Boss, Your Wife's Asking For A Divorce, Again

Chapter 491 Charles’s Invitation

“Why don’t we get someone to run an investigation?” Charles suggested.

Sonia nodded in response. “Of course. We have to look into this. I won’t be able to sleep well if we don’t dig deep to find out all that we can about them.” Jessica and her mother were in hiding, while Sonia was out in the public’s eye, after all. Sonia wouldn’t even have found out about Jessica’s return to Seafield if Charles hadn’t found out about Jessica. If I didn’t know that they were back, I wouldn’t even have the chance to react in time if Jessica and her mother were to do something to me. Now that I’m aware of their return, I have to investigate their whereabouts, so that I can be prepared if they try to do anything to me.

“Who’s going to do the investigation? Should we hire a detective, or…” Charles’s voice faded off. “Let’s get a detective,” Sonia replied after thinking for a moment.

“Jessica showed up near Paradigm Co.—I believe she was trying to gain information about us. If we send our own people over, she might recognize one of them, so I think it’s better if we hire a detective.”

“That’s true. There’s a private detective office that I’ll pass by on the way back later, and I’ve heard good things about the place. I’ll go ahead and arrange things since it’s more convenient for me,” Charles offered as he poured himself a glass of water.

“Okay. Sorry for the trouble. By the way, what brings you here?” Sonia asked.

“Daphne,” Charles replied as he pulled a chair over to sit down. “She told me that you seemed troubled by something and she was a little worried, so she told me to come over and take a look,” he explained.

Sonia wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry after hearing him. “I was just feeling rather moody. I didn’t expect her to think that something was up with me.”

“She cares about you a lot,” Charles commented.

“I know. I’m really touched by her actions,” Sonia said with a firm nod.

“Are you really okay, darling?” Although Sonia claimed that she was just a little moody, Charles still checked on her as he was worried.

This time, Sonia gave him a slight nod. “I’m really okay.”

were you in a bad mood, then?” he asked once

her temples as she spoke. “It’s nothing much. I just felt rather displeased because I felt like I was tricked by

closer as sparks of curiosity lit up in

features surfaced in Sonia’s mind. She seemed dazed for a short while. When Charles realized how she was zoning out, he raised his hand to wave it

gaze to conceal the emotions in her eyes. With her head low, she forced a smile. “It’s nothing.” That’s weird. Why did I just think of Toby? Sonia shook her head lightly as if to fling Toby’s image out of her mind. Then, she took a sip of water from the glass on the table

as he observed her entire series of odd facial expressions and actions. A cryptic look flickered in his eyes, but he quickly pretended as if nothing had

is it?” Sonia lowered her glass as she looked at him

leaned closer to her. “I need you to be

that she was drinking as she was too surprised by his words. Charles squeezed his eyes shut as the water struck his face. His entire

to dry the water on his face.

had a rather helpless expression on his face, and there was a hint of resentment in his eyes as he

sorry, Charles. I really didn’t mean to do

reaching up to fix his hair. His hair had been combed backward, and he had used wax to make it stay in position. This hairstyle made him look especially cool, like one of the gangsters in old movies. But after Sonia spat water in his face, his hair

Sonia’s flushed face. Forget it. She’s so cute; what else does she expect me to do? I can’t do

headed to the storeroom to retrieve a clean towel for him. “By the way, you were saying something earlier. You wanted me to be your partner,

few famous figures coming from overseas tomorrow, and one of them is pretty close to my dad. He gave my dad an invitation but my dad has no plans to go, so he suggested that I go in his place. He wanted

to do it.” Before he could finish, Sonia spoke up to decline his

say, darling? Did you say no?” He had assumed that she would agree to his request, and he was about to celebrate it. However, he then realized that she had rejected him. The surge of

a stern expression on her face, Sonia gave him a nod. “Yeah. I

to go with him anymore, things would be really awkward if I went to the event. It’d still be weird even if I went as your partner. Do you get where I’m

be Toby’s partner previously?” Charles’s voice turned louder as he was surprised by her