“No, I’m not going with you.” Cynthia backed away while shaking her head.

Sternly, the police added, “We will be forced to arrest you if you won’t come with us, which will result in having one more charge pressed against you.”

 

Frightened by the declaration, Cynthia put the phone back to her ear. “Tina, the police have come to arrest me. Help me! Please help me!”

However, no response came from the other end. Cynthia checked the phone, only to realize that the call had already ended. At that moment, she fell into utter despair, collapsing onto the floor stupefied. The policemen exchanged glances before reaching out to carry Cynthia away.

“Hello, Miss Reed.” After getting into the police car, the policeman who showed his ID earlier contacted Sonia. “We already arrested the suspect.”

“Got it. Thank you.” Sonia expressed her gratitude smilingly before cutting the call.

 

Charles put a cup of coffee down in front of her. “Who is it?”

“The police.” Sonia sipped on her coffee.

 

Charles was hit with a realization. “Is it about Cynthia’s arrest?”

Sonia nodded. “Yup.”

has been hoping that she could marry into a rich family. I suppose that wish will never come true with how things are now.

“You’re right.” Sonia chuckled.

her head inside. “President Reed, a lawyer

arched her brow before turning to face Charles. “Did you hire

I hire one when I have no reason

be from Fuller Group’s legal department,”

employee. Could it be that what you said during the press conference offended him, and he’s now

into a thin line. “We’ll find out

“Okay.” Daphne nodded.

Sonia and Charles with

Holmes, please have a seat.” Sonia gestured

the chair across from her to sit down on it, while Charles poured him a cup of tea. After thanking Charles, he started to explain the reason for his visit. “President

leaned

“That’s not it. I came under his orders to redistribute the property between you

settlement?” Charles cried out in

a document from his briefcase. “President Reed, this is the settlement that President Fuller drafted, which includes five villas, two apartment units, five cars,

didn’t take

so, Martin put the document down on the table, unaffected by her coldness. When he pushed the document across the table to her, Charles was the one who picked it up

present us with this bit? Shouldn’t he have given Sonia half of his

must be kidding, President Lane. Both President

fact that Toby was willing to offer that much was generous enough of him. Charles was also aware of

the other hand, Sonia took the document while studying Martin. “Tell me something, Mr. Holmes. Why did President Fuller decide to offer me these all of a sudden?” Back when they divorced, she already made it clear that she wanted nothing from him. Therefore, she wondered what Toby was up to by offering all this to her a month after

pushed his glasses up and answered, “Allow me to explain. The reason President Fuller gave you the cold shoulder during your marriage was because he assumed that you had forced yourself on him despite knowing the fact that he’s Tina’s boyfriend back then. However, after the press conference today, he came to understand that he misunderstood you, so he would

rolled his eyes. “Compensation? After all the things he did to hurt her and trample her heart, compensation isn’t going to do sh*t to heal her broken heart. Besides,

do you mean by that?” Martin looked

everybody knows now that he’s a scum. The only reason he sent

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