Boss, Your Wife’s Asking for A Divorce, Again novel Chapter 296

Asher was caught between a rock and a hard place; if he were to walk out on Paradigm Co., he would immediately be replaced and with Toby blacklisting him in the industry, he wouldn’t be able to join any other enterprise. He would have nowhere to turn to and his whole career would be done for.

More to the point, he never intended to leave in the first place.

At this moment, Toby kept his eyes on Sonia as he asked, “So, what do you think?”

As much as she disliked the idea of keeping Asher around, she was more apprehensive toward the idea of having Toby’s people working in the company. With that in mind, she nodded and answered flippantly, “Well, President Dafoe did say that he was only joking, so I’ll take his word for it and brush this incident off.”

“Alright, then.” Toby was slightly dejected by this and pressed his lips into a grim line.

He had hoped that she would agree to his suggestion and allow Asher as well as his subordinates to leave Paradigm Co. That way, he could send his team over as promised and use that as an excuse to see her as often as he would like.

Meanwhile, Asher let out a huge sigh of relief after hearing what she had said. Thank heavens she has the good sense to say all the right things; otherwise, I’d be doomed!

Sonia eyed him impassively. “Are you still planning to oppose my decision to delist, President Dafoe?”

He snapped out of his thoughts. He didn’t want to concede, but when his gaze flickered over to Toby, he swallowed his retort and was immediately agreeable. “Of course not, Sonia. You can do whatever you want.”

“In that case, I’m going to put the word out. Now, is there anything else you’d like to discuss, President Dafoe?” She had as good as told him to get out of her office.

The corners of Asher’s lips twitched slightly. “Not at all. Carry on with your work, Sonia. I shan’t bother you anymore and take my leave now.”

The moment he spun around, the smile on his face was replaced by a menacing grimace.

He had walked into her office with the thought that he could wheedle Sonia into giving up her share of authority by threatening to leave the company if she didn’t.

What he hadn’t expected was for Toby to put his foot in and ruin his plans. As things were, Toby would rise to Sonia’s defense for as long as their collaboration was an ongoing concern. It will only make it harder for me to deal with that wench, Asher thought, gritting his teeth. I have to find a way to ruin their collaboration!

After Asher left in defeat, peace and serenity returned to the office once more. Sonia tucked her hair behind her ear as she thanked Toby for speaking up for her.

Toby gave her a bemused look. “You’ve already thanked me half a dozen times today.”

She took her seat and said, “I know, but it’s only polite for me to do so.”

In truth, she was sure that she could have handled Asher on her own even if he hadn’t interfered. Prior to this, she had already made up her mind to go head-to-head with Asher, should he oppose the delisting. If he threatened to leave the company, well, she would not stop him at all.

The worst that could happen was that she would have to downsize Paradigm Co. and turn it into a small or medium enterprise. As long as the company remained, there was still a chance that it could flourish and eventually regain its former glory as a conglomerate.

Toby rounded her desk and took the seat across from her. “You don’t actually have to thank me out of courtesy. I know things have been tense between you and Asher; you could have taken the chance to throw him out of Paradigm Co. if you wanted to.”

Sonia’s gaze darkened. “I know that, but I didn’t think there was a need for such desperate measures.”

“Is that what you truly think? Or, do you just hate the idea of having my people under your nose?” He stared at her intently as he asked.

She opened her mouth as though she wanted to say something, but ultimately did not and turned her head away in defense instead.

Upon seeing this, Toby knew instantly that he had been right. She didn’t want his people under her nose and although he grew frustrated at this, he merely sighed and allowed the matter to slide.

At this point, Sonia picked up the phone on her desk and called Daphne’s line. “Get all the documents ready for the delisting and send them over to the government department in charge.”

“I thought President Dafoe was against the delisting, though,” Daphne pointed out.

Sonia massaged her temple in exhaustion. “He changed his mind.”

“Really?”

Sonia nodded. “Really!”

Daphne broke into a wide grin at the turn of events. “That’s wonderful. I’ll start to prepare the documents immediately.”

“Alright.” With a final hum of agreement, Sonia put the receiver down and ended the call.

Tim wouldn’t come out in broad daylight to clarify things or confess his role in all this. She would have to wait until night time before she could even see a glimmer of hope.

Suddenly, the piercing sound of her ringtone pulled her out of her reverie. She glanced down at the phone screen and a shadow passed over her face.

Toby noticed this and narrowed his eyes as he asked, “Who is it?”

“An officer from the police station,” Sonia answered, pursing her lips. “I’m afraid one of Tina’s fans really lodged a police report like he said he would.”

As she said that, she swiped her phone screen to answer the call. The person on the other line greeted her almost indifferently, “Good day, Miss Reed. This is the Seafield Police Station. We’ve received a complaint from someone on the Internet claiming that you have aided and abetted in the assault against another person. We need you to come to the station right now to assist us in the investigation.”

With the phone still pressed to her ear, Sonia gave Toby a look that said, See, I told you so. Then, as she focused on the officer on the phone, her face was impassive while she answered curtly, “I see. I’ll be there shortly.”

She hung up the call and rose from her seat.

Toby stood up as well. “Are you going to the police station?”

Sonia picked up her purse and pulled the strap over her shoulder. “Yes, to help with the investigation. I suppose it’s a good thing; my name can be cleared when they find that I had nothing to do with any of this.”

As he smoothened his sleeves, Toby offered, “I’ll go with you.”

She wanted to say no, but when she saw the stubborn look in his eyes, she had a feeling that he would tag along anyway. She heaved a sigh of resignation and made her way to the door. “As you wish.”

A small smirk played on his lips when he heard this and he fell in step next to her.

The security teams that Toby had requested earlier were already in the elevator when he and Sonia entered. When the elevator came to a stop, he instructed the bodyguards to head out to the parking lot and hold the bustling crowd of reporters back.

It was only when the captain of the security teams assured the coast was clear that Sonia and Toby exited the elevator, but as soon as they were out, they were spotted by the reporters, who were currently being held back by the bodyguards.