Chapter 24
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
immediately brought her a towel.
“Thank you.” Sonia dried her hair with
the towel and spoke to the waiter. “It’s Friday, so business should be good,
right? Are Mr. King and the rest still
ying poker in the private room?”
When the waiter heard this, he thought
she was Paul’s friend. “Yes. Private
room 1103 is always reserved for Mr.
King.”
After sessfully tricking him, the
corners of Sonia’s mouth curled up
slightly
When the waiter left, Sonia went to the
front desk and ordered a pot of top
“What’s wrong?”
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Toby retracted his gaze and answered lightly. “It’s nothing.”
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Sonia didn’t know that Toby was here
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as well, so she brought the tea into the private room with a smile on her face.
Sonia scanned the ce and saw a
vintage style room. Four men were
sitting at a table ying cards and
chatting. It felt ufortable,
because two of the bosses had young
girls by their sides.
She had read Dwells’ information
before, so in no time, she managed to identify Dwells’ boss among the four
“What’s wrong?”
Toby retracted his gaze and answered lightly, “It’s nothing.”
Sonia didn’t know that Toby was here as well, so she brought the tea into the private room with a smile
on her face.
Sonia scanned the ce and saw a
vintage-style room. Four men were
sitting at a table ying cards and
chatting. It felt ufortable,
because two of the bosses had young
girls by their sides.
She had read Dwells’ information
before, so in no time, she managed to
identify Dwells’ boss among the four
men. She walked over and greeted, “Mr. King.”
Paul, who was ying cards, nced sideways at Sonia. “Oh, who are you?”
“I’m Sonia Reed from Paradigm Co.,”
Sonia said with a smile while setting
the tea and pastries down on the small
table.
“I came here this afternoon to meet a
friend. He yed cards with you before
and praised your skills. I figured the
two of us have business dealings, so I
came over to say hello to you. Am | bothering all of you?”
Paul gave her a vague answer and
continued ying, while the man sitting on the south side of the table asked, “Is your father Henry
Reed?”
“I’m familiar with your father. I’ve
yed with him before. He’s really
good,” the man, Chester Yancey, said. He nced at Sonia from top to bottom, his gaze somewhat
ambiguous
Sonia ignored his gaze that was making her ufortable, then
replied with a smile, “Yes, my father’s
card skills are indeed good. That’s why he’s able to y with all of you, Mr.
Yancey.”
While the two chatted, the men just finished ying a round of poker.
He got up and beckoned Sonia over. “My waist hurts a little bit after ying one round. Come and y
for me, darling.”
Sonia appeared embarrassed. “Mr. Yancey, I don’t know how to y.”
*Your father’s skills are so good, so
how bad can you be?” The man
continued to wave her over. “Come
here. If you really don’t know, I’ll teach
you.”
Paul spoke up as well. “You can y
on Mr. Yancey’s behalf. If you really
don’t want to y, then leave. Don’t
spoil the fun.”
Sonia could hear the dissatisfaction in
Paul’s statements.
Lately, Paradigm Co. was on the verge
of copse, so capitalists all looked
down upon them and refused to buy
their shares. Dwells figured that only
they could produce Paradigm Co.’s
foreign goods, so Sonia would
definitely beg him, which was why he was being so arrogant now.
She came here today to beg Dwells, so
she was willing to suffer any
grievances.
Sonia suddenly rxed the hand that had been holding tightly onto her bag, then she got up and went to
sit at Chester’s ce. With a shallow smile, she said, “Mr. Yancey, if you don’t mind, I’ll y one round
for you, I’ll handle the losses if I lose, but if I win, the
money will be yours.”
Chester smiled with satisfaction, then
sat down next to Sonia before patting
her on the shoulder. “Don’t be afraid. I’ll
teach you.”
Sonia turned her body to the other side, discreetly avoiding Chester’s hand.
Soon, another round of the game
began
Chester nced at Sonia’s cards,
which were in a mess. Seeing how
randomly she was throwing down her
cards, he figured she really couldn’t
y, but he didn’t give her any advice.
