“I have announced it in front of the press, so it’s definitely true!” Charles raised his eyebrow. “I’ll bring some candy over tomorrow to celebrate the good news while sharing it with you too, Daphne.”

“Umm, sure…”

As Charles had always been behaving like he was joking, Sonia was used to it. She pushed his hands away in response and impassively strode into her office.

“Get us a pot of tea and a cup of coffee with no sugar, please.” He followed her into her office after instructing Daphne. “Babe, once you’re done with your work, can we talk about the takeover of Continental Co.? I have just conducted an investigation on the company this morning…”

 

Meanwhile, Daphne kept her eyes on Charles as he walked into the office and she saw the door shut behind him shortly after he entered. His voice was no longer audible due to the closed door. At that moment, she tightened her grip on the documents in her hands while she had a forlorn expression on her face.

mind was still in a state of mess from last night’s fling. She just couldn’t focus on her work while his words went above her head. In the end, she was so annoyed by his

her tolerance to alcohol was quite good but oddly enough, that wasn’t the case last night. I threw up in the bathroom last night while being fully conscious, so how did I end up in a drunken state?! Furthermore, she couldn’t even

this morning. She subsequently took it out of the pocket of her jacket and searched for his phone number

She immediately flicked a message

 

was just a fun thing for us. Let’s forget about

transfer

room last night, he was engulfed with worry. He arrived at the hospital only to be told that she was fine and had merely injured

moment, her eyes were rimmed red as she held his

remained deathly pale in the morning, so he had no choice but to instruct Tom to bring him a laptop. By doing so, he could accompany her while dealing

and realized that it was a notification for his private number, so he deduced that it was Sonia who’d added him as a friend before he switched accounts to have a look. He had only just approved her friend request and was considering how to

his brows gradually furrowed while his expression darkened.

on it to see Charles with his arms around her as he cleared the air about the rumors of Sonia and Carl to the members of the press.

news combined with Sonia’s drunken words from

she had finished her video call with Julia. She was just about to ask Toby what was for lunch when she noticed that he was in a foul mood; his expression was as dark as a thundercloud. She instinctively clutched at her blanket. Could it be

been staring intently at your phone. Are you quite busy? Why don’t you head back to

hearing that. “I’m not busy. I’ll

“What would you like to have for lunch?” Then, she took the initiative to order food and unlocked her phone to do that. At that moment, she accidentally clicked into the news app on her phone before she glanced at the current news. She exclaimed in shock, “Toby, have you seen the news? Miss Reed is in

news pop up

insisted on getting a divorce, but my heart’s now at peace,” she mentioned. “She has finally found her

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