unlikely to be wrong about the stock’s dire prospects.

Chapter 93: Meeting a Big Shot