Sonia smiled as she stood up. “Thank you, Rebecca. If it weren’t for your help, I wouldn’t know what to do.”

Paradigm Co. needed at least a billion in order to operate at any given time. She wouldn’t know where to amass the necessary funds if the banks insisted that she should repay the loans. Therefore, she was grateful that Rebecca had settled the problem for her.

 

Upon hearing that, Rebecca waved her hand. “You don’t have to thank me, President Reed. I’m your employee, so it’s only natural that I should help relieve you of your burdens.”

Sonia let out a chuckle as warmth coursed through her heart. Then, Rebecca’s lips moved, for she was about to say something, but her phone rang right at that moment. She picked up the call with a serious expression after checking her phone. “Hello?”

“Miss Harper, we found another place that the young master might have spent time at. Would you like to visit the place?”

“Sure. I’ll buy an air ticket right away.” After hanging up, Rebecca glanced at Sonia. “President Reed, I have to apply for a leave again. I have an important errand…”

 

“Go on.” Sonia chuckled before speaking. “I’ll be waiting to buy you a meal after you come back.”

“Thank you, President Reed. I will be taking my leave after arranging for a driver to pick you up.” With that, Rebecca tucked her phone away and left the room.

 

figured that the driver that Rebecca had arranged for her should have arrived, she paid for the bill to get ready

room opened to reveal Toby and Tom walking out from within. Both of them were startled when they saw Sonia, and the same could be said of her, for she wasn’t

greeting Toby a little apathetically, while Toby nodded in response

glasses up before smiling at Sonia.

Sonia

always greets me with a poker face. He emitted a chilly aura that caused Tom to shiver before subconsciously putting distance between

greeting them. Toby also marched forward. Then, they waited for the elevator in silence. None of them spoke, so the

was on his left, and then at Sonia, who was on his right. Why

and Tom following behind. Upon entering the elevator, Tom made a conscious choice to stand in a corner and diminish his

closed, they started to descend through the floors. Suddenly, the lights

while he gulped. “Will the elevator

shriek as her face paled due to fright. Because she was wearing heels, she couldn’t keep

pain. Right when she was about to topple over, an arm looped itself around her waist from behind her, and that made her freeze in place. “What are

into his arms so that her back was against his chest. “Don’t move. Lean against me and stand still,” he ordered in all seriousness. Seeing that Sonia tried to pry his arm away from her waist out of reluctance, he spoke once again with a voice filled with authority. “Do as I say if you don’t

free from his protective embrace. Instead, she leaned against him docilely, for she

everything finally died down, and the elevator was able to reach the ground floor smoothly. When the sunlight filtered in the moment the doors opened, Sonia could feel her hanging heart

Tom tidied his clothes and marched out of the elevator in the lead to hold the door for them so that it wouldn’t close on the other two

removed his

on the wall of the elevator, she shook her head. “You don’t have to apologize to me. I should be the one

face. Then, his gaze

soon as she did so, an excruciating pain shot up from her ankle and then spread throughout her entire body. She grunted as beads of sweat formed on the surface of her skin. Even though her breathing picked up, she feigned nonchalance as she smiled.

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