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."

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

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

stayed. Nothing else. Now that I think about it, I think my opinion was wrong because Mom might

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 and poisoned your father! So, what makes her want to keep it? Sonia, I agree with your decision.

"Yeah," she responded gently.

house appraised?" Charles was

sipped her coffee before responding, "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

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

will submit a loan application

one person going there, it would be

fine with it, but I heard from your mother that Lane Corporation is going through a transition. Shouldn't you be busy

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

Sonia to refuse. Suddenly, she thought of something as she looked at him. "Charles, my assistant,

frowned and slammed 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 pulled me into his office and told me something strange. I didn't understand him at first, but I soon realized he was

Her expression changed from surprise to one

concurred. "Yeah, but I just walked away and ignored

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 or production. Therefore, his existence posed no

Asher attempting to sever