Chapter 105

When Tom heard Toby’s command, he did not dawdle and immediately started the car.

The moment the car pulled away from the curb, his gaze flickered over to where Sonia and Charles were standing at the entrance of the building, and he sighed quietly.

I wonder what compelled President Fuller to divorce Miss Reed in order to be with Miss Gray. Now he’s paying more attention to Miss Reed than ever, despite having separated. If he had known how unhappy he would be to see her getting close with another man, surely he would not have gotten a divorce in the first place.

Presently, Sonia and Charles did not notice the black sedan that drove away from the scene. She glanced down at his hand and asked, “You said there was something on my head. What was it?”

“It was a piece of lint, but I’ve thrown it away. It must have come off your shirt or something,” he answered dismissively, waving his hand.

 

She did not doubt this and nodded. “Okay, then. I’m going in now. Be safe on the way home.”

“I will,” he said.

 

She turned to leave while he stood in the same spot, watching her retreating figure until it disappeared into the elevator. Still, he remained where he was and looked up at the window on one of the floors of the building. He smiled when it lit up, then lifted his foot to walk away, bracing through the pins and needles in his legs.

The next day, Sonia showed up for work at Paradigm Co., and she was about to settle down in her office when Daphne brisk-walked into the office. The latter was a bundle of nerves as she said, “Something bad has happened, President Reed.”

“What is it?” Sonia asked as she slipped the strap of her handbag off her shoulder.

Daphne had no idea how to start her explanation and passed the tablet to Sonia instead. “See for yourself.”.

Sonia raised a brow as she took the tablet, then lowered her head to scan through the

contents.

There was a video of a riot pulled up on the tablet, and judging from the way the clip shook every now and then, it was clear to see that someone had recorded it on their phone. Nonetheless, the quality was clear enough.

Sonia saw an old lady sitting on the ground alongside a middle-aged woman. The both of them were sobbing as they let out a torrent of abuse, which sounded harsh and unpleasant to the ears.

Surrounding them were a bunch of construction workers who were pointing at them while discussing among themselves.

The video was a short one, and it didn’t take long for Sonia to get to the end of it. However, her face was grim as she asked, “This is our site, isn’t it?”

“It is,” Daphne confirmed.

they causing a scene at the site?” Sonia’s brows furrowed as she pointed at

the clip over, and he said that the excavator on site flung lumps of dried

Sonia faltered. “Their husband and

the women are saying. They claimed that their husband and son were walking by the construction site one night when they were hit by large lumps of dried dirt; they died on

is no way that the excavator could have been operating then! Besides, the entire site was barricaded, and the excavator was operating in the center of the compound.

obviously a

to the point, the construction workers

on-site would be taken care of discreetly before

too, was equally incredulous. “And now the two women are causing trouble

as she took a sip of her coffee. She was no longer worried now that

and stretched her five fingers, then said, “Five million. They’re saying that they would obstruct our construction work by causing

such a ludicrous amount from the get-go.” Sonia scoffed coldly. “As far as I’m concerned, they

anyone to fork out five

way.” Daphne’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Why would

is orchestrating this, and these two women are just puppets,” Sonia explained flatly as she narrowed her

heard this. “President Reed, are you saying that someone paid

 

gang up and defraud us of five million. Someone’s backing them up and

situation took Daphne by surprise. “If that’s the case, then whoever is orchestrating this is an odious person indeed! Did we rub anyone

“Have you forgotten the person who has

about President Gray, aren’t you?” Daphne

that piece of land when he failed to buy it from me, not to mention his attempt at barring all the engineering teams in Seafield from working on our plant construction. Now that Titus knows the construction is underway, he’ll

shameless could he be?” Daphne

clever move this time. According to the law, any fatality on-site would warrant the construction to halt for three months, but we’d still have to go on paying

have to pay if we don’t complete the construction on

Once the project comes to an abrupt halt, we won’t be able to complete the construction within the stipulated time. The penalty and all the other payments would be enough to

succeed in stopping the construction works, he might very well bankrupt

her construction site due to alleged negligence. It would be hard for her to make a comeback from such an incident, and though this was a low blow on

do, President Reed?”

escaped her parted lips. “Oh, there’s nothing

do you mean?”

answer but returned the

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