Chapter 105
When Tom heard Toby’smand, he did not dawdle and immediately started the car.
The moment the car pulled away from the curb, his gaze flickered over to where Sonia and Charles
were standing at the entrance of the building, and he sighed quietly.
I wonder whatpelled President Fuller to divorce Miss Reed in order to be with Miss Gray. Now
he’s paying more attention to Miss Reed than ever, despite having separated. If he had known how
unhappy he would be to see her getting close with another man, surely he would not have gotten a
divorce in the first ce.
Presently, Sonia and Charles did not notice the ck sedan that drove away from the scene. She
nced down at his hand and asked, “You said there was something on my head. What was it?” “It
was a piece of lint, but I''ve thrown it away. It must havee off your shirt or something,” he
answered dismissively, waving his hand.
She did not doubt this and nodded. “Okay, then. I’m going in now. Be safe on the way home.”
“I will,” he said.
She turned to leave while he stood in the same spot, watching her retreating figure until it
disappeared into the elevator. Still, he remained where he was and looked up at the window on one
of the floors of the building. He smiled when it lit up, then lifted his foot to walk away, bracing
through the pins and needles in his legs.
The next day, Sonia showed up for work at Paradigm Co., and she was about to settle down in her
office when Daphne brisk-walked into the office. Thetter was a bundle of nerves as she said,
“Something bad has happened, President
Reed.”
What is it?” Sonia asked as she slipped the strap of her handbag off her shoulder.
Daphne had no idea how to start her exnation and passed the tablet to Sonia instead. “See for
yourself.”
Sonia raised a brow as she took the tablet, then lowered her head to scan through the contents.
There was a video of a riot pulled up on the tablet, and judging from the way the clip shook every
now and then, it was clear to see that someone had recorded it on their phone. Nheless, the
quality was clear enough.
Sonia saw an olddy sitting on the ground alongside a middle-aged woman. The both of them
were sobbing as they let out a torrent of abuse, which sounded harsh and unpleasant to the ears.
Surrounding them were a bunch of construction workers who were pointing at them while
discussing among themselves.
The video was a short one, and it didn’t take long for Sonia to get to the end of it. However, her face
was grim as she asked, “This is our site, isn’t it?”
“It is,” Daphne confirmed.
“Why are they causing a scene at the site?” Sonia’s brows furrowed as she pointed at the olddy
and her middle-agedpanion.
Daphne let out a quick sigh. “The head of the construction team sent the clip over, and he said that
the excavator on site flung lumps of dried dirt that ended up killing the olddy’s and the woman’s
husband and son, respectively.”
“What?” Sonia faltered. “Their husband and son were killed?”
“That’s what the women are saying. They imed that their husband and son were walking by the
construction site one night when they were hit byrge lumps of dried dirt; they died on the spot,”
Daphne rified.
Sonia was incredulous. “The incident happened at night? But no one was working on the site at
night, so there is no way that the excavator could have been operating then! Besides, the entire site
was barricaded, and the excavator was operating in the center of thepound. How in the world
could their husband and son get into the site in the first ce? Are they seriously saying that dried
dirt could be flung over hundreds of meters?”
This is obviously a false allegation!
More to the point, the construction workers were dispatched by the government, which meant that
any fatality on-site would be taken care of discreetly before the two women could even get the
chance to riot.
Daphne, too, was equally incredulous. “And now the two women are causing trouble while insisting
that wepensate for their losses.”
“How much are they asking for?” Sonia asked casually as she took a sip of her coffee. She was no
longer worried now that she knew the incident was fake.
Daphne raised her hand and stretched her five fingers, then said, “Five million. They’re saying that
they would obstruct our construction work by causing a stir on the inte if we don’tpensate
them.”
“Five million. How bold of them to ask for such a ludicrous amount from the get-go.” Sonia scoffed
coldly. “As far as I’m concerned, they aren’t really asking for money; they want to get in the way of
the construction.”
It would be foolish for anyone to fork out five million to stifle people like them.
“No way.” Daphne’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Why would two women keep us from nt
construction, anyway?”
“Because someone else is orchestrating this, and these two women are just puppets,” Sonia
exined tly as she narrowed her eyes.
Daphne’s jaw dropped when she heard this.
“President Reed, are you saying that someone paid for these two women to cause a scene at the
site?”
