Ch. 931..940

This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 931

An Exciting Morning

“You don’t have to feel ashamed.” Toby stretched out his hand and pinched Sonia’s cheek gently. “As long as you’re not trying to kill me, you don’t have to be ashamed of everything you did to me. I’ll take it as you only did it because you were naughty and liked me. You wouldn’t do what you did just now to an outsider, right?”

Sonia shook her head. “I would’ve been crazy to do that.” If I were to do that to an outsider, I’d probably get slapped across the face.

Toby’s lips curled into a smile. “That’s it. So, this is the special treatment you’re giving me, which is another display of your love toward me. Why do you have to be ashamed of that? Give me your cell phone.” Putting down his hand that was propping his head, he sat up in bed and stretched out his hand toward her with his back leaning against the head of the bed.

“Why are you asking for my cell phone?” Sonia asked in puzzlement while handing her cell phone to him.

After taking her phone from her, Toby held it up before himself and looked at his reflection in the phone’s dark screen. When he saw his thin, red lips, his mouth curved into a smile. “Nice skills,” he praised.

Sonia blushed. “S-Should I thank you for the compliment?”

Toby chuckled. “You can do so if you want, of course. But…”

“But what?” Sonia looked at him while blinking her eyes.

Toby’s thin lips parted slightly as he replied, “It’s not good for a guy to wear lipstick, after all.”

Sonia nodded repeatedly. “I know that. I just had a sudden whim to play a prank on you when I saw that you were still asleep, but I never intended to let you leave home wearing lipstick. After all, you’re my man. How could I let somebody else laugh at you? Well, they might not laugh at you—the lipstick suits you pretty well, after all—but they would surely stare at you. After all, such a devilishly charming side of you looks even more charming than your usual appearance.”

“Oh?” Toby’s eyes gleamed. “Do you like the current me, then?”

Sonia’s cheeks blushed slightly as she hemmed. “Yeah, I guess,” she replied while sneaking a glance at his thin lips.

Amusement showed in Toby’s eyes when he saw how Sonia sneaked glances at himself. Leaning close to her ear, he gently bit her earlobe and said in a charmingly husky voice, “Well, it seems that you like me as well. But however much you like me, you have to wipe the lipstick off. As you said, you don’t want anyone else to keep staring at me. I don’t like being stared at by somebody else either; I just want to be stared at by no one else but you. If you like to see me like this, I can wear makeup like this for you after I come home every night if you want. I can even role-play.”

At that very moment, Sonia straightened her back instantly, and she got goosebumps all over. Her face blushed crimson as she was both charmed and creeped out by Toby’s words. “Stop it.” She gently pushed him away.

When Toby saw her reddened face, ears, and neck, his heart pounded, and he let out an orgasmic chuckle.

Hearing the man’s chuckle, Sonia only felt even more embarrassed. How could this guy come up with the idea of wearing makeup like this every day for me and even role-playing? To think that he’s so creative in ways of having fun as to come up with the idea of role-playing! But what role am I going to play? Well, it doesn’t seem like a bad idea if I play a role that can have an edge over him… Ahem! Pffft! What nonsense am I thinking about? She hurriedly shook her head. Seriously, this guy made me think of something I wasn’t supposed to. As a matter of fact, I used to be quite pure and innocent. Why am I now… Wait a minute! I can’t keep on thinking about it anymore. Letting out a long breath, she hurriedly suppressed these nonsensical ideas lest she really fall from virtue.

Toby wouldn’t let her off, though. His eyes flickered slightly as he asked, “What were you thinking just now?”

Sonia’s eyes widened. Subconsciously, she replied loudly, “Nothing.”

“Really?” Toby raised his eyebrows in apparent incredulity.

Sonia nodded vigorously. “It’s true. It’s definitely true.”

A hint of disappointment flashed across Toby’s eyes when he saw that she was unwilling to tell him what she had been thinking. However, he didn’t force her to do so. “Well, since you weren’t thinking about anything, just forget it. But what about my lipstick—”

“I’ll wipe it off for you!” Sonia replied immediately. After all, she was the one who had applied lipstick on his lips, so she had to be responsible for dealing with the aftermath, of course. As it happens, there is a makeup remover and cleansing wipes in the nightstand’s drawer. At the thought of this, Sonia turned over to search for them.

However, Toby grabbed her wrist and pulled her back before clasping her in his arms. They had only washed themselves without putting any clothes on after making out last night. Toby had put on a bathrobe before going to sleep, but he had taken it off in his sleep. As a consequence, they were both naked at this moment.

As Sonia was pulled into the man’s arms by surprise, the two naked bodies were naturally pressed closely against each other. It made them feel like an electric current was spreading throughout their bodies, and they were both able to feel the warmth of each other’s skin very distinctly.

Sonia had already been intimate with Toby a number of times, but she was still somewhat unused to having her naked body pressed against his, so she felt rather embarrassed. Therefore, she subconsciously tried to dodge him.

However, seeing through her intentions, Toby hugged her tightly around the waist without giving her the opportunity to dodge him. In the end, he even held her waist with both hands and lifted her up, letting her sit astride his waist.

Sonia was instantly overwhelmed with mortification at that very moment. T-This position… Isn’t this the so-called cowgirl position?

There had been a time when Toby had wanted to use the cowgirl position while they were having sex, but she adamantly refused to do it because the fact that she would have to be the one moving was really too embarrassing. She was unwilling to move on her own, so she firmly refused to do it since it would make her feel like a loose woman. Luckily, Toby respected her. Since she was unwilling to use the cowgirl position, he didn’t force her to do so. As a result, they had never used such a position during the last few times of coupling.

But now, Toby put her on top of him in such a position while they weren’t having sex. Not only that, but they were both stark naked at this very moment, so it didn’t make any difference whether or not they were making out since they were adopting that kind of position. The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she felt. Her heart pounded faster and faster, and her cheeks burned more and more. She hurriedly pushed the man, saying, “Let go of me! I have to wipe the lipstick off your lips.”

Toby wouldn’t let go of her as he grabbed her waist. “How are you gonna do it?”

Sonia put her hands on his chest. “There’s a makeup remover in the drawer. Once I use it to wipe the lipstick off, the lipstick will be gone.”

Toby shook his head, though. “I don’t like to use such a conventional method.”

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Sonia was startled. “What do you mean by that?”

Toby curled his lips into a smile while looking at her with his dark, fathomless eyes. “I like to use unconventional methods. This is your lipstick, which you applied on my lips yourself, so wipe it off with your own mouth,” he said. With that, he released one hand from her waist. Then, he reached up and grabbed the back of her head, pushing her head downward.

As Sonia’s head was pushed downward, her body naturally leaned downward. In the end, her body was pressed against Toby’s. He raised her chin and stared at her lips for two seconds. Then, he bit her lips while she was in a daze.

Feeling the slight tingle on her lips, Sonia finally realized that this was the man’s so-called unconventional method to remove the lipstick. Embarrassment and vexation inundated her all at once. Bah! What kind of lipstick-removing method is this? This is simply an excuse that he purposely made up to kiss me. What an *sshole!

This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 932

A Call From Charles

Despite complaining inwardly, Sonia didn’t push the man away. Instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck and responded to his advances.

Sensing her movements, Toby immediately kissed her even more passionately as though he had been encouraged.

It was already 11:00 AM when they finished making out. Sonia’s stomach growled with hunger, but she didn’t care about it. Instead, she sat on the bed in a daze, wondering when she had become so wild. I slept with him last night, no? Why would I make out with him again early in the morning? Am I so bad at self-control nowadays?

Toby’s lips curled into a smile of satisfaction as he stood next to the bed and put on his clothes while looking at her dazed expression. Obviously, the lovemaking just now had given him immense satisfaction and pleasure. “Alright, time to stop daydreaming. Let me carry you to wash up.” He stretched out his hand and gently stroked her hair after getting dressed.

Coming to her senses, Sonia grabbed the quilt and covered her face with it, resulting in an amusing sight as she lay face down underneath the quilt like a cocoon.

Toby knew that she was feeling shy. After all, they had never been so crazy after getting up early in the morning before. This was well beyond what was acceptable to her. And besides, they had even used the cowgirl position, which he had always wanted to use previously but which she had always refused to use. Undoubtedly, this had caused her to be overwhelmed with embarrassment. She had put everything out of her mind and immersed herself wholeheartedly in the wonderful act while they were making out, so she didn’t think about anything else. Now that they had finished making out, she would naturally find it embarrassing to show her face.

