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.

a scene at the site?” Sonia’s brows furrowed as she pointed at the old lady and

construction team sent the clip over, and he said that the excavator on site flung lumps of dried dirt that ended up killing the old lady’s and

Sonia faltered. “Their husband and

the construction site one night when they were hit by large lumps of

was working on the site at night, so there is no way that the excavator could have been operating then! Besides, the entire site was barricaded, and the excavator was operating in the center of the compound. How in the world could their husband and son get into the site in the first place?

obviously a

workers were dispatched by the government, which meant that any fatality on-site would be taken care of discreetly

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

sip of her coffee.

saying that they would obstruct our

the get-go.” Sonia scoffed coldly. “As far as I’m concerned, they aren’t really asking for money; they want to get in the

to fork out five

would two women keep

women are just

heard this. “President Reed, are you saying that someone paid for these two women to cause a

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

analysis of the situation took Daphne by surprise. “If that’s the case, then whoever is orchestrating this is an odious person indeed! Did we rub anyone

“Have you forgotten the person who has been eyeing

You’re talking about President Gray, aren’t

after that piece of land when he failed to buy it from me, not to mention his attempt at barring all the engineering teams

he be?” Daphne hissed

smirk. “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 the workers as

have to pay

stipulated time. The penalty and all the other payments would be enough to crush us. Titus is planning to kill two birds with one

in stopping the construction

reputation in the process, considering somebody died on her construction site due to alleged negligence. It would be hard for her to make a comeback from such an incident, and though this was a low blow on

should we do, President Reed?”

a bubble of mirth escaped her parted lips. “Oh, there’s

mean?”

the question with a question instead. “How’s