“There’s an 80% chance that that is true, otherwise it would take a lot more than two women to
gang up and defraud us of five million. Someone’s backing them up and giving them instructions,
and whoever it is knows that we won’t fork out five million, nor could we afford to. The mastermind’s
intention is as clear as day,” Sonia borated icily.
Her analysis of the situation took Daphne by surprise. “If that’s the case, then whoever is
orchestrating this is an odious person indeed! Did we rub anyone the wrong way?”
Sonia pursed her red lips. “Have you forgotten the person who has been eyeing mynd?”
“Titus! You’re talking about President Gray, aren’t you?” Daphne answered hurriedly.
Sonia nodded. “That’s right. It has to be him. He practically warned me that he woulde after
that piece ofnd when he failed to buy it from me, not to mention his attempt at barring all the
engineering teams in Seafield from working on our nt construction. Now that Titus knows the
construction is underway, he’ll do anything he can to stop it.”
“How shameless could he be?” Daphne hissed angrily.
The corners of Sonia’s lips curled up in an ominous smirk. “How shameless, indeed. But I have to
admit that he’s made a clever move this time. ording to thew, any fatality on-site would
warrant the construction to halt for three months, but we’d still have to go on paying the wages for
all the workers as well as other necessary expenses.
“Not to mention the penalty that we’d have to pay if we don’tplete the construction on time,”
Daphne added.
Sonia nodded. “Precisely. Once the projectes to an abrupt halt, we won’t be able toplete
the construction within the stipted time. The penalty and all the other payments would be enough
to crush us. Titus is nning to kill two birds with one stone.”
Even if Titus did not seed in stopping the construction works, he might very well bankrupt her
company.
He might even ruin her reputation in the process, considering somebody died on her construction
site due to alleged negligence. It would be hard for her to make aeback from such an incident,
and though this was a low blow on his part, she had to admit it was a ruthless and clever move on
his part.
“So what should we do, President Reed?”
Daphne asked worriedly.
Regardless of the situation, Sonia was nonchnt as a bubble of mirth escaped her parted lips.
“Oh, there’s nothing to worry about. We’ll just let him wreak havoc however he wants.”
“What do you mean?” Daphne was bewildered.
Sonia did not answer but returned the question with a question instead. “How’s the government’s
museum project going?”
“They’veid down the foundation for it.”
A glimmer shed in Sonia’s eyes as she perked up and said, “Well then, you could try to get the
word out to Titus and tell him that the museum construction is part of our nt project as well.”
At that moment,prehension dawned upon Daphne, whose eyes lit up as she gave Sonia a
thumbs-up. “Talk about a brilliant strategy,
President Reed!”
Sonia smiled. “Remember—he can’t find out that we’re the ones who leaked the word.”
“Got it.”
“Go back to your desk now. There’s nothing more we can do about this. We’ll just have to let
someone else teach Titus a lesson.” With that, Sonia waved her hand to dismiss her secretary.
“Yes, ma’am.” Daphne turned on her heels and left.
Meanwhile, it wasn’t long before Titus heard the news, and his face darkened as he brought his fist
down on the desk. “What? She’s taken upon construction for two nts?”
“Yes, because it would be a waste to build just one nt on thatrge piece ofnd, so she decided
to build two instead,” his assistant answered respectfully.
Titus grew thunderous at this, and his wizened features twisted into a menacing grimace.
Thend was in a prime location with excellent topography, and itsmercial value was
impressive. It would be a waste to use it for nts, regardless of how many Sonia nned on
building.
At the thought of how Sonia was going to sully the pricelessnd that was supposed to be his, Titus
felt as if someone had stabbed him in the heart with a knife.
“President Gray, should we carry on with the false riot?” the assistant asked cautiously when he
noticed the shift in the atmosphere.
Titus was sullen as he snapped, “What do you think? Get someone over and deface that nt of
hers immediately!” “Yes, sir.” The assistant nodded and immediately left to carry out thistest set of
instructions.
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Just then, Toby and Tom walked into the office.
“Titus, did I just hear you say you want to deface Sonia’s nt?” Toby frowned as he asked, but
there was no telling if he was angry about this.
Titus waved his assistant away before looking over at Toby. “So, you heard everything?”
“Pretty much.” Toby shrugged slightly.
Titus narrowed his eyes dangerously. “You don’t happen to be asking so you could stop my ns
and help your ex-wife, do you?