Charles, who was peeling apples at the side, saw Sonia’s expression and came over to express his concern. “Baby, what’s wrong?”

“Look at this.” She proceeded to pass him her phone. “I will make Tina pay for her actions. Tim.” After reading the message out loud, he stared at her wildly. “Baby, this is a text from Tim Lancaster. How did he get your number?”

“It’s easy to get hold of someone’s personal number nowadays. You just need to search around,” she muttered nonchalantly, but her frown deepened. “I’m more concerned about the contents of his text. He said he wanted to make Tina pay. Could he have been telling the truth in the ward? Is he really going to take action on those who hurt me?”

He tightened his lips. “Whatever. If he wants to make her pay, let him be. That might benefit us as well.”

 

“True.” Sonia nodded.

He returned the phone and said, “Alright now. Don’t reply to him. You shouldn’t forget that we still do not know of his intentions—whether or not he truly wants to take revenge on Tina. If he was lying, that text could be bait to trick us. So, we should just put this aside.”

After his explanation, she concurred. “Don’t worry. I understand.”

Next, she deleted Tim’s text from her phone while Charles munched on his apple. “By the way, I have donated that ring on your behalf.”

Her eyes flickered after she heard the remark, followed by a nod of the head. “Okay.”

“I’ll leave now. I’ll pick you up again two days later for the auction.” Charles threw the apple core into the bin and dusted his hand, after which Sonia smiled at him. “Got it. You should get going now.”

 

at her and headed toward the

the penholder and started to bury herself in piles of documents. However, it was right then when someone knocked on the

stopped writing and stared at

area and found a glass of water on the table. She had no

water was hers, but upon hearing the gulping, she held her tongue and shook her head

She placed the cup on the table and answered Sonia after catching

surprise. “You ran all your way up here? Are you saying that you ran here using the Finance Department’s fire exit

so I didn’t bother to wait for the elevator.” Rebecca pulled out

on the forehead, Sonia beamed

Rebecca accepted the

water cooler and placed it in front of the guest. “By the way, you

Mr. Johann? He

talking about? Who’s Mr. Johann, and

Sonia’s reaction, Rebecca blinked. “You don’t know

her head. “I haven’t heard of this Mr.

he settled the debts for you. Why wouldn’t you know him then? Could he be your… secret admirer?” At this point, Rebecca looked envious. “If he’s really a secret admirer who forks out such

What nonsense are you talking about?” Sonia frowned deeply. “Rebecca, are you saying that Mr. Johann has

Co. is no longer in debt. In the future, our revenue will belong to us instead of the banks,” Rebecca confirmed with joy. However, Sonia did not

a free lunch for Sonia. Instead, she suspected that this was a trap. Who’d be

any information on the repayment?”

slapped her forehead. “Yes! I almost forgot about it. Give me a second.

she extracted a stack of papers with the repayment information from the file and

did not immediately read it. “Did you

thing.” Rebecca shook her

back to work now. Keep this a secret for now. Do not announce it loudly. We’ll make a decision after I look into the person behind

Rebecca agreed

Sonia started to flip through the stack of information in the hope of finding some clues about the mysterious man who had

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