Chapter 1234
The man in ck looked at Sonia, seemingly asking for the woman''s permission.
After Sonia nodded lightly at him, he followed the secretaries and assistants into the vast office,
then began gathering Daphne''s things.
Because of the increased speed from working together, within a few minutes, Daphne''s things were
all gathered and ced into tworge cardboard boxes.
The man in ck bent over and carried the two boxes in his arms. After informing Sonia, he walked
straight toward the elevator.
Sonia and Lina stood outside therge office, watching him leave.
Lina sighed. "I know that Daphne resigned in pursuit of a better future; it''s a good thing, but when I
saw her leave, I still felt sad inside."
With that, she turned to look at Sonia.
She thought that Sonia would feel the same, but unexpectedly, she saw Sonia frowning while
looking in the direction the man left.
"What''s wrong, President Reed?" Lina nced in the direction the man in ck went, then back at
Sonia, hastily asking, "Is something off about that man?"
If not, Sonia wouldn''t have such an expression.
Sonia shook her head, then nodded. "No, it''s just that I feel like I''ve seen this man somewhere
before."
She had originally decided to ignore that notion.
However, when she watched the man in ck leaving with the boxes, a sense of familiarity surged
in her mind once again.
The sense of familiarity invaded her twice, so she didn''t think it was just an illusion.
Therefore, she had seen this man before but couldn''t remember where.
"You''ve seen him before?" Lina was stunned. "That''s impossible, though. Unless you''ve been to her
house, how could you have met Daphne''s neighbor before?"
Sonia shook her head. "That is exactly what''s bothering me. I haven''t been there, but I feel like I''ve
seen this man before. I wouldn''t be acting like this otherwise."
"That''s weird." Lina rubbed her chin. "Logically speaking, you wouldn''t have met him before if you''d
never been to Daphne''s house. Could it be that you''ve seen him somewhere else?"
"I think so too. Perhaps you''ve seen him somewhere before," answered Sonia while rubbing her
temples.
Lina said, "But if that man can easily carry tworge filled boxes, he must be undeniably strong. He
also has an umon aura about him, and I don''t think he looks like a normal guy. He looks more
like a soldier or a bodyguard."
"Bodyguard?" A sh of inspiration urred to Sonia as she instantly thought of something. She
widened her eyes.
When Lina noticed this, she promptly asked, "President Reed, do you remember now?"
Sonia nodded, her expression a little serious. "When you mentioned the word ''bodyguard'', I
remember now that I''ve seen this man before. It was at Charles''pany. He is indeed a
bodyguard; one of Charles'' bodyguards, to be exact. However, Charles doesn''t like having his
bodyguards with him, so they are usually stationed in the security department of Lane Corporation. I
must have seen him at Lane Corporation before."
"I can''t believe he''s President Lane''s bodyguard," Lina eximed in surprise. "Are you sure,
President Reed?"
"Absolutely." Sonia nodded earnestly.
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A shocked Lina stared in the direction the man in ck had disappeared, then gulped. "Didn''t he
say that he''s Daphne''s neighbor? Why is he President Lane''s bodyguard now? Is he lying?"
She immediately looked at Sonia.
Sonia pursed her red lips as she remained silent, for she couldn''t understand it either.
If he were Charles'' bodyguard, why would he tell them that he was Daphne''s neighbor?
Could it be that this man was indeed Daphne''s neighbor, and he lived near Daphne''s house while
coincidentally working as Charles'' bodyguard as well?
Even though it was possible, it wasn''t likely.
Of course, there could be another reason, and it was just as Lina had guessed; this man had lied.
He wasn''t Daphne''s neighbor; he was just Charles'' bodyguard who hade to help gather
Daphne''s things under Charles'' orders.
If not, how could Daphne possibly order Charles'' bodyguards around?
After all, Charles hated Daphne. Putting aside the possibility of him lending his bodyguard to
Daphne, the two were no longer involved, so Daphne wouldn''t have the guts to ask Charles for
someone to help her collect her stuff.
What exactly was going on here? Sonia could only give Charles or Daphne a call to get an answer.
Also, for some reason, she had a feeling that there must be a secret within there somewhere.
"President Reed?" Noticing that Sonia was in a daze, Lina couldn''t help but wave as she called out.
Sonia''s eyes twinkled as she recovered her senses, then smiled at Lina. "It''s nothing. I''ll give
Charles a call and ask him why his bodyguard was moving Daphne''s stuff for her. I wonder if he
knows what''s going on."
Lina nodded.
Sonia turned and went back to her office. After sitting down, she instantly took out her phone and
dialed Charles'' number.
Charles answered the call immediately. His casual voice sounded right away as he asked, "Hey,
why the sudden phone call? Do you miss me or something? Hehe, did you suddenly realize that I''m
way better, so you want to dump Toby ande back to me?"
Of course, Sonia knew he was kidding and that he had no intention of probing her on purpose. After
all, he knew well that she would never break up with Toby.
At least, not for now.
He had joked about those things to tease her a little.
Sonia rolled her eyes. "Enough, Charles. Stop the nonsense and get serious. I have something to
talk to you about."
"Fine, I''ll stop fooling around. What is it?" On the other end of the line, Charles was also sitting in his
own office. He was leaningzily in his office chair, and his feet were propped on his office desk.
As soon as he heard that Sonia had serious business to talk about, he immediately adjusted his
ck posture and hastily lowered his feet, proceeding to sit upright.
"It''s not something too important, but it''s like an itch I can''t scratch if I don''t get to the bottom of it."
Sonia rubbed between her eyebrows as she spoke in a slightlyden tone.
When Charles heard that, he was instantly worried. "What exactly is it, Sonny? Tell me."
Seeing that the problem at hand could turn into a bother if she didn''t get to the bottom of it, he
guessed that it couldn''t have been a minor problem like she imed it was.
"Let me ask you this, Charles. Did you send a bodyguard to my ce to gather Daphne''s things?"
When Sonia posed the question, she pursed her red lips slightly.
On the other end of the line, Charles frozepletely.
After waiting for a few seconds in vain for his reply, Sonia already had an answer. "As expected, it''s
your doing. That man was lying about being Daphne''s neighbor. He was just following your orders,
pretending to be Daphne''s neighbor so that he coulde here and get her stuff. In the likely event
that we didn''t believe him, you even told Daphne''s mother about it. Charles, what a thoughtful man
you are."
If she hadn''t realized that the man was his bodyguard, she wouldn''t have known that he would go
through so much plotting just to move some stuff.
Charles parted his lips a little and finally found his voice after a while. "Since you know that already,
I won''t deceive you any longer. I did send the man there, and I did inform Daphne and her mother
about it. I did it so that—"
"So that I won''t find out that you''re the one who sent him. That''s why you worked with Daphne and
her mother to put on a show so that I would think that he''s Daphne''s neighbor instead of your
subordinate, right?" Sonia''s expression was dark as she interrupted him.
Charles lowered his head guiltily. "Yes…"