Still, he didn’t regret making out with her early in the morning. Again, she was too shy and somewhat reserved. If he had a few more special lovemaking episodes with her, she would slowly come out of her shell so that he could enjoy even more benefits such as the rooftop, the bathroom, the kitchen, or the office…

He wanted to try these places with her and leave behind traces that only belonged to them. Of course, he could only hold these thoughts inside as he couldn’t let her know about it. Otherwise, he probably wouldn’t get to repeat what he had done this morning, let alone make wonderful memories at these places in the future.

As he thought of this, his eyes darkened for an instant before returning to normal soon afterward. He stretched out his hand and lifted the quilt off her. “Don’t smother yourself with the blanket. Aren’t you afraid of getting suffocated?”

Sonia let out a snort without saying a word. Getting suffocated is no big deal! What matters most is the fact that I’m shy of showing my face, okay? In the past, she had never dared to imagine herself as being so bold and open-minded. If someone had told her that she would behave like this, she would probably die laughing. However, the truth was that thanks to Toby’s temptation, she actually slowly became someone she had never dared to imagine in the past. Over time, her acceptance of this kind of thing would reach an unthinkably high extent.

Toby gently tapped the back of her neck. “Stop snorting. Aren’t you hungry?”

Sonia looked up at him with her eyes full of bitterness.

Toby let out a chuckle. “Alright, alright. It was all my fault. How about I carry you to go wash up and then apologize to you?”

Sonia pursed her lips without saying a word, but she stretched out her arms.

When Toby saw this, the smile in his eyes deepened. Scooping her up in his arms, he walked out of their room and headed for the bathroom. After helping her wash up, he carried her back to their room and personally picked a set of clothes for her from the wardrobe. He had good taste and an aesthetic eye, so the matching set of clothes he picked for her was stunningly beautiful.

Sonia quite liked these clothes, which she had bought separately and worn only a few times. However, she never thought that these clothes would rise to a higher level after being matched by Toby like this. Holding the clothes in her arms, she looked at him in surprise. “I never noticed that you had a knack for matching clothes.”

“The Fuller Group isn’t involved in the clothing industry, but it has investments in several luxury brands. They would send me a catalog of their merchandise every quarter for me to sign. Usually, I’d also accept these brands’ invitations to attend fashion shows featuring their new products. As a result, I learned about fashion over time. Of course, what mattered the most was that you knew which clothes to buy, or I wouldn’t have been able to match them,” Toby replied, explaining why he knew how to match clothes while praising Sonia at the same time.

Sonia looked somewhat embarrassed, but she was inwardly pleased by his words.

“Alright, just get dressed while I go out to fix something to eat. What would you like to eat?” he asked while stroking her hair.

Sonia blinked her eyes. “It’s almost twelve already. Just don’t make anything that’s too complicated.” She could now leave the kitchen to him with peace of mind.

Toby nodded. “Alright. In that case, I’ll make two bowls of pasta. Just wait for me,” he said. He put his hand on the back of her head and kissed her on the forehead. Then, he stood up and left the room, heading for the kitchen.

Sonia touched the spot on her forehead where he had kissed. She mumbled with a smile, “This guy really takes advantage of me at every opportunity.”

She shook her head with a smile of resignation before starting to put on her clothes. After getting dressed, she walked up to the full-length mirror next to the wardrobe and looked at herself in the mirror. Seeing how she was dressed differently from usual, she was dazed for a few seconds. Then, she did a twirl in front of the mirror, finding that the more she looked at the clothes Toby had matched for her, the more the clothing style suited her. In fact, it suited her even better than her usual clothing style did. How about I buy clothes according to the style he matched for me today in the future? She made up her mind as she touched her chin.

Just as Sonia finished looking at herself in the mirror and was about to leave the room to show Toby his masterpiece, her phone suddenly rang on the nightstand. Dismissing her ideas for the time being, she walked toward the phone. She walked up to the nightstand and looked down at the phone’s screen, only to see that it was a call from Charles. Without hesitation, she picked up the phone and answered it. “Hey, Charles.”

Charles’ agitated questioning voice sounded through the phone. “Sonny, what’s going on with Rentoor? Why did they resell our spare parts to someone else for no reason?”

Of course, Sonia knew that Charles’ agitated questioning wasn’t directed at her, but at Rentoor—the name of the manufacturer with which Paradigm Co. was currently collaborating.

Instead of answering Charles’ questions at once, she asked in surprise, “Charles, how did you learn about this?” I didn’t tell him about this, did I? Could word have leaked that our parts were snatched away? In that case, wouldn’t Asher and his men—as well as Paradigm Co.’s employees—be thrown into confusion right now?

After all, this batch of spare parts is very important. They concern Paradigm Co.’s lifeline since Paradigm Co. is engaged in heavy industry. These spare parts are supposed to be delivered to us two days later so that we can continue processing them. Without these parts, those employees who are waiting for the processing will have nothing to do, and we will still have to continue to bear the labor costs, the compensation for the delay in their work, and so on.

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This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 933

Not Knowing What to Do

This would be equivalent to spending money on nothing. However, the current Paradigm Co. couldn’t bear the costs despite having to do so. As a result, Paradigm Co. would end up spending money without having goods to sell. As they earned zero income, they would be unable to pay their employees’ wages, the bank’s loan, the dividends for the other companies that collaborated with them, and so on. By then, the only thing that awaited Paradigm would be bankruptcy.

A small spare part being snatched away could cause such a terrible result, so one could imagine how important the spare parts were. If Asher learned about it, he would definitely make an issue of it to deal her, the company’s chairman, a blow. If the employees learned about it, they would be in a state of anxiety, so much so that they might even raise an uproar for fear that they might not receive this month’s paycheck.

Therefore, she cautiously withheld the news from everyone except her and the secretaries and assistants. However, she didn’t expect that Charles would know about it. If Charles knew about it, Asher and the company’s employees might have learned about it as well. Is the company in an uproar right now? She felt her heart instantly plunge at the thought of this possibility.

Just then, Charles replied, “One of your secretaries called me and told me about this. Don’t forget that I’m a nominal director at Paradigm Co. And besides, I was the one who acted as go-between for the collaboration between Paradigm Co. and Rentoor back then, whereas you were the one who secured it.

Since Rentoor breached the contract, I, the go-between, am supposed to learn about it, of course, so your secretary told me about it this morning. I immediately went to Rentoor’s chairman, but he refused to see me. I couldn’t figure out why they breached the contract, so I called you.”

Hearing his explanation, Sonia finally learned that it wasn’t what she had thought it was, and she gave an inward sigh of relief. “I see.”

“What happened, Sonny?” Charles asked again with a frown. “Why would Rentoor breach the contract all of a sudden? I remember that this batch of spare parts is supposed to be delivered soon, right?”

“Yeah, they’re supposed to be delivered two days later.” Sonia nodded.

Charles slapped his desk in anger. “What a nerve he’s got, selling the spare parts to someone else just before they’re supposed to be delivered! Tell me, Sonny—did something happen between you and Rentoor’s chairman?” If not, why would Rentoor’s chairman take such a huge risk to breach the contract? He’ll be held legally responsible for doing this!

Sonia shook her head. “Nope. Nothing happened between me and Rentoor’s chairman, but I came into conflict with the person who snatched our spare parts. That person probably got something on Rentoor’s chairman, so he intimidated Rentoor’s chairman into selling the spare parts to him in order to keep me from getting the spare parts so that he can get what he wants from me.”

“What?” Charles was surprised. “To think that there’s such a story behind it! Sonny, who exactly did you offend?” he immediately asked, wanting to see if he could be of any help.

Sonia bit her red lips before slowly uttering a name. “Connor Salzburg.”

“Connor Salzburg?” Charles was startled for a moment as the name sounded familiar to him. Soon after that, though, he recalled who Connor was and was shocked. “Sonny, don’t tell me you’re talking about Connor Salzburg, the head of the Salzburg Family of Westsanshire, which ranked among Westsanshire’s few greatest families along with the Hayes Family.”

“Uh-huh. It’s him.” Sonia nodded.

Charles let out a gasp. “So it’s really him. Sonny, why would he bear a grudge against you? By rights, you two are supposed to have nothing to do with each other.”

Sonia lowered her eyes. “It has something to do with Connor’s illegitimate daughter.”

“What?” Charles didn’t understand what she meant.

Sonia replied, “Connor has an illegitimate daughter who came to Seafield recently. She is Anya Steinfield, whom you know about.”

Charles was so surprised that he raised his voice. “You mean that the Anya Steinfield who was forced by you and Toby to apologize publicly after she fell in love with Toby at first sight and tried to steal him from you is Connor’s illegitimate daughter?”

“Uh-huh,” Sonia mumbled again. “It’s her.”

“Holy crap.” Charles looked astounded. “I thought she was just an ordinary orphan. I never thought that she came from such a background.”

