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.

 

“Not at all. Carry on with your work, Sonia.

smile on his face was replaced by a

her office with the thought that he could wheedle Sonia into giving

hadn’t expected was for Toby to put his foot in and ruin 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

defeat, peace and serenity returned to the office once more. Sonia tucked her hair behind her ear as she thanked Toby

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

took her seat and said, “I know, but it’s only

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

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

know things have been tense between you

gaze darkened. “I know that, but I didn’t think there was a need for such desperate

what you truly think? Or, do you just hate the idea of having my people under your nose?” He stared at

opened her mouth as though she wanted to say something, but ultimately did not and turned her head away in defense

people under her nose and although he grew frustrated at this, he merely sighed and allowed the matter to

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 department in

against the delisting,

massaged her temple in exhaustion. “He changed

“Really?”

Sonia nodded. “Really!”

broke into a wide grin at the turn of events. “That’s

a final hum of agreement, Sonia put the receiver down

up the government department and have them process the application for delisting as soon as your

managed a small smile; she was a little surprised

the balcony to make the call, only to return

this, she felt her skin prickle with a bad premonition. “What is it? Did

a whole crowd

in their own 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 mid-sized teams to the scene, but they

livestream. When she uploaded the post on social media earlier, about twenty or thirty reporters alongside crazed netizens showed up to demand statements

the press was not gathered in a strictly off-limits area, the police could not exercise jurisdiction against them, which was a sore point for

his chin and muttered thoughtfully,

that there were a couple 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

clueless as to what

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