Chapter 23
Ever since Sonia returned homest night, she was in a bad mood, so she drank until midnight. In a
daze, she didn’t sleep long before she was awakened by a phone ringing.
Slowlying to her senses, she
reached for her phone that was on the
bedside table and answered, “Hello?”
“President Reed, it’s me-Daphne.”
Upon hearing the other party’s
spontaneous introduction, Sonia
sobered up a bit and quickly
remembered who she was.
The person on the other end was
Charles’ secretary. Charles was afraid
that after she entered Paradigm Co.,
she would have none of her own
people around her, so he gave his secretary to her
“What’s the matter?” Sonia asked while
walking toward the bathroom.
Daphne informed, “There are a few
urgent documents that you need to
settle at thepany. When will you
being to the office?”
Sonia figured the matter was very
urgent, so she nced at the time on
her phone. “Around 8.30AM.”
“All right.”
After hanging up the phone, Sonia washed her face with cold water and lelt much better. But, she drank
a lot of winest night, so her head still hurt. She looked in the mirror, and her
expression was a little unpleasant.
After washing up, Sonia tightly pursed her lips when she left the bedroom and
saw the state of the living room.
I must‘ve been out of my mindst night
to have drunk so much.
When Sonia arrived at the office, it was
8.30AM sharp. She had just set one
foot down in the office when Daphne
appeared behind her.
“President Reed, this is the urgent document that needs to be signed.”
“Okay.” While opening the file, she asked the secretary, “Has the contract with Dwells been signed?”
“Originally, it was supposed to be signed at 9.00AM today, but Dwells
regretted it,” Daphne reported helplessly.
“They’re not signing it anymore?” Sonia
frowned and took out her phone. Til
call Charles and ask him to talk to
them.”
Daphne hurriedly said, “President Reed, don’t call him. He was going to go to
Dwells to talk business with them thi
moming, but after answering a call, he
told me that there’s something at his
Upon hearing this, Sonia stopped calling him.
She was so focused on getting Charles
to help that she almost forgot he had
his ownpany to run and that he
had a lot to deal with too.
Seeing that Sonia was silent, Daphne
asked, “Then, President Reed, may
leave?”
“Help me check Dwells” boss” Itinerary for today.” After taking a deep breath, Sonia ordered her
secretary. “Report to me as soon as you find out. I’ll settle
these few documents first.”
Daphne was taken aback. “Didn’t
Charles say to wait for him toe
back to deal with it?”
“He’s very busy as well, so I can’t wait
for him to handle everything.” Sonia
pursed her lips. “Besides, now that I’m
in this position, I have to learn
whatever it is I don’t know yet.
Otherwise, I’ll be criticized before I
secure my position.”
“Okay. You do your work, President Reed. I’ll go find out.” Daphne quickly
left the office, leaving Sonia alone to busy herself with work.
Because Sonia had only recentlye
into contact with these matters, added
with the fact that there were many
jargons in the documents, the speed at
which she read the documents was
extremely slow, so by noon, only one third of them had been processed.
After hastily eating the lunch sent by
her secretary, she continued to look
through the rest.
It was only at 2.30PM that she finished
processing all the documents.
Sonia rubbed her sore neck and when
she saw the phone on the table light up
to indicate that there was a new
message, she opened it to check.
Carl: ‘Sonia, thepany has arranged
a job for me. I need to go to Palmont for a business trip for two months. Because of the time difference, I
can’t
reply to your messages in time. If you
encounter an emergency, you can call the number I left for you.”
Sonia: ‘All right. Take care of yourself
there.”
As soon as Sonia replied to his
message, another message popped up at the top of the screen, telling her that
money had been transferred into one
of her bank ounts. When she saw the amount, her eyes widened slightly
90 million Could it be that Charles has
already sold the Ocean‘s Heart?
At this moment, Carl sent another
message: ‘l know Paradigm Co.’s
situation isn’t good now, and you need some liquid funds. You can use this
money first. Tell me if it isn’t enough.”
Sonia: ‘I still have money in my
ount. If I’m really in trouble, I’ll ask
Charles for help. I can’t take your
money.’
Carl’s reply came in an instant. ‘Six
years ago, if it weren’t for your help. I
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belongs to you, Sonia.”
Sonia’s heart felt warm when she saw
his message, and she stopped
refusing
Sonia: ‘Okay. I’ll treat it as you lending
money to Paradigm Co. When we rise,
the money will be given back to you,
plus interest.”
At this moment, there was a knock on
the office door.
“Come in.”
Daphne pushed open the door and
walked in with a box of fruits in her
arms. “President Reed, the delivery
man from Four Seasons Orchard sent
this.”
After that, Daphne took a secret nce
at Sonia. She saw that Sonia was
Smiling slightly, seemingly happy. She
thought to herself. Does President Reed
know who sent the fruits?
Sonia opened the box and saw that it
was full of mangoes.
After feeling surprised, she soon remembered that Charles often gave her food and knew what she liked
to
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eat, so she figured that Charles bought
it from the Four Seasons Orchard.
Sonia shifted her gaze away from the box of mangoes and asked, “Did you find out where the boss of
Dwells is?”
“I did.” Daphne hurriedly replied. “Today happens to be Friday, and Dwells’ boss
usually goes to Sakura Heights with his
friends at 2.00PM to y cards. I’ve
sent you the address on Messenger.”
“Okay.” Sonia got up and put on her
coat. “When Paradigm Co.’s situation
improves, I’ll give you a raise.”
“Thank you, President Reed.” Daphne
was overjoyed.
She remembered that there was going
to be a heavy rainstorm today, so she
chased after Sonia to remind her to bring an umbre, but sheter found that Sonia had already entered
the
elevator, and her gossip-prone
colleagues had surrounded her.
Her nosy colleagues were anxiously
asking, “Did President Reed say
anything when she saw the box of
mangoes?”
“She just opened the box and took a
nce.” Daphne spread her hands
wide and was also quite puzzled. “Even
thepany’s cleaners know about
the matter between President Fuller
and President Reed. Why is it that even
though the two are divorced, President
Fuller still sends fruits to Paradigm Co.
for her?”
“Could it be that President Fuller regrets the divorce?”
“How’s that possible! Everyone in the
industry knows that President Fuller
loves Miss Tina. He even proposed to
her with the Ocean’s Heart!”
“Maybe President Fuller feels that after
the divorce, the two parties can still
be business partners.”
“Ourpany is about to go bankrupt;
no one wants to acquire it, let alone
President Fuller!”
The gossip went on and on.
When Sonia was on the way to Sakura Heights, it suddenly rained, and it got considerably heavier.
When she arrived at Sakura Heights,
there was no more space in the underground parking, so she could only park in the open-air parking lot.
Then,
as she got out of the car, she found
that there was no umbre in the car, so she had to cover her head with her bag and rush in while gritting
her teeth.
The path was very close to the hall, but because of the heavy rain, Sonia still
got wet, and her whole body was
trembling when the cold wind blew.
When the waiter saw Sonia, he