“Yeah, tell me about it.” Sonia let out a sigh. Who would’ve thought of that? At first, both she and Toby thought that Anya was an ordinary girl from an orphanage who was smarter than average people and knew how to make money, which was why she could spend a lot of money to change her image despite not having a prominent background.

If such a lady wasn’t an angelic b*tch who would do something so disgusting as to steal someone else’s boyfriend, she would definitely admire her very much. After all, if it were her, she didn’t think she could make so much money at such a young age after coming from an orphanage. However, Anya was precisely a troublesome angelic b*tch and a disgusting woman who had tried to steal her boyfriend, so she looked down on her no matter how capable she was.

She thought she would never meet Anya again after the latter’s public apology, but she didn’t expect she would meet Anya again at the boutique soon after that. Not only that, but Anya had snatched and ruined her evening dress, which was how the former’s identity was revealed. Otherwise, she and Toby would probably have no idea that Anya was Connor’s daughter until now.

“So, you mean that Connor holds a grudge against you because you had his daughter apologize publicly last time, which was why he then snatched the spare parts away to get back at you on purpose?” Charles tried to connect the dots, frowning.

Sonia nodded before shaking her head. “This is probably part of the reason, but the actual reason has something to do with the second conflict between Anya and me.”

“What? You came across Anya again after that?” Charles cried.

Sonia pursed her lips before telling Charles about her encounter with Anya in the boutique and everything that had happened after that without hiding any details. However, she didn’t tell him about the old scores between Toby and Connor.

After all, the outsiders were clueless about what had happened between Connor and Toby’s mother in the past, nor would she tell anyone about it without Toby’s permission. After all, this was the Fuller Family’s secret.

“F*ck!” Having listened to her description, Charles was infuriated by Anya even if he wasn’t involved in these events. He paced back and forth in his office in anger, saying, “Are they nuts? It was obviously their fault, but they blamed you for not forgiving them and snatched your spare parts away to threaten you. How could such shameless people exist in the world?”

Sonia massaged her temples. “That’s right. I also wonder why I keep running into these people.”

“Life is being unfair to you, that’s why.” Charles looked up at the sky outside through his office’s French window before giving the sky the finger.

Sonia couldn’t see it, but a smile of helplessness appeared on her face as she could imagine how he looked at the moment.

Having given the sky the one-finger salute, Charles withdrew his gaze and asked with a serious expression, “How are you gonna solve this?”

Sonia closed her eyes. “To be honest, I haven’t come up with any solution yet.”

Charles wasn’t surprised by her answer. After falling silent for a moment, he said, “If you want to take back the spare parts, I guess you can only agree to Connor’s demand and have Anya released. But if you do so, you’ll feel very aggrieved.

You weren’t the one in the wrong; you only punished the evil person by correct and lawful means, but you end up having to give in because of another evil person’s threats. Anyone would be resentful about this.”

His words expressed perfectly what Sonia was thinking. She bit her lips and replied, “Which was why I’d never planned to meet them halfway since the very beginning.”

“But if you don’t give in, you won’t be able to take back the spare parts. How can you handle the consequences of—”

Sonia sat down on the bed again in dejection. “I’ve thought about it, which is why I’m feeling restless right now. I feel like I’m standing on the edge of a cliff, not knowing what to do.”

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This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 934

A Humanlike Drug

Charles fell silent as well. For a moment, he couldn’t come up with a good solution. After all, they were going up against the head of the Salzburg Family, a presence that not even the Lane Corporation could mess with, let alone the current Paradigm Co. Otherwise, he would’ve put pressure on Connor right away in the Lane Family’s name and forced him to return the spare parts.

Of course, there was another person at the moment who could make Connor hand over the spare parts—Toby. To Charles, however, Toby was both his love rival and a nuisance, so he couldn’t ask Toby for help. He couldn’t deign to do so, nor could he put aside his pride. At the same time, though, he couldn’t tell Sonia to ask Toby for help. In reality, Sonia and Toby were a couple, so it was perfectly justified for her to ask Toby for help.

However, Charles knew that Sonia wouldn’t want to rely on men to accomplish something. Otherwise, she would’ve turned to Toby as soon as the incident happened instead of procrastinating until now. Therefore, he respected her ideas as a friend. Since she didn’t want to ask Toby for help, he wouldn’t bring this up, of course.

Furthermore, he had a selfish motive in not suggesting that she ask Toby for help. By telling her to go to Toby, he would undoubtedly acknowledge that he was no match for Toby in every aspect. He wasn’t as useful as Toby, nor could he be of help to her as Toby was. He knew it was despicable of him to think like this, but it wasn’t like he wanted to do so.

He had loved Sonia for over ten years, having fallen in love with her since he matured at the age of puberty. In other words, he had fallen in love with her much earlier than Toby had. In the end, however, Toby had stolen her from him twice. He had said that he would now give up, get over her, and give them his best wishes. Inwardly, however, he couldn’t reconcile himself to this. In short, he was unwilling to go to Toby.

After much hesitation, Charles finally refrained from suggesting that Sonia turn to Toby for help. He merely asked, “Sonny, how about we try to purchase another batch of spare parts from another manufacturer of the same trade?

Let’s solve the problem with the spare parts first for the time being to let Paradigm Co. continue its operations. As for the matter of settling the score with Connor, we can do it slowly after that. What do you think?”

Sonia sighed. “Do you think that I’ve never thought of this solution? I considered it, of course, but it’s useless. The spare parts manufactured by those of the same trade would have their manufacturer’s logo engraved on them. If we buy them, we have to reprocess them in our factory to remove those logos and engrave Paradigm Co.’s logo on them.

This will undoubtedly be a time- and labor-consuming big project that will take at least five days. So, by the time those logos are removed, Paradigm Co. will be in chaos. Of course, we can purchase spare parts that don’t have any logos on them yet, but such spare parts are very much in the minority.

Even if we buy such spare parts from all over the country, it probably won’t be enough. The spare parts usually have logos engraved on them as soon as they’re produced.”

She inspected Rentoor’s processing lines before, so she knew full well when the logos would be engraved on the spare parts. After all, the logos represented their companies so that one could tell the manufacturer of these spare parts at a glance. Because of that, engraving logos on the spare parts was a strict process that allowed no negligence, nor could they choose not to engrave logos on the spare parts.

Upon hearing her words, Charles grabbed his hair in frustration. “We can’t do this, and we can’t do that. Then what else can we do? Or how about we confront Connor head on and snatch the spare parts back? But the chances of success are…” He didn’t finish his sentence as it would hurt to do so. It was totally impossible for the current Paradigm Co. to go up against Connor and try to snatch the spare parts back.

“Say, how about we ask Zane for help?” he suggested again with a smile.

Zane was a government official. If he stepped in, Connor would probably have to do him a favor. It was an act of provocation against the Seafield government for Connor, a citizen of Westsanshire, to come to Seafield—which was under the Coleman Family’s jurisdiction—and make things difficult for a Seafield enterprise. Therefore, as the largest representative of the Seafield government, the Coleman Family would probably step in.

However, Sonia shook her head as well. “I’ve considered this as well, but I rejected it. Don’t forget that Zane is friends with Toby. If I ask Zane for help, Toby will definitely learn about it. What will he think by then?

Will he think that I’d rather bypass my boyfriend and ask somebody else for help rather than turning to him? What position am I putting him in? Do I have a place for him in my heart? By then, there will definitely be problems in our relationship, which will be entirely my fault. I don’t want such things to happen.”

Relationships were no joking matter. There were a lot of times when both sides were very close, but problems might occur in a supposedly smooth relationship because one side or the other made a slightly wrong move.

Therefore, there were a lot of times when it was better to think twice before doing anything and not do anything one wasn’t supposed to do. Moreover, she had asked for Zane’s help a few times before. How could she have the cheek to turn to him again when she had yet to return his favor?

Upon hearing her say so, Charles fell silent. To think that she refused to ask Zane for help in consideration of Toby’s feelings! Well, that shows how much she cares about him right now. Charles’ heart ached so badly that he couldn’t help tightening his grip on his phone. He replied with a wry smile, “I really wonder if Toby is a humanlike drug.”

“Huh?” Sonia was startled. Apparently, she didn’t understand why he described Toby as such.

Leaning back in his chair, Charles rested his head on the headrest and closed his eyes slightly to conceal the sadness in them. “I’m talking about Toby. If he’s not a humanlike drug, how can he make you care so much about him right now? There’s also my parents. When I went home this morning and asked them about how things went when you and Toby visited home last night, they couldn’t be more satisfied with him.

They took my hand and heaped praise on Toby. Not only that, but they even frowned at me for being inferior to him in every aspect. I was so pissed off, you know? That was why I said I was wondering if he was a humanlike drug. It’s enough that he put you under his spell, but why would my parents be so full of praise for him as well? Who is their son, Toby or me?”

