Asher was caught between a rock and a hard place; if he were to walk out on Paradigm Co., he would immediately be replaced and with Toby blacklisting him in the industry, he wouldn’t be able to join any other enterprise. He would have nowhere to turn to and his whole career would be done for.

More to the point, he never intended to leave in the first place.

At this moment, Toby kept his eyes on Sonia as he asked, “So, what do you think?”

As much as she disliked the idea of keeping Asher around, she was more apprehensive toward the idea of having Toby’s people working in the company. With that in mind, she nodded and answered flippantly, “Well, President Dafoe did say that he was only joking, so I’ll take his word for it and brush this incident off.”

 

“Alright, then.” Toby was slightly dejected by this and pressed his lips into a grim line.

He had hoped that she would agree to his suggestion and allow Asher as well as his subordinates to leave Paradigm Co. That way, he could send his team over as promised and use that as an excuse to see her as often as he would like.

Meanwhile, Asher let out a huge sigh of relief after hearing what she had said. Thank heavens she has the good sense to say all the right things; otherwise, I’d be doomed!

Sonia eyed him impassively. “Are you still planning to oppose my decision to delist, President Dafoe?”

He snapped out of his thoughts. He didn’t want to concede, but when his gaze flickered over to Toby, he swallowed his retort and was immediately agreeable. “Of course not, Sonia. You can do whatever you want.”

“In that case, I’m going to put the word out. Now, is there anything else you’d like to discuss, President Dafoe?” She had as good as told him to get out of her office.

 

with your work,

the smile on his face was replaced

Sonia into giving up

his plans. As things were, Toby would rise to Sonia’s defense for as long as their collaboration was an ongoing concern. It will only make it harder for me to deal with that wench, Asher thought, gritting his teeth. I have to find a way to

peace and serenity returned to the office once more. Sonia tucked her hair

a bemused look. “You’ve already thanked me half a dozen times

said, “I know, but it’s only polite for

already made up her mind to go head-to-head with Asher, should he oppose the delisting. If he threatened to leave

was that she would have to downsize Paradigm Co. and turn it into a small or medium enterprise. As long as the company remained, there was still a chance that it could flourish and eventually regain its former glory as a

across from her. “You don’t actually have to thank me out of courtesy. I know things have been tense between you and Asher; you could have taken the

“I know that, but I didn’t think there was

you just hate the idea of

wanted to say something, but ultimately did not and turned her head away in defense

didn’t want his people under her nose and although he grew frustrated at this, he merely

this point, Sonia picked up the phone on her desk and called Daphne’s line. “Get all the documents ready for the delisting and send them over to the government

against

massaged her temple in

“Really?”

Sonia nodded. “Really!”

turn of events. “That’s wonderful. I’ll start to prepare

With a final hum of agreement, Sonia put the receiver down and

said mildly, “I’ll call up the government department and

smile; she was a little surprised by how much help he

make the call, only to return a few

with a bad premonition. “What is it?

“It’s just that there is a whole crowd of reporters waiting by the company’s entrance.

right, they couldn’t possibly hold back a crowd of reporters. As such, before he returned to the office, he rang the security company and had them dispatch another two

media earlier, about twenty or thirty reporters alongside crazed netizens showed up to demand statements and comments from me. I had Daphne

off-limits area, the police could not exercise jurisdiction against them, which was a

chin and muttered thoughtfully,

of netizens who brought wreaths and razor blades for Sonia as some passive-aggressive form of threat. However, when Toby had arrived, he didn’t see those netizens at

mean?” Sonia asked, clueless as to

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