“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.”

“From what I gathered, Cynthia’s father has been hoping that she could marry into a rich family. I suppose that wish will

“You’re right.” Sonia chuckled.

popped her head inside. “President Reed,

lawyer?” Sonia arched her brow before turning

head. “Why would I hire one when I have no reason

be from Fuller

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

line. “We’ll find out as

“Okay.” Daphne nodded.

later, the lawyer, Martin, came in before greeting both Sonia and Charles with a nod. “Good day,

have a seat.”

while Charles poured him a cup of tea. After thanking Charles, he started to explain the reason for his visit. “President Reed, you must be aware

to sue me?” Sonia leaned backward with her gaze fixed on

“That’s not it. I came under his orders

cried out in

was also startled by what she heard. Meanwhile, Martin took out a document from his briefcase. “President Reed, this is the settlement that President Fuller drafted, which includes five villas, two apartment units, five cars, as well as two hundred million worth of alimony. Please take a look.” He passed the document over to

Sonia didn’t take

unaffected by her coldness. When he pushed the document across the table to her, Charles was

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

his forehead. “You must be kidding, President Lane. Both President Reed and President Fuller signed a prenuptial agreement before their marriage, so President Reed isn’t entitled

to offer that much was generous enough of

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

was because he assumed that you had forced yourself on him despite knowing the fact

try.” Charles 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, from what I can see, this isn’t even compensation. He’s just trying to salvage his

mean by that?” Martin looked

everybody knows now that he’s a

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