Upon hearing his complaints, Sonia covered her mouth and shook with laughter. “Alright, Charles, stop being jealous. Actually, your parents praised Toby so much for a reason. He gifted them with presents that were very much to their liking. That’s why…”

“I see.” Charles figured out what had happened even though Sonia didn’t finish her sentence. Toby was rich and lavish with money, so it was true that his presents would satisfy Curtis even more easily than the presents given by Charles, who was Curtis’ own son. After all, it would indeed be somewhat stressful for him to buy some of his parents’ favorite items.

“Ah, never mind. I’ve lost to Toby when it comes to you. Now that I’ve lost to him again in front of my parents, I think I’ve gotten used to it.” He waved his hand before getting back to the subject on hand. With a serious expression, he said, “Sonny, if worse comes to worst, let’s take out a bank loan and use it to pull through this.”

Sonia’s expression turned grave. “You mean we should give up the batch of spare parts?”

Charles nodded. “That’s right. If we really can’t get the spare parts back, we have no choice but to give up. But after we give up, there’s no way the current Paradigm Co. can pay the miscellaneous costs, so we can only take out a loan and pull through this crisis while waiting for the machines you ordered from Kosovo to arrive.

By then, we’ll be able to produce the spare parts by ourselves without collaborating with anyone, so we won’t have to worry about these things anymore. What do you think?”

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This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 935

Life in Old Age

This solution is… Sonia fell silent. Honestly, she thought that this was feasible. It was just that if they were to give up on the batch of spare parts, they would need money to pull through, which meant that they would undoubtedly need a large amount of money. If Paradigm Co. were to take out such a huge loan, they had to offer something valuable as collateral.

At the moment, the most valuable collateral Paradigm Co. had was its building. It was very risky to mortgage the building, for the slightest bit of carelessness could cause her to lose the building. Therefore, she had to think about it carefully. At the thought of this, she massaged her temples, took a deep breath, and replied, “Let me think about it, Charles. Just give me a day.”0

Charles knew what she was hesitating over. If it were him, he would also hesitate like this. He replied with a nod, “Okay, take your time. Whatever your decision is, remember to tell me. Don’t make me worried.”

“Uh-huh,” Sonia replied with a forced smile.

The two then exchanged a few more words before hanging up.

Putting down her phone, Sonia sat on the edge of the bed and lowered her head slightly in contemplation.

A few minutes later, the room door was opened, and Toby came in. He asked in a gentle voice, “What’s wrong? Are you daydreaming again?”

Sonia’s eyes flickered before she looked up at Toby with a smile. “Nothing. I was just thinking about some stuff. By the way, what do you think about my outfit?” She stood up while suppressing her restlessness. Not wanting Toby to notice it, she quickly changed the subject and did a twirl in front of him to show him her outfit.

Toby rubbed his chin and nodded with unconcealed admiration in his eyes. “Not bad. It looks beautiful on you.”

“That’s of course. You picked this outfit for me, after all,” Sonia said with a smile while putting down her arms.

Toby curled his lips into a smile. “So I’ve got pretty good taste, right?”

Sonia gave him a thumbs up. “That’s right, Mr. Fuller. You’ve got good taste, or you wouldn’t have been able to pick such a good-looking outfit for me.”

Toby came up to her. Putting his arm around her slim waist, he lowered his head and whispered in her ear, “In that case, how about I match clothes for you every day from now on?”

Sonia looked at him. “I’ve got no problem if you want to, of course.” Why not use a stylist if it’s available for free?

Seeing the hint of slyness in her eyes, Toby chuckled in a deep voice. “Okay. From now on, as long as I have time to do so, I’ll choose your outfit for the next day. Alright, our meal is ready. Let’s go and have lunch.”

Toby made two bowls of hearty pasta that had prawns, meat, and braised pork in them with half a boiled egg and two little bok choys for garnish. The sight of the pasta alone was mouthwatering.

Holding down her hair, Sonia bent down and took a sniff at the pasta. She said with a smile, “It smells so good! This is gonna taste amazing. Thanks for the hard work.”

“Not at all. As long as you like it, I’ll think that it’s worth it,” Toby said while pulling out the chair for her. After she sat down, he put the fork in her hand. “Hurry up and give it a try.”

“Okay.” Sonia clutched her fork and nodded heavily. Then, she forked up the pasta and dug in.

The pasta was al dente, the prawns were chewy, the meat was tender, and the braised pork was sweet. These food ingredients were far from the top-grade ones, but they tasted great when combined together.

Sonia couldn’t help but say as she chewed her pasta, “Toby, if you open a pasta restaurant one day, just sell such pastas. I’m sure that your business will do well.”

Toby ate a spoonful of soup gracefully before replying, “Good idea. After we grow old and retire in the future, let’s hand our company over to the kids and open a pasta restaurant. I’ll make pastas, while you’ll be the cashier. How about it?”

Sonia didn’t expect that Toby would respond to her suggestion and even paint a picture of what their lives would be like in their old age. As a consequence, she couldn’t help but subconsciously imagine what he had described. Well… It seems like a pretty good idea to open a pasta restaurant as he described when we get old. At the thought of this, she couldn’t help but blush and lowered her head to stuff herself with pasta.

She didn’t answer Toby’s question, but Toby knew her thoughts and answer from her reddened cheeks. He fell silent as a hint of joy flashed across his eyes. If I speak again, she’ll feel even more shy.

He refused to let her clear the dishes away after lunch. Instead, he let her sit on the sofa and rest while he brought the dishes to the kitchen to wash them.

Sonia relaxed with pleasure as Toby didn’t allow her to wash the dishes. Sitting on the sofa, she quietly waited for him to finish doing the dishes and come out.

After she waited for a while, her cell phone vibrated. She picked it up to take a look, only to see that it was a message from Charles.

We’ve just spoken on the phone. Why would he message me at this time? She curiously opened the message and found that Charles had sent her a document. With a few taps of her finger, she accepted the document and opened it to take a look, finding that it contained very detailed personal information about Connor. She skimmed through the document, finding that it contained some secret information about Connor—including his past relationships and all kinds of shady stuff he had done in secret—as well as everything else. Not only that, but it gave a succinct description of Connor’s character.

A few question marks popped up in her head as she read through the document. Obviously, she didn’t understand why Charles would send this to her. Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately texted him to ask him about it.

Charles texted her back soon afterward. ‘Aren’t you gonna meet him the day after tomorrow? You probably still don’t know much about what kind of a person he is, so I made a special effort to ask my connections in Westsanshire for help to get my hands on detailed information about Connor. Just read it carefully and try to memorize as much information about him as possible. Try to understand him better so that you won’t be at a disadvantage when you meet him by then.’

A warm smile played across Sonia’s lips when she saw his reply. As expected, a real friend will go to such an extent for me. He probably spent a lot of money to get his hands on such detailed information. Feeling deeply moved, she began to reply with a few taps of her fingers, ‘Alright, I got it. Thank you, Charles.’

She didn’t ask Charles how much it had cost him to buy such information, nor did she mention that she wanted to return the money to him. She knew him very well, so she knew that he would definitely be angry and sad if she were to bring this up. To him, everything he had done for her was of his own volition, so he didn’t want her to give him money. If she did, he’d take it as a sign that she wanted to keep her distance from him. Since she knew him, she knew not to mention or ask about these things.

As she had expected, there were undertones of apparent joy and cheerfulness in his reply message. ‘Why thank me? I’m your brother. Alright, I gotta go. I’ve got to attend a meeting.’

Sonia let out a chuckle. ‘Alright. Just go ahead with your meeting.’

As soon as she put down her phone, she heard footsteps from behind, which was followed by Toby’s inquiring voice. “Who were you chatting with? You smiled so happily.”

Sonia looked back at the man who was walking toward her and replied without hiding anything from him, “It was Charles.”

Hearing that it was Charles, Toby instantly knitted his brows. “Charles? Why would he text you?”

“Why can’t he text me?” Sonia let out a chuckle. “Friends can have a casual chat when they have nothing to do.”

Toby turned his gaze to her cell phone and pursed his lips. “Hmph! He’s got to be up to something,” he said uncomfortably.

Sonia’s smile deepened as she propped her head in her hand. “Are you upset?”

Toby sat down next to her. He didn’t answer her question, but he had annoyance written all over his face.

He’s just being jealous again, thought Sonia.

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This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 936

Toby’s Gift

“Why are you acting all jealous?” Looking at the man’s wry face, Sonia was at a loss.

Sneaking a glance at her, Toby replied, “Because I care. That’s why I’m jealous.”

