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 next to

 

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 Sonia

and coldly looked up at Asher. “That’s right. I’m sure Miss Daphne has already given you

“How dare you pull something off like this

done it!” She rose from her seat and glowered at the man while being unaffected by his tantrum. “Because

things escalated, Toby stood quietly next to Sonia and admiration flashed in his dark orbs

After what seemed like a long pause, he regained his composure and snapped, “Yes, you may be the biggest shareholder in Paradigm Co.,

is in favor of you. Otherwise, I’d have taken back whatever authority you have right now by calling a shareholders’ meeting. I am, after all, the biggest shareholder

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

After having considered this, she would much rather swallow her pride as the biggest shareholder and

was why he had little to no regard for her even when

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 are the backbone of Paradigm Co., and the rest of you are done for the moment they leave! Go ahead and call the

to retort when a man’s cold voice asked intimidatingly, “Why

turned and gaped at Toby in

turned to snap, “This is between me and Vice President Reed. Why don’t you keep quiet as an assistant and—President Fuller?” His voice raised by an

figure next to Sonia when he barged in earlier, he was in such a rush to confront her that he didn’t

certainly didn’t expect the assistant to actually be

you here?” Then, he gestured lamely between Toby

to discuss with Sonia. Have you forgotten that we are collaborating on the project for alternative energy

because he was worried about Sonia, who would undoubtedly be unhappy

she raised a brow and although she was surprised that he lied, she did not expose him. He can do whatever

Asher said, clearly

Everyone in the business world knew

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