When Rita saw that Sonia was fine, she secretly sighed in relief. "President Reed, I shall leave now."
"Wait," Sonia called out, promptly stopping the retreating figure. She continued, "I told you before that I'd talk to Charles about Daphne. I discussed this with him over the new year. He didn't want to let her go, but you don't have to worry about her safety. He won't do anything to her."
Rita was exhilarated to hear that. "Oh, that's great! I always worried that President Lane might hurt her. You know how he treated her before."
She did not need to explain Charles' behavior, for it was widely understood.
Sonia rubbed her temples. "I had a long talk with him. I believe he will eventually realize that he had been treating Daphne wrongly. By then, she will be free. That's why I didn't force him to let her go. Even if I did, he wouldn't accept the decision, and I might even push him to make some extreme ones. That's why I want to give him some time to cool down and think through his actions. During this time, he will not lay a finger on Daphne."
"Anyway, as long as President Lane doesn't hurt her, I have no other worries. The rest are their privacy. I don't think we're in a position to interfere. If we cross a line and make him feel like the entire world is against him, he might be pushed to an extreme."
Sonia replied, "You're very right."
"Alright. I will go back to work."
"Sure." Sonia waved at her.
After Rita left, Sonia was alone again in the office. She opened her palm and stared at the USB drive that was now hot to touch because of her grip. She was drowned in bitterness once more.
This was Carl's final gift for her as an apology for what he had done to her. She knew that he meant for it to be an apology, and that was the reason she felt upset.
She never wanted any gift or apology from him. She just wanted him back, but that was impossible now.
She clutched the item tightly but did not plan to check the contents, for she was still deep in sorrow from Carl's disappearance. Tina was not as important to her as him.
Throughout the day, she was in no mood to work. After settling the pile of documents on her desk, she spent her time spacing out in her office until it was time to get off work. She perked up a little and drove herself back to the hospital.
At first, she did not plan to tell Toby about Carl's visit today. However, his first question for her was…
"Why did Carl Lee meet you?"
It hit her that any of her movements would never escape Toby's eyes. The bodyguards he arranged for her were tailing her 24/7. Therefore, they could not miss the event that Carl had visited Paradigm Co., so they proceeded to inform Toby about it.
"He visited me to discuss important matters." Sonia put down her bag and walked up to him. "But I'm surprised that you didn't call me. You're being very chill today."
Carl Lee met with her in the morning, which was around the time Toby got the news, but he surprisingly did not make a move on it. That was uncharacteristic of his jealous self.
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