Chapter 250

At the same time, the explosive crack of thunder sounded overhead just as a purplish white streak of lightning split the night sky in half, ominously igniting the darkness that fell over the land

Tucked away in Bayside Residence, Sonia bolted upright in bed and gasped. Her heart felt constricted with panic, but she had no idea why.

To switch on the bedside lamp, she had to bring her hand up. After that, she massaged her temples and reached for the glass of water on her nightstand, then took a sip as she tried to calm herself down.

She was done drinking and was just about to place the glass back on the nightstand when her eyes widened in horror; the curtains had not been drawn over the French windows at the foot of her bed, and on the rain-splattered glass appeared a terrifying figment of what looked like a skull.

Am I imagining things? Sonia shut her eyes tight and opened them again, then looked up at the French windows once more.

This time, she was met with darkness, which was weakly illuminated by the neon lights of the nightscape that refracted off the glass. There was no skull at all.

“Phew.” She let out a huge sigh of relief and

patted her chest to soothe her wildly beating heart.

As it turned out, she had been imagining things after all. Of course / was. With the way modern society is progressing, I should be jaded enough to ignore all the nonsense about paranormal stuff. She shook her head and let out a self effacing laugh at her own rich imagination.

When Sonia arrived at work the next day, Daphne-who had been waiting at the former’s office doorway-bowed and greeted, “Good morning, President Reed.”

“Good morning. Why are you here waiting for me? Has something happened?” Sonia asked as she took out her card key and swiped it across the sensor on the door, then made her way into the office.

Daphne fell in step behind her. “I just got a call from Fuller Group. They want you to go over for a meeting; it’s about alternative energy collaboration.”

Sonia was pulling up her chair when she heard this and paused. “Is the meeting at Fuller Group?”

Daphne nodded earnestly. “Yes.”

The divot between Sonia’s brows went as quickly as it came. “Very well, then. What time is the meeting?”

In all honesty, she was reluctant to go over to Fuller Group, but Toby was the person in charge of the collaboration, and he called the shots when it came to the time and place for any relevant meetings. No one would dare speak up against his decisions unless they were prepared to lose out on the project. Sonia had fought tooth and nail to procure the partnership, so abandoning the project halfway was not an option, which meant she was left with no choice but to attend the meeting.

“It’s scheduled for 2.00PM,” Daphne answered dutifully.

Sonia took off her coat and sat down. “Got it. Is there anything else?”

has left you a ticket this morning.” Daphne opened the folder she was carrying and produced a ticket, then handed it

introduction on fashion inscribed upon it, Sonia couldn’t

it to you personally, but he got a phone call and had to leave urgently,”

“Maybe it was a work call. Speaking of which, you should get back

Daphne nodded once

opened up her laptop and set herself to work. When lunchtime rolled around, she got a

thing had been an accident, and having checked through all the security footage, they were sure that no one sabotaged the crystal chandelier. As to why the chandelier had fallen in the first place,

unreliable, in the absence of rust and sabotage, she could come up with no other reason as to how the incident could have occurred

she allowed the incident to come to

arm, then heaved a sigh before carrying on eating

drove over to Fuller

the presidential office at

on the bottom right corner of his laptop screen and asked,

three of the collaborators on my

curtly in

resting against the edge of the table and hoisted himself to his feet, then proceeded toward the door. Tom, on the

Toby and Tom made their way through the door, and those who were already waiting inside immediately stopped chattering as they stood up and greeted, “President

maintained a courteous and formal front along with the rest of

table before it lingered briefly

the others did as they were

meeting agenda. However, a look of astonishment flashed in

had returned to his usual spot behind Toby that he pointed out in a

Toby’s stoic reply, though there was a meaningful gleam

unnecessarily voiced out my observation. I thought he had no idea about her

the day was with regards to the essential uses for which the alternative energy technology might be used after business discussions were concluded, as well as the pros and cons of such

could on the subject of alternative energy, and she might have sat through several college classes

she had never done an extensive study on alternative energy,

the meeting. She felt like she

discussion, planning to review and read up on them once she got home that evening. Alas, Toby spoke much too quickly for her to jot down anything coherent, and her

to relieve the onset of

gaze darkened when he noticed her gesture out of the

look more put-together than they had moments ago. However, she couldn’t resist peering at him once or twice. She did wonder why he had slowed down in his speech all of a sudden, but she was not narcissistic enough to think it had anything

lips and took a sip. “That’s all for the

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