That sounds about right, she thought. “Alright, then how about I tell you something that will cheer you up?” Sonia gently nudged the man’s shoulder with her elbow.

The man then grabbed her playful arm and gently squeezed it. “What is it?”

“Do you know what Charles had told me?” Sonia had her eyes on Toby.

Her question prompted Toby to purse his lips. “I wouldn’t know since you two were talking behind my back.”

She rolled her eyes. “What do you mean behind your back? Don’t put it as though I’ve done something wrong to you. Didn’t I tell you everything when you asked me who I was talking to?” How is that going behind him?

He only grunted and said nothing more.

Sonia laughed helplessly as she watched Toby acting this way. “Alright, alright. I’ll stop with the suspense. Charles complained and asked me what have you done to his parents for them to have such a good impression of you. With how they kept singing praises of you and even said to Charles that you were leagues better than him, Charles is left wondering if you’re their real son instead. So? Are you happy to hear you’ve beaten Charles in his parents’ eyes?”

She knew the reason Toby was always jealous upon seeing her with Charles was that he was mindful of how Charles might have feelings for her. Thus, she thought that telling him Charles’ embarrassing stories would appease his jealousy.

Consequently, it was just as Sonia had expected. When Toby heard Charles’ parents were giving him the cold shoulders, the cold air around him instantly vanished while his expression brightened, and the corners of his tightly pursed lips lifted slightly.

“Did Charles really tell you that?” Toby gazed at Sonia with eyes filled with clear expectation.

Sonia nodded. “Of course. Why would I lie to you? You can ask his parents about it if you don’t believe me.”

“I believe you.” At this point, Toby was already full-blown smiling from the bottom of his heart and was unable to hide the clear delight in his eyes.

Seeing the delight in Toby’s eyes, Sonia knew that the man before her was all cheered up. “So, are you happy now?” she asked once more.

Pretending to be reserved, he immediately shifted his sight elsewhere before giving out a fake cough and answering, “It’s alright. Feeling better than I was moments ago.”

Looking at how haughty Toby was acting, Sonia couldn’t help but roll her eyes, albeit with a smile on her face. Geez, if this man is in such a good mood, can’t he just admit that he’s happy? After their light banter, Sonia took a look at the time to find that it was already past noon; it was time to leave for work. “Alright, it’s getting late. Let’s go.”

Since they had skipped their work during the morning, she thought that they should at least make an appearance during the afternoon.

Toby stayed silent and only grunted a response before holding her hand. With their hands holding each other’s, the two then left for the parking lot.

In the parking lot, Tom was leaning against Toby’s Maybach and tapping away at his phone. It was only when he noticed the two had arrived that he put away his phone and greeted, “President Fuller. Miss Reed.”

Sonia nodded and smiled at Tom as a reply.

With his eyes on his assistant, Toby asked, “Have you prepared what I’ve asked?”

Tom pushed his glasses back up his nose bridge before casting a loaded glance at Sonia and nodding. “Naturally, there is nothing for President Fuller to worry about if I’m on the job.”

Toby—who didn’t bother with his assistant’s boastful remarks—pulled Sonia by her hand toward the trunk of his Maybach.

“What are you doing?” Sonia was clueless as she was led to the trunk.

With his eyes fixed squarely on the trunk, he replied in a mysterious tone, “You’ll know soon enough. Tom.”

The moment Toby called for his assistant, Tom immediately gave a response from the driver’s seat. “Understood, President Fuller.”

In the next instance, the trunk of the Maybach automatically unlocked and gradually opened in a rising motion. As the trunk gradually opened, it slowly revealed a different sight of the inner trunk. First, balloons came floating up, followed by the numerous fresh flowers, and finally, several exquisitely wrapped boxes.

Sonia suddenly understood what was going on, and she stared slack-jawed at the man beside her. Although she had no personal experience, she often saw such videos online where boyfriends would give gifts to their girlfriends by hiding them in the decorated trunk of a car. Now, just like the videos she saw online, Sonia was the girlfriend in this scenario.

At this moment, Sonia finally understood the surprise and excitement the girls in the videos felt when they received such an attentive and sincere gift. With her heart beating fast, she pointed to the trunk and to herself before finally managing to react to the situation. “This… I…”

“It’s for you. Surprised?” Toby took a glance at the romantically decorated trunk before asking gently.

Sonia gulped before she finally managed to nod slowly. With a slight tremble in her voice, she questioned, “Surprised, very much. But I don’t understand. Why would you suddenly give me such a huge surprise? I don’t recall there being any celebrations right now.”

“Who decided that you can only give your loved ones gifts during a celebration?” Toby raised his eyebrows.

She choked for a moment and was speechless over what she had heard. True, there weren’t any rules saying that you can only give gifts during a celebration. “Even if you say that, I still don’t understand why you would suddenly give me gifts on such a normal day? Not to mention, so many of them.” Sonia stared in confusion at the man beside her.

In truth, Toby Fuller was a romantic himself. Every now and then, he would prepare flowers and even small surprises for Sonia. Since he knew that she would never accept anything expensive, he would only prepare for her something small-scaled and that wasn’t of much value. It was only then that she would accept his gifts, as she knew they were tokens of his sincerity.

However, right now, there were about seven boxes of varying sizes in the trunk. Since one couldn’t see the logo of the boxes, one would have a hard time knowing exactly what the presents were. However, looking at how exquisite the boxes were along with how attentive the trunk was decorated with fresh flowers, balloons, colored lightings, and so forth, Sonia knew that the gifts were definitely not simple ones, or rather, something expensive.

For Toby to suddenly give her such a surprise and these expensive gifts, Sonia wondered just what Toby was up to, especially since these were all given to her when there was no celebration at hand. At this point, she was deep in her thoughts over Toby’s motives for these gifts.

Looking at Sonia’s pensive expression, Toby knew that she was in her habit of overthinking again. Hence, he reached his hands out and gently stroked her head. “Don’t think too much. The reason why I’m giving all these to you so suddenly is because of Mrs. Lane.”

“Mrs. Lane?” Sonia was slightly taken aback.

With his chin slightly raised, he explained, “Yes. Yesterday when we went to meet them, I had prepared many gifts for the Lanes. For Mr. Lane, bottles of fine wine. For Mrs. Lane, things that women would be pleased to receive. Since I’ve prepared so many gifts for Mrs. Lane, I couldn’t very well have nothing prepared for the woman I love. That’s why, these are all gifts I’ve prepared for you. Rest assured, they are much better than the ones I’ve gifted Mrs. Lane.”

Hearing the man’s explanation, she was utterly dumbfounded with her eyes widened. She never would have expected that Toby would suddenly give all these gifts to her for such a reason. Nevertheless, at this moment, Sonia’s heart was leaping with joy.

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This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 937

Sonia’s Petty Scheme

Just like what the man had said, women, in general, would be pleased when receiving things such as clothes, shoes, bags, and cosmetics.

Sonia was no exception.

Nonetheless, Sonia hadn’t the slightest ounce of displeasure when Toby had given these gifts to Grace. After all, Grace was like a mother figure to her. Naturally, she, as a daughter, would be pleased when her mother figure was given such wonderful gifts, especially since she herself had inspected the gifts beforehand.

Hence, Sonia had neither dissatisfaction nor problems with Toby giving these gifts to Grace. Neither had she thought of wanting these gifts for herself as well. However, she had not expected Toby to feel that his actions were inappropriate. Not to mention, for Toby to secretly prepare gifts that were much better than the ones given to Grace for her.

Without doubt, Sonia, as a woman, had her vanity utterly satisfied at this particular moment. She was moved, as joy filled every corner of her heart due to the fact that the man beside her could have such thoughts, which in turn proved how sincere and genuine he treated her. When these thoughts crossed her mind, the tip of her nose gradually reddened and tears began to well up in her eyes.

Looking at her red-rimmed eyes, Toby instantly panicked. “Why are you crying?” He reached his hands out and wiped the tears at the corners of her eyes.

Grabbing the man’s hand that was wiping her tears, Sonia smiled tearfully. “It’s because I’m happy. It’s because I never thought you would prepare these for me as well.”

Relieved, Toby chuckled. “You are the love of my life. How could I just prepare gifts for others but not for you? While we’re on that topic, if someone else has them, you would naturally have them as well. Not only that, but what you have will be much better. Since the ones Mrs. Lane had were premium editions, the ones I’ve gotten for you are all limited editions. So, do you like them?”

Sonia smiled at the man. “Since you’ve already said that much, wouldn’t it be insensitive if I said I didn’t like them?” Saying that, she immediately went toward him and embraced the man. “I love them. I can tell that you prepared all these sincerely. That’s why, I’m happy. Thank you, Toby.”

The man returned her embrace and planted a kiss on the top of her head. “As long as you’re happy. Then I assume you won’t refuse these gifts, right?”

