“Thank you, Mr. Dafoe. But that’s to be expected from us, isn’t it? If we aren’t decisive, it’d be hard to manage the team, don’t you think?” Sonia smiled politely.

Asher wanted to shout, but he couldn’t, so he swallowed his pride. “That’s right, Sonia.”

 

“I’m glad we’re on the same page. Seems like I made a great decision. After all, if they can betray their boss, they might even sell their company out someday. Best we cut them off sooner rather than later, am I right?” Sonia continued.

Asher forced a smile. He was so mad that he could kill, but he had to play along for the moment. “Yes. That is a great decision, Sonia.” My foot. I spent a lot of money to turn them to my side, but they got fired right after that. I lost my supporters and my money. Dammit.

“Thanks for the praise. I’ll be going in now.” Sonia ignored his forced smile and nodded before going into the conference room.

But Asher suddenly stopped her. “Hold on a second, Sonia.”

 

Sonia stopped and looked at him. “Anything else you need, Mr. Dafoe?”

Asher straightened his necktie out. “My sources told me you’re handing the proposal about alternative energy technology in today, aren’t you?”

 

was asking that, but still she answered with a smile, “Yes,

He wasn’t looking down on her, but he just thought Sonia and Paradigm weren’t up to par. It’d be a miracle if she manages to take this deal. Even if she’s hooking up with President Fuller, the Grays wouldn’t let her succeed. Either way, Asher didn’t think she could win, so he was just wishing

her smile didn’t falter. “I hope so too,

turn out for the best, or it’ll be awkward for at least

it. But she had to admit she felt a lot of pressure after what Asher told

get the deal, but if I can’t, I’ll just come up with another way to wrest control from Asher. She patted her cheeks,

a few mouthfuls of the lunch Daphne bought for

she was here for, she brought Sonia to the elevator. “Please head to the waiting room on the thirty-eighth floor, Miss Reed. Mr. Brown is taking the

you.” Sonia nodded and thanked the receptionist before she went into the elevator. A short while later, she came to

looked up and saw

smiled at him and walked in with her proposal. “Here’s my

with both hands and placed it on the stack

“Are these the

for,

Sonia nodded in understanding.

her to take a seat. “Have a seat, Miss Reed. I’ll make some

I have something to do, so I’ll be leaving now.” She refused his offer politely. Yes, Sonia did have work to do, but a big part of it was because she didn’t want to stay any longer. After all, lots of people here knew she was Toby’s ex-wife. If she stayed any longer, Tina might find out

stay, and he sent her

back

moment later, Tina came out of the car, glaring at the direction Sonia left, and she clenched her fists. She knew it was Sonia’s car because she recognized the number plate. Sonia

on her usual smile a moment

receptionist saw her,

Tina was Toby’s fiancee. Besides, she came to the company all the time to see Toby, so everyone saw her before. Naturally, it was easy to

a smile. “Is Toby

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