Instead, he chatted with Paul and
instinctively ced his hand on the
back of Sonia’s chair.
Even though Sonia was there, the
several men spoke unscrupulously. They talked about everything, and the topic would asionally be a
little
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indecent.
As they spoke, the topic turned to Sonia’s marriage with Toby.
Despite knowing the answer, Chester asked, “Darling, why did you and President Fuller get a divorce our
of nowhere? How many hundreds of millions worth of his property did you
“We weren’t getting along well, so we got divorced.” Sonia pressed her lips
together, then quickly replied, “The
Fuller Group is President Fuller’s
property, so how would I possibly be
eligible to get anything? After getting
divorced, I left the marriage with
nothing.”
“President Fuller really doesn’t know
how to conduct himself,” Chester said
regretfully, then looked unscrupulously
mt Sonia. “You’d slept with him for at least six years. Yet now that you’re divorced, he won’t even give
you anypensation.”
Sonia released an inward sheer.
Toby doesn‘t know how to conduct
himself? In fact, he‘s too good at it. In
his heart, there‘s only Tina. Throughout
the six years of marriage, he had never
once touched me.
If she admitted this out loud, everyone
would probablyugh at her.
Sonia suppressed that emotion and
smiled while answering Chester, “It’s
not like I don’t have anything. I still
have Paradigm Co., which my father
left for me. Mr. Yancey, you and my Father are old friends, so I might need to trouble you to help me
more in the future.
Chesterughed. “Okay. Since you’ve
already mentioned it, what reason
could I have to not help you?”
Sonia’s card skills were truly poor, and
she was repeatedly defeated by the
others.
Before one round was over, the pile of
cash she took out from her bag was all
gone.
When she arrived, she had gotten
drenched by a little rain, so the thin
hali-wet. Not to mention, all the men were smoking, and the windows were wide open, so cold wind was
gushing in. After the wind blew on her for a while, she felt a little light-headed, but she was forcibly
enduring it.
Chester noticed that Sonia’s fingers
were slender and fair, so he moved his
chair closer to hers and ced his
hand on top of hers. “y this card.
Oh, darling, your hands are so cold.”
While he said that, Chester took the
opportunity to touch Sonia’s hand a couple more times
Sonia wanted to withdraw her hand,
but Chester held on tightly.
He inched closer to Sonia, then coaxed her, “President Fuller doesn’t know how to dote on people, but I
do. If you need help with anything, just let me know.
You must want Dwells to work on your
talk to Paulter and get him to sign the contract with you!”
Sonia was already ufortable, so
when she smelled the stench of smoke
and sweat on his body, her stomach
churned.
She had been enduring it since she
came in, but she couldn’t bear it
anymore.
Sonia forcefully pulled her hand out,
then moved her chair before saying in a cold tone. “Mr. Yancey, I can’t y like this.”
Chester was taken aback, then his face
sank and he snapped, “Darling, what’s going on? I was going to put in a good
word with Paul to help yourpany,
but now you’re shunning me?”
“I don’t think you want to help me. You
just want to sleep with me, don’t you?”
Sonia unveiled his hypocritical mask.
“As far as yourpany is concerned, you don’t have any money to save you. It’s only a matter of time
before you go
bankrupt,” Chester sneered. “I quite pity
you. After six years of marriage with
President Fuller, he didn’t even help you
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Save Paradigm Co.”
Chester’s remarks were getting increasingly unbridled. “Tell me. Now, besides using your beauty, where
else
can you get connections and money to
save Paradigm Co.?”
Sonia had already grabbed the teapot
on the small table and was about to
smash it to smithereens against
Chester’s head when suddenly, there
was a knock on the door of the private
room before it was pushed open..
Paul was about to ask Sonia to leave,
but as soon as he looked up, he saw
the tall figure at the door and
immediately stood up from his seat.
Paul was about to ask Sonia to leave, but as soon as he looked up, he saw the tall figure at the door and
immediately stood up from his seat.
“President Fuller.”