Sonia shook her head. “I’ll accept them. After all, I can tell these gifts are filled with your heart for me. If I reject them, wouldn’t you be sad?”

Although he felt relieved, Toby kept his poker face and his silence. He always knew that Sonia would dislike him giving her expensive gifts, so he always practiced restraint when it came to her gifts. Otherwise, he would have practically given her a gift every day, and it would all be different ones at that.

Regardless, Toby was beside himself with apprehensiveness when he prepared these gifts, as he was worried that Sonia would not accept them. Fortunately, she did not reject this time.

“Want to open them now?” Toby gently released his embrace after a while.

However, Sonia shook her head. “Nope, I won’t open them now. I’ll take them back to the office and slowly open them one by one. I mean, if I were to walk into the office with all these gifts with me, I’m sure I’ll draw a few envious eyes on me, right?”

Ah, so she wants to brag about it. Toby chuckled before he gently brushed the bridge of her nose with his finger. “Alright, then bring them back to the office and slowly open them there.”

“Naturally.” Sonia raised her head proudly. “I just want to tell the others that these are all gifts from you so that the others would know you’re a good man. A good man that treats me very, very well.”

“If you go around showing me off like this, won’t you be afraid that other women would start eyeing me?” Toby frowned.

Sonia grunted in response. “There are already many women who have their eyes on you anyway, so what’s a few more? Not to mention, even if they do express their interest in you, you’re still going to be mine. Unless of course, they have the ability to steal you away from me.”

“Not a chance!” Toby immediately replied.

Sonia smiled and said with confidence, “And that’s why I have nothing to be afraid of.”

Looking at Sonia’s confidence, Toby knew that it was due to her trust in him. This fact alone was enough to warm the corners of his heart.

“Alright, it’s time for us to go back to our offices,” said Sonia after she took a few pictures of the gift-filled trunk with her phone.

Toby gently petted her head. “Okay.”

Inside the car, Sonia kept fiddling with her phone and would occasionally laugh to herself. Since Toby was never a snooping man, he didn’t ask her about it nor did he try to sneak a look, even though he had no idea what she was doing on her phone. However, Sonia laughing piqued his curiosity. “What are you laughing at?”

“There are many envious comments on the picture I’ve just posted on my social media.” Saying that, Sonia handed her phone over to Toby to show him the comments.

After looking at the comments, Toby replied, “Let them be green with envy. There’s still more to come.” After all, to him, others should be envious of Sonia, as he would only give her the best there was to offer. “Alright, you should stop playing with your phone, or you’ll be dizzy later.” He returned her phone to her before admonishing her with concern.

Sonia knew that he was just looking out for her, which was why she didn’t brush him off and obediently put her phone away.

Soon, they arrived at Paradigm Co.

Sonia, who had rejected the man’s suggestion for him to escort her in, was walking into the building of Paradigm Co. with her hands full of Toby’s gifts. Unbeknownst to her, the upper floor employees that had seen her post had spread word about it all the way to the employees on the lower floors. Hence, everyone in the building knew that Toby had given her all those gifts.

Therefore, the moment Sonia entered the building, all eyes were instantly drawn to the several bags she was carrying with her. Although they knew the bags contained Toby’s gifts, they did not know exactly what they were. Nevertheless, they had already assumed that the gifts would be valuable and expensive, as they knew the net worth of Toby Fuller. It was because they knew Toby’s net worth that their curiosity grew; they were interested to know what kind of extravagant gifts would a rich man like him bestow upon Sonia.

Naturally, Sonia had sensed the curious eyes on her. Nevertheless, she chose neither to keep a low profile nor to try hiding the bags she had, but to deliberately hold the bags higher—as though she was on a shopping spree—by holding the bags over her shoulders before she paraded over toward the elevator.

It was only when the elevator Sonia was in had its door closed did the employees—who had their eyes glued on her ever since she entered the building—dare to speak up boldly.

“See? President must’ve done that on purpose.”

“That’s so true.” One of the employees nodded approvingly. “The president must have lifted those bags up high to show them off to us.”

“Ahhh, the president is so mean. Just because she finally got herself a man doesn’t mean she should be showing off to us singletons.”

“Right?”

“But, I am curious to know just what President Fuller had given to our president for her to be this smug.”

“I want to know too. Should we ask around about it?”

“But, who do we ask?”

The moment the question was asked, the gossipers became silent. After all, the employees here were all at the lowest level. To seek the answer to their question, they would have to ask the employees on the top floor, as only the employees there would have some contact with Sonia. The only problem was that they didn’t have the opportunity to make friends with the employees on the top floor.

Although Sonia, who was in the elevator currently, was not privy to the details of the lower floor employees’ conversation, she knew that they would gossip about her. Regardless, she held no interest in the details of the gossip, as she had achieved what she wanted to do—to show off the gifts.

Upon entering her office, she placed the gifts on the sofa, planning to open them after she had checked her schedule, as she wanted to open the gifts with peace of mind. After checking that there wasn’t anything important for today’s schedule, Sonia felt relieved and went over to the sofa.

However, just when Sonia was about to open the first of the gifts, there was a knock on her office door. She then stopped what she was doing and turned her attention to the door. “Come in.”

In the next instance, the door opened with Daphne entering the office. Sonia was surprised the moment she saw who it was, and she immediately stood up before asking, “Miss Daphne? Why are you here? Shouldn’t you be in the hospital for your surgery today?”

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This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 938

No Regrets

Upon Sonia’s question, Daphne released her grip on the door handle. “I was in the hospital, but decided to leave halfway through.”0

“Halfway through?” Sonia frowned. “What do you mean? You’re not going through with the surgery?”

“Yeah.” Daphne nodded slightly.0

“Why not?” Sonia was even more confused. “Does this mean that you regretted your decision just before the surgery?”

There was that possibility after all. There had been many women who had chosen to give up on their children out of impulsiveness. However, they would regret the moment it was time for them to go past the point of no return. Thus, it would not be out of place for Daphne to suddenly back out from her decision.

However, contrary to Sonia’s assumption, Daphne shook her head. “No, I’m not regretting it now. It’s just… I can’t go through the surgery today.”

“What do you mean?” Although confused, Sonia went over and supported Daphne over to the sofa, as Daphne would have a sore back from standing for a long period of time due to her pregnancy.

Feeling grateful to Sonia, Daphne smiled at her before she answered, “I was in the hospital to prepare for the surgery today. However, just before it was time for my surgery, I met Mrs. Lane.”

“Mrs. Lane?” Sonia was surprised to hear that name popped up.

“Yeah.” Daphne bit her lip.

“What’s wrong with her?” Sonia’s shock turned to anxiety instantly. “Is she sick?” But, that’s impossible. She looked fine when I met her last night!

Sure enough, Daphne shook her head. “No, she’s not sick. She’s just there for a routine medical checkup.”

“So that’s what it was.” Sonia heaved a sigh of relief upon Daphne’s clarification. Phew. As long as she’s fine. That really gave me a scare. She patted her chest to calm the anxiousness in her before she fixed her attention squarely on Daphne. “So, you suddenly decided to leave before the surgery after meeting with Mrs. Lane out of fear of her finding out about your pregnancy?”

Gazing at Sonia, Daphne nodded slightly. “Yes, President, you should know that I was classmates with President Lane back in university. Ever since we graduated, I’ve been his secretary by his side for many years, which is why Mrs. Lane knows me. In the past, when she came to visit him in the office, she would always bring along some homemade snacks for me as well. Over time, we became much closer to the extent that I would be the one accompanying her for meals and walks whenever President Lane was not around. It would not be wrong to even say Mrs. Lane had already treated me as her friend at that point. Hence, if she finds out just what surgery I would be going through today, she would definitely be curious as to the identity of the father of my child. At that point, even if I do lie to her, she might just mention my pregnancy as a topic of gossip to President Lane. By then, he would find out that I am pregnant with his child.”

With her brow wrinkled, Sonia nodded in agreement. “It’s indeed possible for that to happen. After all, you used to be Charles’ secretary. If Mrs. Lane finds out you’re pregnant, she would definitely mention it to Charles.”

“That’s why I immediately asked to postpone the surgery right after meeting with Mrs. Lane,” Daphne said bitterly with a sigh.

Sonia kept her gaze on Daphne. “Mrs. Lane wasn’t suspicious of you being pregnant, right?”

Daphne waved her hand. “I doubt it. She did ask me about why I was in the hospital, but I explained to her that it was just a problem with my neck. Since many office workers who sat in the office the whole year round would have some sort of problem with their necks, Mrs. Lane did not doubt my explanation and only urged me to get some massage device to help relieve my neck.”

