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.”

offer, Mrs. Lane.

no need for the formalities. See you soon!” Grace chortled happily, elated

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

and pick out gifts for your parents.” With that, she linked arms with him and led him toward

the mall, they finally picked out an elegant cloak for Grace and a tasteful necktie for Curtis. Then, they made their way to

relationship was more family than anything else. In particular, Grace had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As far as Sonia was concerned,

wasn’t long before Charles and Sonia pulled up in

by in six years, though she noted that the house looked the same as it had before. As such, she did not feel out of place at all and rather felt a warm

of the car pulling up. Her eyes lit up at the sight of Sonia, and she approached the latter with her arms spread

Lane,” Sonia greeted with a

the side and drawled sarcastically, “Don’t mind me, Mom. I’m just your biological son,

I say I’m getting tired of it. 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

the remark.

Grace insisted. “Your

I appear a little more slender than

by the hand

no one else at home but them, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Is Mr. Lane not

how you’ve been for the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the press conference, she had been

she had had with the Fullers,

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 you and

he bit into an apple. “That’s

wounded him, and the rage he felt never went away. That being said,

the sight of Charles and Grace’s outward concern, Sonia felt warmth course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t want to make

the rest of the Lanes. She might have 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 troubles would only grow to become an unnecessary burden for them. She would rather give them a peace of mind than have

to do with you?” Grace gently prodded the younger girl’s forehead and

but she smiled good-naturedly as she wrapped the latter’s arm

gesture and smoothed Sonia’s hair

“Mom, what

snapped out of her thoughts, and her eyes lit up with panic. She rose to

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

over to Sonia and said, “Here you go, Sonia. Have some juice while you watch a bit of television; I’ll be in the kitchen whipping up a couple more dishes, and we can

Mrs. Lane.” Sonia nodded with

look. “Come and help me out in the

Charles blinked. He could hardly believe what he had just heard as he pointed at his

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