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

Chapter 103

Chapter 103

“It’s not you I’m looking for; I want to speak to Sonia. Is she there with you?” Grace asked on the other line, prompting Charles to glance over at Sonia.

“She’s here,” he answered.

“Pass the phone to her.”

Having made a noise of agreement, Charles handed Sonia his phone while saying, “Here, it’s my mom.”

Sonia took the phone over and greeted pleasantly, “Mrs. Lane.”

 

“Sonia! I’ve missed you so much.” Grace beamed as soon as she heard Sonia’s voice on the other end of the call.

Sonia, on the other hand, smiled as well. “I’ve missed you, too, Mrs. Lane.”

 

“You could always drop by to see me, you know.” Grace pointed out, feigning dejection.

“Sorry, Mrs. Lane. I’ve been tied up with tons of stuff recently. I barely have time to breathe,” Sonia winced and said apologetically.

few of my best recipes for you,” Grace cajoled kindly.

Sonia was just about to say something when Charles-who had been eavesdropping

-spoke up instead. “Mom, I’m bringing my darling for seafood.”

Grace, however, was insistent as she countered, “You know how restaurants never run a quality check on their seafood supplies, and it’s not as if they could do better than me when it comes to cooking.”

Sonia interjected, “Thank you for the offer, Mrs. Lane. We’ll go over to your place in a bit!”

“Oh, please, no need for the formalities. See you soon!” Grace chortled happily, elated that the younger girl had agreed to drop by for a meal.

When the call ended, Charles put his phone away and gave Sonia a resigned look. “Well, it looks like we’re going to have to give the seafood restaurant a miss.”

“It’s fine; there’s always next time, anyway. Now, we should probably go and pick out gifts for your parents.” With that, she linked arms with him and led him toward the car.

After they made their rounds through the boutiques in the mall, they finally picked out an elegant cloak for Grace and a tasteful necktie for Curtis. Then, they made their way to the Lane Residence.

had always had close ties with the Reeds, and their relationship was more family than anything else. In particular, Grace had been best friends with

before Charles and Sonia pulled up

the first time Sonia had dropped by in six years, though she noted that the house looked the same as it had before. As such, she

the car pulling up. Her eyes lit up at the sight of

greeted with a

the side and drawled sarcastically, “Don’t mind

eyes as she said pointedly, “I see you every day, and believe me when I say I’m getting tired of it. My attention is on Sonia now. Come here, Sonia, let me take a good look at you!” She clasped Sonia’s hands

the remark. “No,

insisted. “Your face is

baby fat, so now I appear a little more

fretting, Mrs.

her by the hand and led her into the

else at home but them, and

with his buddies. No matter. Sonia, why don’t you tell me how you‘ve been for the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the press conference, she had been wanting to know all that had happened to

she had had with the Fullers, though she kept it brief to save Grace the

heard the last of the story. She slapped the edge of the coffee table in a physical show of frustration and snapped, “I knew those Fullers were rotten! You should have told us how badly they were treating you, Sonia. If you had told us, then we would have stood up for you and

bit into an apple. “That’s what I told

wounded him, and the rage he felt never went away.

of Charles and Grace’s outward concern, Sonia felt warmth course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t want to make

 

a family was Grace and the rest of the Lanes. She might have been able to get them to stand up for her throughout her marriage to Toby, but they couldn’t come to her defense all the time. Besides, they weren’t actually related to her, which meant her troubles would only grow to become an unnecessary burden for them.

to do with you?” Grace gently prodded the younger girl’s forehead and heaved a

good-naturedly as she wrapped the latter’s arm like an affectionate

and smoothed Sonia’s hair with motherly

“Mom, what do you have on the stove?

panic. She rose to her feet in a flurry

rushed toward the kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the pot,

of juice over to Sonia and said, “Here you go, Sonia. Have some juice while you watch a bit of television; I’ll be in the kitchen whipping up a couple more dishes, and we can dig in

Lane.” Sonia nodded with a warm

shot Charles a look. “Come and help me out

as he pointed at his nose. “Are you serious, Mom? What could I possibly

or not?” Grace’s face was

her. Resigned,

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