Upon seeing the ridiculous comments that popped up in support of Tina’s false sob story as well as the wretched girl’s triumphant smirk, Sonia clenched her fist and slammed it on the desk in blatant fury. The loud bang that followed echoed around the room, sending ripples across the stifling silence.
Toby instantly reached for her wrist and lifted her hand for inspection.
“What are you doing?” Sonia pulled away and shot him a wary look.
When he saw how defensive she was of him, he was a little hurt. As he lowered his gaze, he answered quietly, “I only wanted to see whether you bruised your hand or something.”
She turned away from him and muttered, “Please, it’s not as if I was jackhammering the desk. There’s no bruise at all.”
He hummed in response. “Glad you’re okay and all, but the next time you’re angry, try not to beat up sturdy inanimate objects. You’ll only end up hurting yourself.”
“I know. There’s no need to nag,” she grumbled after briefly pursing her lips.
Toby drew his hand back and he was about to say something when the office door swung open from the outside.
The next second, Asher stormed into the room like an angry bull as he thundered, “What is this news about you delisting, Sonia?”
Sonia while completely ignoring Toby, who stood mutely
Tina had already told—or more accurately, lied to—the viewers about how and why Sonia had caused her such misfortune, there was no need to watch the rest of the livestream anymore. It wasn’t like the content would favor
released her mouse and coldly looked up at Asher. “That’s right. I’m sure Miss Daphne has already given you all the
furious as he struck the desk. “How dare you pull
I dare to do so and I have done it!” She rose from her seat and glowered at the man while being unaffected by
things escalated, Toby stood quietly next to Sonia and admiration flashed in his dark orbs when
long pause, he regained his composure and snapped, “Yes, you may be
I’d have taken back
speaking, her position as the biggest shareholder afforded her a voice in the company, but she could not rally support among the other directors and she dared not speak out against Asher either. She feared that he might storm out of Paradigm Co. and take all his supporters with him, which would
could not get any new blood to replace his supporters. After having considered this, she would much rather swallow her pride as the biggest shareholder and take on the role of
went without saying that Asher knew of her concerns, which was why he had little to no regard for her even when she was the company’s
like he had just heard the world’s biggest joke. “Sonia, are you sure that’s the wise thing to do? If I walk, who is to say that half of the company won’t walk with me? You know as well as I do that those in favor of me
into her palms and she was about to retort when a man’s cold
immediately turned and gaped at Toby in
as he turned to snap, “This is between me and Vice President Reed. Why don’t you keep quiet as an assistant and—President Fuller?” His
earlier, he was in such a rush to confront her that he didn’t pay any attention to
he certainly didn’t expect the assistant to actually be Toby—otherwise known as the president of Fuller
Then, he gestured lamely between Toby and Sonia as he added, “A-Are
things to discuss with Sonia. Have you forgotten that we are collaborating on the project for alternative energy technology?”
couldn’t very well say that he was here because he was worried about Sonia,
he lied, she did not expose him. He can do
see,” Asher said,
in the business world knew that he did not
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