“She is a kind person, after all.” Sonia smiled faintly.

Daphne forced a smile. “Yes, Mrs. Lane is a kind person.” For her, anyone fortunate enough to have Grace as their mother-in-law would be lucky indeed, as Grace was a kind person and wasn’t like those kinds of evil mother-in-law that would spite their daughter-in-law. Unfortunately, she would never have the opportunity to become Grace’s daughter-in-law.

Noticing Daphne’s mood slightly taking a turn for the worse, Sonia gently patted her shoulder and assured her, “Alright, time to stop drowning in your thoughts. It was unexpected for you to meet Mrs. Lane in the hospital. Since you couldn’t go through the surgery today, you should take this time to compose yourself before going to the hospital next time.”

“Yeah.” Daphne forced another smile at Sonia.

With that, Sonia took her hand off Daphne’s shoulder. “However, why did you come back to work instead of just going back home to rest?”

“Rather than being bored at home with nothing better to do, I would much prefer coming back to the office and having a look at everyone’s face. President, you don’t have to worry about me. I’ll be extra careful myself,” Daphne replied.

Since Daphne had already said this much, there was nothing more Sonia could say. Thus, she only nodded in response. “Fine. Oh, right, did you have any business meeting me?” asked Sonia, as she noticed that Daphne had no documents with her when she came in. Probably something that isn’t work-related?

As Sonia expected, Daphne sighed helplessly upon her president’s question. “It’s nothing serious. It’s just that I was sent here by the others in the secretary circle.”

“What do you mean?” Sonia became interested.

Daphne shrugged her shoulders while smiling. “It’s all because everyone found out about the many gifts President Fuller gave you and were just full with curiosity as to what those gifts were, as they saw their low-profile president show off the gifts during her entrance here. Since they were too embarrassed to come over and ask you themselves, they pushed me into coming here to ask you, as they thought that you would certainly tell me, the one you’re closest with in the office, about it. Since I had no other choice in the matter, I came here to ask you about it. So, President. You wouldn’t just let me go off without anything to offer to the other secretaries, right?” At this point, Daphne had swept away the despondency and bitterness she felt when she was talking about her pregnancy and was smiling at Sonia.

Noticing that Daphne had perked up, Sonia felt relieved as she had thought that Daphne—despite what she had said about herself—was not at fault. Sonia always felt she was partly responsible for what had happened with Daphne, which was why she always felt a twinge of guilt whenever she was with Daphne. Hence, it was only when Daphne was happy did the heavy feelings in her heart stop weighing her down.

“Naturally I won’t leave you out to dry. Since they want to know about it, I’ll naturally oblige. After all, happiness is meant to be shared, right?” Sonia said with a smile before pointing at the coffee table. “Look, it’s all there. Give me a hand here, would you?”

“That wouldn’t be appropriate of me.” Daphne quickly shook her head while waving her hands. “These are all President Fuller’s gifts to you. How could I help you unwrap them?”

“It’s fine. They’re just presents. Just think of it as me having not enough hands to unwrap them,” Sonia said nonchalantly with a smile.

Daphne’s mouth twitched as a response. “President, what you said is just annoying. If possible, I too would like to have so many gifts that I couldn’t unwrap them all by myself.”

“You will.” Sonia looked at Daphne. “With how wonderful of a person you are, it’ll definitely happen to you eventually.”

“Then I’ll accept your kind words.” Daphne smiled once more.

Saying nothing further, Sonia gave Daphne one of the gifts and asked for her help unwrapping them.

Daphne—who said nothing as well—proceeded to help Sonia unwrap the gifts. Although the gifts were hers, she still felt the simple joy in unwrapping the presents, especially the sense of satisfaction one would have upon seeing what the gifts were. For Daphne, it was truly an indescribable feeling.

In no time, the gifts were all unwrapped with the combined efforts of the two. Looking at the various luxurious gifts, Sonia had not much change in her expression, as she already knew exactly what the gifts were even before they unwrapped them, but she was still happy nonetheless. After all, these were all from Toby.

As for Daphne, she was so shocked that her jaws had dropped to the floor. It was only after a moment passed did she manage to compose herself. Pointing at the gifts on the table, she gulped and said, “Chairman Reed, President Fuller is just too good at winning over a woman!”

This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 939

Going Viral

From the moment she helped unwrap the gifts, she knew that whatever the gifts were would come as a shock. That was not to say that it was how priceless the gifts were that was shocking to Daphne, as she knew the gifts would have been valuable since they were given to Sonia by Toby. After all, if Toby’s gifts weren’t valuable, that would turn everything Sonia knew about him upside down. Hence, Daphne had expected Toby’s gifts to Sonia to be priceless from the very start.

What was truly shocking to Daphne was how she could feel Toby’s sincerity, as these gifts were just perfect for Sonia. For the rich, they would be satisfied with giving women something valuable and expensive without considering the receiver’s feelings, not to mention whether the gifts would suit the receiver. All they knew was just the mere act of giving gifts, as they gave no further care to the aspects of the action itself.

Hence, Toby’s gifts had very well set themselves apart in this aspect, as they were not only priceless, but, more importantly, also showed just how well Toby knew Sonia. The numerous cosmetics, handbags, perfumes, and pieces of jewelry were each very exquisite to the extent that any woman would not be able to keep their eyes away from them. Thus, one should always strive to give the most suitable gifts and not just simply give for the sake of giving, as it was the sincerity behind the gift that would make or break a gift.

Look at all these gifts President Fuller gave Chairman Reed. Each and every one of them are well thought out and suits the chairman very much. If this doesn’t win a woman over, I don’t know what will.

As Sonia listened to what Daphne said, she looked at the gifts, revealing a smile on her face. “I guess he is quite good at winning over someone.” Toby had told her that the gifts he prepared for her would be better than the ones he gave to Grace. Looking at the gifts, it was far better than she had expected. This man, she thought while shaking her head with a smile.

Daphne was also looking at the gifts on the table. “Chairman Reed, these all should be the latest products, right?”

Sonia answered yes before she further clarified, “These aren’t put up for sale yet. Toby got them in advance.”

“President Fuller does indeed have that power to do so.” Daphne nodded before she started urging, “Chairman Reed, hurry up and try them out. I’ll take a picture for you.”

“Alright.” Sonia nodded. Since she had accepted these gifts from Toby, she would naturally choose to use them. If that man caught me not using his gifts, he would be overthinking things again. After all, what difference would there be between her accepting the gifts but never using them and never accepting the gifts in the first place? Hence, when Daphne offered to take a picture for her, she readily agreed to try out the bags and so forth.

As a result, the two of them started playing dress-up in the office.

After Sonia was done trying out all the gifts, she got tired and took a seat on the sofa before taking a drink of water.

Daphne, who was sitting next to Sonia, was sorting out the pictures she had taken for her. When she was done, she handed Sonia’s phone back to her. “Chairman Reed, these pictures came out good. What do you think?”

Placing her drink on the table, she then took the phone and started looking through the photos before giving Daphne a thumbs up. “These are good. Thank you.”

“You’re too kind, Chairman Reed.” Daphne smiled, albeit feeling slightly embarrassed.

Sonia then sent a few of the best photos to Toby. However, perhaps Toby was preoccupied at the moment, as there were no replies from him after she had sent the photos. Nevertheless, she was not disappointed about the lack of reply; she was not the kind of person to force her significant other—regardless of whether they were busy—to immediately reply to her message as a show of her significant other’s love for her.

Furthermore, she knew that Toby would reply the moment he was done with his matters. “Alright, looks like you have some juicy story for your circle of secretaries now that we’re done unwrapping the gifts,” Sonia said with a smile after she kept her phone away and sorted the gifts on the table.

Daphne stood up with a smile on her face. “Looks like it. I’m guessing the others are now beside themselves with anticipation. However, it’d be much more accurate to say even the employees on the lower floors are hoping to get news from the top floor. After all, everyone just loves gossiping here. It would be impossible for only the top floor employees to be curious about President Fuller’s gifts.”110797

“That’s true. Well, since they are dying to know about it, you should quickly let them know,” Sonia said wryly.

Daphne pushed her glasses up. “Understood. Then, I shall take my leave here, Chairman Reed.” Saying that, she bowed before turning around and walking toward the door.

However, before Daphne could even take her third step, Sonia called out to her. “Wait a minute.”

“Chairman Reed, do you have anything more to add?” Daphne asked curiously after stopping.

Sonia’s expression gradually grew stern. “Did you hear about Rentoor breaching the contract?” she asked.0

Since Sonia was talking about official matters, Daphne became serious as well. “I do. Jordan has notified me about it.” Jordan was her assistant.

