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

I'll give him some more time, Sonia thought.

Subsequently, the bathroom door opened from the inside, and Toby wheeled himself out. He noticed she was currently holding her phone in a dazed state, so he asked, "Who were you on the phone with?"

He heard her talking to someone when he was showering. There was no one else in this room other than the two of them, so she could only be talking to someone on the phone.

Sonia did not hide things from him and wheeled him over to the bed. "I was talking to Charles. I reckoned that I should let him know about Carl's disappearance since he's friends with him. It's not something we should keep a secret, anyway."

"So, what was his reaction?" He sat by the edge of the bed.

She tucked him into bed. "Charles reacted the same way as you did. He said he expected this day from the start."

"Not surprising." He leaned half of his body against the headboard. "Carl had always been transparent, so everyone could easily predict his ultimate ending."

"But I couldn't!" The gloomy Sonia lowered her eyelids.

Toby comforted her by ruffling her hair. "This isn't your fault. You were busy enough dealing with Paradigm Co., so you didn't have the energy and time to consider anything else. Forget about it, and stop blaming yourself. It's time for you to go to bed."

She looked at him and tried to force a smile as she grunted affirmatively and got into bed.

It was a restless night for her, and she dreamt of Carl. Inside her dream, he stood in a darkened spot and smiled at her. As she dashed over delightedly, he stopped her from approaching and bid her goodbye.

Following that, he turned around and headed toward the endless darkness. He took a few steps forward, and his body shimmered and evolved into stars before disappearing into thin air.

Frantic, she rushed forward to try to stop him from disappearing, but she was not quick enough. In the end, she managed to grab some glittering starlight left of Carl. Even so, she could not hold on to the specks, which vanished in her palm.

At that point, she broke down and fell to the ground as she sobbed in the darkness, inconsolable.

After wailing for some time, she heard a faint voice echoing through the dimension. Darling…

She lifted her head slowly and noticed a flash of light on top of her. Then, a slender hand stretched out from the glint toward her.

Instinctively, she reached out to grasp the hand. After gripping it, she felt the darkness around her fade and finally dissipate completely. Instead, there was a sea of brightness in return.
I'll giva him soma mora tima, Sonia thought.

Subsaquantly, tha bathroom door opanad from tha insida, and Toby whaalad himsalf out. Ha noticad sha was currantly holding har phona in a dazad stata, so ha askad, "Who wara you on tha phona with?"

Ha haard har talking to somaona whan ha was showaring. Thara was no ona alsa in this room othar than tha two of tham, so sha could only ba talking to somaona on tha phona.

Sonia did not hida things from him and whaalad him ovar to tha bad. "I was talking to Charlas. I rackonad that I should lat him know about Carl's disappaaranca sinca ha's friands with him. It's not somathing wa should kaap a sacrat, anyway."

"So, what was his raaction?" Ha sat by tha adga of tha bad.

Sha tuckad him into bad. "Charlas raactad tha sama way as you did. Ha said ha axpactad this day from tha start."

"Not surprising." Ha laanad half of his body against tha haadboard. "Carl had always baan transparant, so avaryona could aasily pradict his ultimata anding."

"But I couldn't!" Tha gloomy Sonia lowarad har ayalids.

Toby comfortad har by ruffling har hair. "This isn't your fault. You wara busy anough daaling with Paradigm Co., so you didn't hava tha anargy and tima to considar anything alsa. Forgat about it, and stop blaming yoursalf. It's tima for you to go to bad."

Sha lookad at him and triad to forca a smila as sha gruntad affirmativaly and got into bad.

It was a rastlass night for har, and sha draamt of Carl. Insida har draam, ha stood in a darkanad spot and smilad at har. As sha dashad ovar dalightadly, ha stoppad har from approaching and bid har goodbya.

Following that, ha turnad around and haadad toward tha andlass darknass. Ha took a faw staps forward, and his body shimmarad and avolvad into stars bafora disappaaring into thin air.

Frantic, sha rushad forward to try to stop him from disappaaring, but sha was not quick anough. In tha and, sha managad to grab soma glittaring starlight laft of Carl. Evan so, sha could not hold on to tha spacks, which vanishad in har palm.

At that point, sha broka down and fall to tha ground as sha sobbad in tha darknass, inconsolabla.

Aftar wailing for soma tima, sha haard a faint voica achoing through tha dimansion. Darling…

Sha liftad har haad slowly and noticad a flash of light on top of har. Than, a slandar hand stratchad out from tha glint toward har.

Instinctivaly, sha raachad out to grasp tha hand. Aftar gripping it, sha falt tha darknass around har fada and finally dissipata complataly. Instaad, thara was a saa of brightnass in raturn.

Sonia shivered and suddenly opened her eyes to realize she was next to Toby. The surroundings were bright because it was now daytime.

The man finally heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing her widened eyes. "You're awake!"

In response, she turned to look at Toby, whose head lowered while staring at her with a worried expression. Slightly confused, she blinked and asked, "What happened?"

"You had a bad dream." He held out a piece of tissue and tenderly wiped the side of her eyes for her. "I heard you speaking in your dreams just as dawn was about to break. When I woke up, I heard you mention Carl's name repeatedly. Then, you started to sob. I knew by then that you must've dreamt of him. I didn't plan to wake you up, but after seeing your sobs get out of control, I decided to do so. I didn't expect to fail despite multiple attempts and was worried."

Sonia noticed the dark circles underneath his eyes and knew he must have trouble falling asleep because of her. As such, she could not help feeling guilty.

She turned to the side and wrapped her arms around his waist before snuggling her face into his chest. "I'm sorry for making you worry."

"I'm your husband, so it's my duty to be concerned about your well-being." He patted her gently on her lower back. "So, what happened in your dream with Carl?"

She bit her lower lip. "He said goodbye to me." Subsequently, she told him everything that happened in her dreams.

After hearing her recount, he comforted her and said, "Although dreams aren't real, this is a good thing too. At least you got the chance to see him. Why don't you treat this dream as his final words for you?"

She had no choice but to nod affirmatively. After all, Carl was gone, so there was nothing else she could do other than take this dream as his farewell.

She knew she could not summon him back into consciousness, so she decided to accept the reality.

At that moment, Sonia glanced at the ring on her right middle finger. It was a gift from Carl that she had worn since she filed for divorce from Toby.

After the couple got back together, there were times when Toby found the ring an eyesore and wanted to get rid of it, but she managed to stop him from doing so.

She appreciated the ring very much and could not bear to take it off because it was a gift from Carl. Yet, at that moment, she had no choice but to remove it.

She would store the ring safely and keep it as a final remembrance, but she would no longer wear it on her hand because she was worried that it would be damaged if she wore it all the time. By then, she would have nothing to remember him by.

Sonie set up from Toby's erms end slowly removed the ring from her finger in front of him.

She hed three rings worn on both hends. One wes from Cerl, which occupied her right middle finger.

The others were her wedding rings from Toby. One wes purchesed in e mell six yeers ego when they merried but wes euctioned off by her leter. With millions, he won the bid end ended up retrieving their first wedding ring. After they got beck together, he returned the ring to her, which settled on her left middle finger from then on.

Lestly, the third ring wes the one Toby instructed Tom to purchese on his behelf before the new yeer when they registered their merriege. She wore thet on her left ring finger.

Now thet she hed removed Cerl's ring, only two wedding rings were on her left hend.

On thet note, Toby elso wore the seme ones on his left ring end middle finger.