When Tom heard Toby’s command, he did not dawdle and immediately started the car.

The moment the car pulled away from the curb, his gaze flickered over to where Sonia and Charles were standing at the entrance of the building, and he sighed quietly.

 

I wonder what compelled President Fuller to divorce Miss Reed in order to be with Miss Gray. Now he’s paying more attention to Miss Reed than ever, despite having separated. If he had known how unhappy he would be to see her getting close with another man, surely he would not have gotten a divorce in the first place.

Presently, Sonia and Charles did not notice the black sedan that drove away from the scene. She glanced down at his hand and asked, “You said there was something on my head. What was it?”

“It was a piece of lint, but I’ve thrown it away. It must have come off your shirt or something,” he answered dismissively, waving his hand.

She did not doubt this and nodded. “Okay, then. I’m going in now. Be safe on the way home.”

 

“I will,” he said.

She turned to leave while he stood in the same spot, watching her retreating figure until it disappeared into the elevator. Still, he remained where he was and looked up at the window on one of the floors of the building. He smiled when it lit up, then lifted his foot to walk away, bracing through the pins and needles in his legs.

 

The next day, Sonia showed up for work at Paradigm Co., and she was about to settle down in her office when Daphne brisk-walked into the office. The latter was a bundle of nerves as she said, “Something bad has happened, President Reed.”

“What is it?” Sonia asked as she slipped the strap of her handbag off her shoulder.

Daphne had no idea how to start her explanation and passed the tablet to Sonia instead. “See for yourself.”

Sonia raised a brow as she took the tablet, then lowered her head to scan through the contents.

the clip shook every now and then, it was

of them were sobbing as they let

workers who were pointing at them while discussing

a short one, and it didn’t take long for Sonia to get to the end of it. However, her face was grim

“It is,” Daphne confirmed.

causing a scene at the site?” Sonia’s brows furrowed as

over, and he said that the excavator on site flung lumps of

faltered. “Their husband and son were

They claimed that their husband and son were walking by the construction site one night when they were hit by large lumps of dried dirt; they died

site was barricaded, and the excavator was operating in the center of the compound. How in the world could their husband

is obviously a

point, the construction workers were dispatched by the government, which meant that any fatality on-site would be taken care of discreetly before the two women

now the two women are causing trouble while insisting that we compensate

they asking for?” Sonia asked casually as she took a sip of her coffee.

they would obstruct our construction work by causing a

from the get-go.” Sonia scoffed coldly. “As far

fork out five million to stifle people like

eyes widened in disbelief. “Why would two women keep us from plant construction,

this, and these two women are just puppets,” Sonia explained flatly as she narrowed

jaw dropped when she heard this. “President Reed, are you saying that someone paid for these

would take a lot more than two women to gang up and defraud us of five million. Someone’s backing them up and giving them instructions, and whoever it is knows that we won’t fork out five million, nor could we afford to. The mastermind’s intention is as

Daphne by surprise. “If that’s the case, then whoever is orchestrating this is

pursed her red lips. “Have you forgotten the person who has been eyeing my

You’re talking about President Gray,

piece of land when he failed to buy it from me, not to mention

shameless could he be?”

this time. According to the law, any fatality on-site would warrant the construction

pay if we don’t complete the

to complete the construction within the stipulated time. The penalty and all the other payments would be enough to crush us. Titus is planning to kill

the construction works, he

her reputation in the process, considering somebody died on her construction site due to alleged negligence. It would be hard for her to make a comeback from

do, President Reed?” Daphne

situation, Sonia was nonchalant as a bubble of mirth escaped her parted lips. “Oh, there’s nothing to worry about. We’ll

you mean?” Daphne

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