Sonia nodded. “Good. I need you to draw up a detailed table about the money the company would need under the assumption that a spare part could not be recovered.” In the event that Sonia couldn’t get the spare part back, she would have to follow Charles’ suggestion to get a loan from the bank. With a detailed table breaking down the cost, she would know how much the loan she needed from the bank was going to be.

“Understood. I’ll hand them to you before the end of the day, Chairman Reed,” Daphne replied with a serious expression. Since she knew that this was a serious matter, she tried not to delay the report.

Satisfied, Sonia replied, “Good. Leaving it to you does put me at ease. You can leave now.”

“Take care, Chairman Reed.”

After Daphne left, Sonia rubbed her temples before she exhaled and walked over to her desk. Soon, everyone in the company would know just what Toby’s gifts to her were, as Daphne, who had her express permission, would be spreading the news out to the others in the secretary’s office. From there, the secretaries would further spread the news to the various cliques. In no time at all, the whole company would have caught wind of the news.

Soon, feelings of envy filled the air of the building. Naturally, some felt sour and even angry about it, as not everyone would only be purely jealous about the fact Sonia had received numerous expensive gifts. After all, there would always be conflict wherever there were people, and it was only human to feel envious, as well as jealous. Nevertheless, however jealous they were, they could not act on it, as there was nothing they could do.

Regardless, the matter of Toby’s gifts to Sonia did not merely end with the employees of Paradigm Co. On the contrary, the news spread like wildfire and eventually made the headlines on the internet. At the end of the day, humans—who could not appease their jealousy and envy—would wish for others to share the same negative feelings they were feeling. Thus, the employees of Paradigm Co. had spread it all over the internet.

The news of Toby and Sonia caught the eyes of a number of marketing and media teams. The moment they noticed the news, they immediately did articles of their own with many others following suit. As a result of the hype created by these marketing and media teams, the news of Toby’s gifts to Sonia eventually became the most trending topic on the internet.

There were many netizens that had even gone to Sonia’s profile to take a look at the photos of Toby’s gifts, as they wished to open their eyes to how valuable and extravagant the gifts a rich man would give. There were even some that had gone to Toby’s profile to leave comments containing words like ‘Honey,’ ‘Darling,’ ‘Sweetheart,’ and all sorts of cringeworthy endearments while asking for gifts as well. Anyone watching such comments would definitely squirm inside. However, that was still not the height of it.

It was when the photos of the gifts were posted online by someone who claimed to be an employee of Paradigm Co. did the hype reach its climax. At first, without the photos, everyone was merely shooting the breeze and laughing about it. However, with the photos, each and every one of the netizens went into a crazed frenzy.

This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 940

Nation’s Husband

In particular, after some skilled netizens dug up the specific information and value of the gifts, the internet fell into complete chaos. All of the girls envied Sonia for receiving these gifts that were enough to drive women crazy, and even more envied her for having such a rich, handsome, and caring man who could give her these presents anytime and anywhere.

The men, on the other hand, mumbled sourly that it was just a few bucks that shouldn’t make these women lose their minds that much. Clearly, women were all gold diggers and only loved the rich. There were even many people who said that the reason why Sonia got back together with Toby must be because he was wealthy. If not, why did she choose to be with him and not another man?

All in all, while these men looked down on Sonia and the crazed fangirls on the internet, they were also envious of Toby’s wealth and couldn’t help but fantasize that if they had so much money, it would be them who were being praised now. Even those women, whom they could only dream about but never have, would be throwing themselves at their feet, right? Of course, it was just their fantasies and they didn’t have that much money in reality. In the end, they were only jealous.

All of a sudden, various jokes appeared on the internet in an endless stream, and some even said that they wanted to possess Sonia’s body so that the gifts and a man like Toby would be theirs. Meanwhile, others named Toby as the nation’s husband, and this title unanimously received the approval of the people on the internet and immediately began trending. At this point, Toby’s position as the nation’s husband was settled. Therefore, when he came out of the conference room after the meeting ended, he felt that the way his employees looked at him had changed in a way that he had never seen before, but he didn’t know what their gazes meant or whether they were good or bad.

“Look into it.” Toby ordered Tom behind him as he walked to the office with a frown.

Tom had clearly also seen the way the employees were looking at Toby and managed to guess what happened, so he replied while pushing his glasses up, “Understood, President Fuller.”

Saying that, he took out his phone and made a call. Once he was done and hung up the call, he looked at Toby and smiled. “President Fuller, it’s good news.”

“Good news?” Toby stopped in front of the office and looked back at him. “What’s the good news?”

“This is what happened.” Tom replied with a smile, “Didn’t you give Miss Reed a lot of gifts at noon?”

Toby nodded slightly. “Does the good news have to do with those gifts?”

“Yes.” Tom nodded. “Miss Reed took the gifts to Paradigm Co. and told her employees what you gave her, then the employees spread it onto the internet. Now, the netizens are extremely envious of Miss Reed and call her the happiest woman. They even named you as the Nation’s Husband.”

“Nation’s Husband?” Toby raised his eyebrows. What kind of name was that?

Seeing Toby’s slightly puzzled look, Tom knew that he didn’t understand internet slang and explained with a smile, “It means that a man who is tall, handsome, rich, and has a good personality is the ideal husband. They call dream guys like this the nation’s husband. Because they can’t get someone like this, they can only call him their husband on the internet to satisfy themselves.”

“I see.” Toby’s eyes flashed suddenly as he came to an understanding. These people had good taste for knowing that he was not only tall and handsome, but also a dream guy. Unfortunately, he wasn’t their dream guy.

Toby turned around and opened the office door before walking in with Tom following closely behind. After he came to his desk, he pulled his chair out and sat down, then pointed at the pile of documents on the desk. “These are urgent documents sent by various departments. Send them out later.”

“Understood,” Tom replied with a nod.

Toby pulled on his tie and asked, “Have you found out whether Connor and Anya are father and daughter yet?”

“I’m sorry, President Fuller, I haven’t.” Tom shook his head and explained truthfully, “I’ve already acquired Anya’s DNA, but we’re facing some trouble on Connor’s end. He hasn’t been out of the hotel for the past two days, and he usually doesn’t let the hotel staff in to clean his room, so we can’t even ask the staff to take some of his hair.”

Hence, his investigation was stuck here. When Toby heard Tom’s ashamed answer, he was not angry, nor did he want to blame him. It was a fact that Connor had always been vigilant. Otherwise, why was he able to commit so many crimes that harmed other companies in Westsanshire without getting caught?

“All right. Keep watching him and get his DNA if you have the chance.” Toby waved his hand.

Tom nodded. “Yes, sir.”

As his business was finished, he carried the pile of documents out.

After he left, Toby rubbed his temples, then took out his phone from his pocket. The moment he turned it on, he saw a bunch of messages from Sonia. The number of messages suggested that she had sent a lot. This made Toby’s expression tighten; he thought that something had happened. Why else would she send so many messages all of a sudden? Thinking that, he hurriedly tapped on the messages to check. However, he realized after a glance that he had been overthinking. Nothing had happened to her, and all of her messages were just pictures of her.

In the photos, she was wearing the bags, jewelry, and heels that he had given her. Under these photos, there was also a text message from her asking him if she looked good. Of course, Toby didn’t care too much about this text.

What he cared more about was the one after it, which was also her final text where she said that she used the perfume he gave her and it smelled good, but unfortunately, there was no way to show it in her photos, so she didn’t take any as he couldn’t see it anyway. This message was followed by a sticker of a sad kitten. Although the kitten looked regretful, there was a triumphant and mischievous smile in its eyes. Clearly, Sonia was joking that he couldn’t see the picture of her using the perfume, and if he looked into her words even further, she was implying that he couldn’t smell the fragrance wafting off her body.

Ha… Toby’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly as his lips curled into a small smile. This woman was getting bolder now, enough to dare to seduce him on her own. I can’t smell it, huh? Let’s see whether I can or not when I go back home at night.

Toby’s eyes flickered before he typed out a reply. ‘It looks good. It suits you very well.’

After sending it, he scrolled up the conversation and saved the photos that Sonia sent one by one.

Once he finished, he recalled what Tom had just said outside the office and opened a page on his browser to check the news on the internet. Sure enough, as Tom said, the fact that he gave Sonia gifts was trending on the internet. As he looked at the comments that were envying Sonia, his lips curled up into a bigger smile. Of course they envied her. Everyone should be jealous of his woman.

However, when Toby saw them calling him their husband under his comment section, he immediately frowned. Husband? Were they worthy of calling him that? What if his Little Leaf misunderstood? At this, his face darkened, and he clicked on the comments before typing hurriedly and hitting the send button.

Soon after, someone on the internet discovered that Toby’s personal Facebook, which had not been updated for a long time, had a new post!

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