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."

them. That house is supposed to be a cozy home for me, my mother, and my father. Ultimately, the space was filled with their vile atmosphere, which had ruined it. Because of this, I moved out to the Bayside Residence. I no longer feel anything that makes me think of my

you, I would have felt the same way. Because the house is an eyesore, I would have put

and where we previously stayed. Nothing else. Now that I think about it, I think my opinion was wrong because Mom might not want

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,

"Yeah," she responded gently.

have you had the house appraised?" Charles was

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

a chuckle. "Great. That will be more than necessary to solve the problem. Have you set up an appointment with the

loan application this afternoon." She placed

person going there, it would be better for two

heard from your mother that Lane Corporation is going through a transition. Shouldn't you be busy then?

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

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 going on?

a grumble. "I'm not sure what's wrong with the old git. As soon as he saw me, he pulled me into his office and told me something strange. I didn't understand him at first, but I soon realized he was trying to create tension between

expression changed from surprise to one of gloom

just walked away and

didn't say anything, and her frown deepened because she couldn't understand why Asher was acting this way. Charles was not employed by Paradigm Co.; he was merely in the higher management with that title and played no role in management

to sever our relationships? What