This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

Chapter 103

“It’s not you I’m looking for; I want to speak to Sonia. Is she there with you?” Grace asked on the other line, prompting Charles to glance over at Sonia.

“She’s here,” he answered.

 

“Pass the phone to her.”

Having made a noise of agreement, Charles handed Sonia his phone while saying, “Here, it’s my mom.”

Sonia took the phone over and greeted pleasantly, “Mrs. Lane.”

“Sonia! I’ve missed you so much.” Grace beamed as soon as she heard Sonia’s voice on the other end of the call.

 

Sonia, on the other hand, smiled as well. “I’ve missed you, too, Mrs. Lane.”

“You could always drop by to see me, you know,” Grace pointed out, feigning dejection.

 

“Sorry, Mrs. Lane. I’ve been tied up with tons of stuff recently. I barely have time to breathe,” Sonia winced and said apologetically.

“Well, you could come over for a meal right now if you have the time. I’ll bust out a few of my best recipes for you,” Grace cajoled kindly.

Sonia was just about to say something when Charles—who had been eavesdropping—spoke up instead. “Mom, I’m bringing my darling for seafood.”

Grace, however, was insistent as she countered, “You know how restaurants never run a quality check on their seafood supplies, and it’s not as if they could do better than me when it comes to cooking.”

“Thank you for the offer, Mrs. Lane. We’ll

See you soon!” Grace chortled happily, elated that the younger girl had agreed to drop by

ended, Charles put his phone away and gave Sonia a resigned look. “Well, it looks like we’re going to have to give

always next time, anyway. Now, we should probably go and pick out gifts for

an elegant cloak for Grace and a

was more family than anything else. In particular, Grace had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As far as Sonia was concerned, Grace was like a second mother to her, having taken care

Charles and Sonia pulled up in

house looked the same as it had before. As such, she did not feel out of place at all and rather felt

ran out of the house to greet her guest when she heard the sound of the car pulling up. Her eyes lit up at the sight of Sonia, and she approached the latter

Lane,” Sonia greeted with a

sarcastically, “Don’t mind me, Mom. I’m

My attention is on Sonia now. Come here, Sonia, let me take a good look at you!” She clasped Sonia’s hands in hers and slowly spun her around, then concluded plaintively, “You’ve

by the remark. “No, I haven’t,

Grace insisted. “Your face is all

baby fat, so now I appear a little more slender than usual,” Sonia placated. “Alright, that’s enough fretting, Mrs. Lane. Shall we head into the

along, then.” Grace took her by the

villa, Sonia noted that there was no one else at home but them, and she couldn’t

golfing with his buddies. No matter. Sonia, why don’t you tell me how you’ve been for the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the press conference, she had

answered easily with a nod and began to detail the life she had had with the Fullers, though she kept it brief to save

heard the last of the story. She slapped the edge of the coffee table in a physical show of frustration and snapped, “I knew those Fullers were rotten! You should have told us how badly they were treating you, Sonia. If you had told us, then we would have stood up for

into an

felt never went

felt warmth course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t want

been able to get them to stand up for her throughout her marriage to Toby, but they couldn’t come to her defense all the time. Besides, they weren’t actually related to her, which meant her

going to do with you?” Grace gently prodded the younger

that Grace was frustrated, but she smiled good-naturedly as she wrapped the latter’s

at this gesture and

the air curiously. “Mom, what

eyes lit up with panic. She rose to her

kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the pot, and thankfully, she made it in time

brought two tall glasses of juice over to Sonia and said, “Here you go, Sonia. Have some juice while you watch a bit of television;

nodded with a warm

“Come and help me out in the

hardly believe what he had just heard as he pointed at his nose. “Are

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