Madam Escaped Again Sir novel Chapter 553

Sonia nodded as she didn’t want to keep it a secret from him. “Yes.”

Charles’ face immediately darkened.

“What did she tell you?”

“Mrs. Lane didn’t really tell me anything besides our current situation,” she answered as she glanced at him.

However, he clenched his fists. “Who is she to poke her nose in my issues?”

Upon noticing how displeased Charles was at Grace’s intervention, Sonia frowned. “Charles, Mrs. Lane only did that for us.”

“I don’t need her help!” Charles looked like he was extremely exasperated as his face reddened.

“Charles—”

“Enough!” He took a deep breath and tried to suppress his temper before he asked calmly, “That’s enough, hah—no, is it alright if I address you as Sonny instead?”

When she heard Charles’ new nickname for her, Sonia grinned before nodding. “Of course.”

When he received Sonia’s approval, Charles’ expression improved. “I’m sorry. I know I have probably scared you earlier. It’s just that I suddenly received a call from my mom just now and she told me that she had a talk with you. She also wanted me to let go of my feelings for you, so I came to look for you because I’m worried that she might have said something mean to you.”

She nodded in realization. “I see. However, you’re worrying too much. Mrs. Lane was gentle with me and she didn’t say anything mean at all.”

“Thank goodness.” He sighed in relief.

For the past two days, he had been in a bad mood and isolated himself while drinking in his room. He only had himself to blame for being down in the dumps, so when he heard that Grace had looked for Sonia, he was afraid that she would blame Sonia for what had happened to him.

Fortunately, Grace was a rational person.

“Charles.” Sonia rose from her seat. “Are you annoyed that Mrs. Lane intervened in our matter?”

Upon hearing that, Charles’ expression slightly darkened. “Just a little, but it’s alright.”

He had to admit that he wasn’t the best and had always been a coward when it came to his relationship with Sonia.

However, he was already past 30 years old and he didn’t need his mother to intervene just to help him resolve things. It’s really embarrassing.

And that was the reason why he had badly reacted to Grace inviting Sonia out.

“Charles, Mrs. Lane is just worried for you.” Sonia tried to reassure Charles while he glanced at his watch. “Yeah, I get it. Anyway, it’s late, so I’m leaving now.”

With that, he started to make his way out of Sonia’s office.

After taking a few steps forward, Charles suddenly noticed Daphne’s presence and narrowed his eyes. “Come out with me for a moment.”

Daphne immediately flinched and lowered her head before she mumbled a reply, “Alright.”

Then, they left Sonia’s office one after another while Sonia tilted her head in confusion as she watched their retreating figures.

That’s weird. Why does Daphne look like she’s afraid of Charles ? Something is wrong here. Daphne had worked alongside Charles as his secretary for a few years before she was transferred to help me out a few months ago. While she respects Charles, she definitely isn’t afraid of him, so why is she being fearful of him now? What happened between them?

Now that they were outside, Charles took Daphne to the elevator and turned around before staring at her from above to ask coldly, “Did you tell her about what happened the other day?”

She didn’t even have to think who he was referring to as she quickly shook her head. “No. Definitely not. Even if you didn’t ask me to, I still won’t tell President Reed about it.”

His expression visibly relaxed. “I see. Remember what you have promised me. She definitely can’t know about this.”

“I’ll remember it,” she quietly answered.

As Charles looked at her, a conflicted look flashed in his eyes. “Did you take the medicine?”

At this moment, Daphne felt a sharp pain in her heart as she clenched her fists before answering, “I did.”

“That’s good to know. If there’s nothing else, you may return to your work.” Charles sighed in relief before he turned