Daphne could understand why Sonia had hated Jessica so much.
From what Charles shared, Daphne heard that when Paradigm Co. was on the brink of bankruptcy 6 years ago, not only did Jessica and her mother not help out with the struggle, they also left with the money Henry received from selling his shares of the company, which finally led to the downhearted Henry committing suicide by jumping off a building.
One could say that Henry was indirectly killed by Jessica and her mother. Now that Paradigm Co. had finally started to flourish again, they instead came back to snatch the shares from Sonia. Therefore, it was impossible for Sonia not to hate them.
As time passed, the elevator finally arrived at the intended floor, so Sonia took a step forward to exit. After heading out, she could see a man leaning on a Maybach not far away. The man seemed to be pressing something on the phone in his hand with his head down.
Soon, Sonia felt a vibration from her phone. She knew that he was definitely sending her a message.
Next to her was Daphne, who had also noticed Toby as she said to Sonia in surprise, “Chairman Reed, why is President Fuller here?”
Without answering Daphne, Sonia walked toward him with a faint smile on her lips. Daphne quickly caught up to her after reading the situation.
When Toby heard their footsteps, he lifted his head and saw Sonia while lowering his brows. “You’re here.”
“Yup, I’m here.” She nodded.
Looking at them, Daphne blinked in surprise. What’s going on? Did the two of them plan to meet each other?! Also, why do I feel an ambiguous atmosphere between them?
“Where’s Jessica?” Toby asked while looking around.
Sonia pointed at a van not far away.
“She is in that van.”
After glancing at the pointed direction, he nodded slightly. “Get in the car. We’ll use mine.”
“Okay.” She nodded in agreement.
Toby reached out and opened the car door, allowing Sonia to bend down to sit inside. Then, he looked behind her and threw the car keys to Daphne.
She was quick enough to catch the keys but was left confused as she stared at them. “President Fuller, you are...”
“You'll drive the car,” he uttered faintly before entering the car and sitting beside Sonia.
Meanwhile, Daphne was left standing there, not knowing what to do. Should I listen to his orders or not? Although I'm Chairman Reed’s employee, President Fuller’s position is much higher than hers, so I can’t disobey him either. Therefore, she found herself not knowing what to do.
Inside the car, Sonia understood the difficult position that Daphne was in, so she lowered the car window and stretched out her head in front of Toby. “Listen to him. He is coming with us too.”
“I understand.” Daphne was no longer at a loss with Sonia’s assurance, so she quickly nodded and went around the front of the car to the driver seat. The car was finally on the move.
On the way, Toby suddenly opened the car locker and took out a bottle of drink from inside. After he opened the lid, he handed the bottle over to Sonia. “Drink this.” “What is this?” She received the bottle with confusion.
He chuckled and answered, “It is a nutritional drink, and it’s extremely useful whenever you are tired. I specially asked Tom to buy it before coming to pick you up.”
“Is that so? Let me try it.” Sonia looked at the drink in her hand for a while before lifting her head to give it a taste.
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