Boss, Your Wife is Asking for A Divorce, Again!

Chapter 997

Sonia rubbed her forehead as she closed her eyes. "You have thought about it, and so have I. I'm very concerned about this, so I'm not planning to mortgage this building."

"That's good." Charles nodded, but his concerns remained. "What are you going to mortgage with if it's not Paradigm Co.'s building?"

As Sonia opened her eyes, she uttered, "The Reed Residence."

He was slightly taken aback. "Are you planning to give—"

"Yeah." She nodded. "That's right."

"But it's the house your mother left behind. Are you... sure about it?" Charles looked at her.

Sonia tucked her hair behind her ears. "To be honest, I didn't want to do it at first, but after giving it some thought, I don't think there's anything to be sad about parting with. It's the house my mother left behind. I spent my childhood there, and my memories are also tarnished by rats."

Charles noticed that she had narrowed her eyes in disdain and quickly knew what she meant. As he sighed, his heart ached.

"Jessica and Sandra."

had ruined it. Because of this, I moved out to the Bayside Residence. I

front of him. "If I were you, I would have felt the same way. Because the house is an eyesore, I would have put it up for sale

lips twitched. "It's because that's the house my mother bought before she passed away. And this is where she lived and where we previously stayed. Nothing else. Now that I think about it, I think my opinion was wrong because Mom might not want to keep it. After all, it

looked at her. "You're her daughter, and she loved you so much that she gave you the house before she left. I'm sure she wasn't expecting Jessica and Sandra to show up after that. In that same house, they bullied you

"Yeah," she responded gently.

the house appraised?" Charles

"Yes, I've contacted an appraiser a couple of days ago. Although it is an old building, its location, like this one, is very strategic. When she purchased this house, my mother used Grandpa's connections to invite the most famous master to view the property. There should not be a significant price difference compared to new homes. It should be worth at least 1 billion." She raised a

"Great. That will be more than necessary to solve the problem. Have you

loan application this afternoon." She placed her cup

accompany you. Instead of just one person going there, it would be better for two people to go." Charles checked his

shoulders. "I'm fine with it, but I heard from your mother that Lane Corporation

I could even celebrate the new year." He was beaming with

was no reason for Sonia to refuse. Suddenly, she thought of something as she looked at him. "Charles, my assistant, informed me that Asher has stopped you downstairs. What exactly is

his cup onto the table with a grumble. "I'm not sure what's wrong with the old git. As soon as he saw me, he

changed from surprise to

concurred. "Yeah, but I just walked

was acting this way. Charles was not employed by Paradigm Co.; he was merely in the higher management with that title and played no

is Asher attempting to sever our relationships? What is he