This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

When Tom heard Toby’s command, he did not dawdle and immediately started the car.

The moment the car pulled away from the curb, his gaze flickered over to where Sonia and Charles were standing at the entrance of the building, and he sighed quietly.

I wonder what compelled President Fuller to divorce Miss Reed in order to be with Miss Gray. Now he’s paying more attention to Miss Reed than ever, despite having separated. If he had known how unhappy he would be to see her getting close with another man, surely he would not have gotten a divorce in the first place.

Presently, Sonia and Charles did not notice the black sedan that drove away from the scene. She glanced down at his hand and asked, “You said there was something on my head. What was it?”

“It was a piece of lint, but I’ve thrown it away. It must have come off your shirt or something,” he answered dismissively, waving his hand.

She did not doubt this and nodded. “Okay, then. I’m going in now. Be safe on the way home.”

“I will,” he said.

She turned to leave while he stood in the same spot, watching her retreating figure until it disappeared into the elevator. Still, he remained where he was and looked up at the window on one of the floors of the building. He smiled when it lit up, then lifted his foot to walk away, bracing through the pins and needles in his legs.

The next day, Sonia showed up for work at Paradigm Co., and she was about to settle down in her office when Daphne brisk-walked into the office. The latter was a bundle of nerves as she said, “Something bad has happened, President Reed.”

“What is it?” Sonia asked as she slipped the strap of her handbag off her shoulder.

Daphne had no idea how to start her explanation and passed the tablet to Sonia instead. “See for yourself.”

Sonia raised a brow as she took the tablet, then lowered her head to scan through the contents.

There was a video of a riot pulled up on the tablet, and judging from the way the clip shook every now and then, it was clear to see that someone had recorded it on their phone. Nonetheless, the quality was clear enough.

Sonia saw an old lady sitting on the ground alongside a middle-aged woman. The both of them were sobbing as they let out a torrent of abuse, which sounded harsh and unpleasant to the ears.

Surrounding them were a bunch of construction workers who were pointing at them while discussing among themselves.

The video was a short one, and it didn’t take long for Sonia to get to the end of it. However, her face was grim as she asked, “This is our site, isn’t it?”

“It is,” Daphne confirmed.

are they causing a scene at the site?” Sonia’s brows furrowed as

that the excavator on site flung lumps of dried dirt that ended up killing the old

Sonia faltered. “Their husband and son were

women are saying. They claimed that their husband and son were walking by the construction site one night when they were hit by large lumps of dried dirt; they

excavator was operating in the center of the compound. How in the world could their husband and son get into the

obviously

dispatched by the government, which meant that any fatality on-site would be taken care of discreetly before the two women could even

incredulous. “And now the two women are causing trouble while insisting that

asking for?” Sonia asked casually as she took a sip of her coffee. She was no longer worried now that

then said, “Five million. They’re saying that they would obstruct our

“As far as I’m concerned, they aren’t really asking for money;

would be foolish for anyone to fork out five million to

way.” Daphne’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Why would two women keep us from plant

is orchestrating this, and these two women are

this. “President Reed, are you saying that someone paid

chance that that is true, otherwise it would take a lot more than two women to gang up and defraud us of five million. Someone’s backing them up and giving them instructions, and whoever it is knows that we won’t fork out five million, nor could we afford to. The mastermind’s intention is as

the case, then whoever is orchestrating this is an odious person

pursed her red lips. “Have you forgotten the person who

about President Gray, aren’t you?” Daphne answered

from me, not to mention his attempt at barring all the

shameless could he be?” Daphne hissed

“How shameless, indeed. But I have to admit that he’s made a clever move this time. According to the law, any fatality on-site would warrant the construction to halt for three months, but we’d still have to go on paying the wages for all

to mention the penalty that we’d have to pay if we don’t

complete the construction within the stipulated time. The penalty and all the

stopping the construction works, he might very

be hard for her to make a comeback from such an

should we do,

was nonchalant as a bubble of mirth escaped her parted lips. “Oh, there’s nothing to worry about. We’ll

do you mean?”

returned the question with a question instead. “How’s the government’s