After that, Sonia stopped texting and placed her phone on her lap.

Charles sounded a little jealous as he smirked at her. “Well, that took quite some time.”

 

She could sense the acrimony in his voice, to which she responded by rolling her eyes. “Alright now. Aren’t you going back to your office? Why are you still hanging around?”

“Hmph, you woman! The only thing you like to do is to drive me away!” He stood up and left a puzzling remark.

She was both amused and speechless at his reply but did not pay any more attention to him. Instead, she turned around and picked up a file to read.

……

 

At the Gray Residence, Julia was stunned and helpless after learning of her husband’s arrest. At that moment, she could do nothing but cry.

Slumped on the sofa, she had a box of tissues on her knees. In front of her, the coffee table was already littered with a heap of crumpled tissues.

 

“Tina, what can we do?” With swollen eyes, she looked at her daughter, who was seated across from her.

Tina did not cry, but she bit hard on her lower lip tensely. “I don’t know either. Let me make a call to the guys in the company. I’ll ask if they have any way to bail Dad out.”

go make

urged her to do so. As a full-time stay-at-home-mom, she had been living comfortably on Titus’s generous provision. Now that he was arrested, she felt as though her

Soon, the call was picked up, but a few minutes later, she put the phone down with a

that, Julia had a bad premonition about their attempt, but she still asked her daughter with

“Mr. Renault told me that Dad had destroyed a museum that was built by the authorities. Since there

face paled immediately. She felt the world spinning around her. Placing a hand on her chest, she sobbed

head to hide

asked that Sonia’s factory be destroyed, but

What exactly went wrong?

and she desperately clutched her daughter’s hand. “Look

Isn’t Toby a

with excitement, and she stood up. “I

to save her dad. If not, once Titus was kept under arrest for a long time, his position as the chairman would definitely be removed through the joint decision

then, her status in the socialite

handbag in her hand, she left the Gray Residence for the

found Tina chatting with Jean at

When Tina saw him, she stood

too. “And I was wondering why Tina suddenly went silent. It turns out that she was focused on you! Okay then.

promptly blushed in embarrassment. Jean covered her mouth and chuckled as she

and stared at her. She walked up to him and took

so that I can pick you up.” He led her to

poured a glass of water for him. “That’s fine. I can drive here.

something happen to make

a while before asking, “Toby, have you heard about

know.” He took a sip of water. “So, are you

“Toby, could you please help my

did not intentionally

head gently, he confessed sincerely, “I can’t help him this time. In fact, I have

to bail him out. I just wanted you to put in a word with Mr. Coleman. I believe

so. Once they offer help to a suspect, their enemies would grab the opportunity to ruin them. Do you

which the Colemans were eyeing. Therefore, they would never allow themselves to take the wrong step

Tina’s eyes welled up with tears. “You have not even talked to them!

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