Chapter 613 Get Jessica to Apologize
Jessica was rendered speechless and her expression became thunderous.
Meanwhile, Sonia, who wasn’t bothered to entertain her anymore, reached out her hand to press on the elevator button to close the doors. She had yet to arrive at her floor.
However, before Sonia managed to do so, Jessica suddenly shouted and pressed on the button outside the elevator. “Hey, what are you doing?!”
Upon hearing that, Sonia frowned. “I’m going up to the highest floor. What do you think I’m doing? Since you are not coming in, I have to close the doors. I can’t be wasting my time because of you, can I?”
“Who says that I’m not going in?” Jessica glared at her, releasing the button and stepping into the lift on her high heels.
And so, Sonia stepped aside to distance herself from Jessica because she refused to stand too close to her.
Jessica was livid when she saw how Sonia avoided her, as though she was a piece of thrash. Just as she was about to say something about it, Sonia suddenly turned to her. “Jessica, don’t go anywhere after work. Stay in the office; I’ll take you somewhere.”
“Where are you going to take me to?” Jessica stared at her with a wary look.
Sonia avoided her gaze and didn’t reply.
At that moment, they arrived at the highest floor, so Sonia lifted her foot and exited the lift.
Upon seeing that, Jessica stomped her foot and went after her. “Stay right there, Sonia! You haven’t answered me. Where are you taking me?”
“You will know when you are there,” Sonia replied without looking back at her.
Standing in the lift lobby, Jessica let out a snicker. “So you are not going to tell me, huh? Fine, since you’re not willing to tell me, why should I listen to you and stay in the office? Listen here—I won’t let you take me anywhere!”
Sonia paused in her tracks and turned to look at her. “Is that so? Let’s see if you can leave Paradigm Co., then.”
With that, Sonia continued to move forward without hesitation.
Scowling, Jessica bellowed at her, “What do you mean? Are you locking me in?”
An unfazed Sonia soon pushed open the door to her chairman’s office and entered the room, leaving Jessica standing on the spot angrily roaring at the air.
Her shouting was so loud that even Sonia, who had entered her office, could hear her voice.
Sonia rubbed her temples, then picked up the handset to make a call.
“President—I mean, Chairman Reed.” Daphne’s voice was heard from the other end of the line.
Sonia pulled out her chair and took a seat. “Get two security guards up here and escort Jessica away. She’s making too much noise.”
Feeling puzzled, Daphne asked, “Chairman Reed, what’s wrong with Jessica?”
“She’s shouting outside my office,” Sonia replied after casting a look at her office door.
Daphne nodded understandingly. “Noted. I’ll get it done right away.”
Humming in response, Sonia raised her chin and hung up the call.
Soon, she heard footsteps outside her office, which was followed by Jessica’s frantic yelling. “What are you guys doing?! Let go of me! I’m your vice president. How dare you grab me?!”
Nonetheless, no matter how much Jessica resisted and shouted, she was forcefully taken into the elevator and away from the scene by the security guards that Daphne sent over.
In the short span of a day, Jessica had been forcefully taken away twice in the same manner, and that made her despise Sonia to the bone.
However, no matter how much Jessica resented her sister, there was nothing she could do to Sonia since the latter was the chairman. Even so, the series of events had made Jessica more determined to kick Sonia out of the company so that she could become the chairman instead.
When it finally became peaceful outside the door, Sonia switched on her computer and began to work.
It was only when Toby called her in the afternoon that she took a break from her busy schedule.
“Hello?” Leaning back against the chair with her head slightly raised, she lifted a hand before placing it on her forehead to massage her head and ease her pulsing temple.
Toby’s initially cold expression became concerned when he noticed the exhaustion in her voice. “What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
“I’m fine; just tired from working too long.” Sonia chuckled, removing her hand from her forehead.
With his lips pursed, Toby asked in displeasure, “Why didn’t you take a break?”
“I didn’t have the time. There’s too much work,” she shrugged and replied.
Due to the fact that Paradigm Co. had gradually become well developed, not to mention her promotion, Sonia’s current workload was at least twice of what it used to be.
Although she was exhausted, she felt incredibly satisfied as all that gave her a strong sense of achievement.
“Speaking of which, why are you calling me? Is something wrong?” She switched the topic and asked his purpose of calling her.
Toby looked down at the two tickets in his hands. “Nothing important. It’s just that I heard that most couples would go for movie dates, so I had Tom purchase two movie tickets. Sonia, can I invite you to watch a film with me?”
Sonia naturally heard the eagerness in his tone. She was tempted at first but she then thought of something, which caused her to shake her head and reject his invitation. “I’m sorry. Not today.”
“Why not?” Toby frowned slightly when he heard that.
“Because of Jessica,” Sonia muttered coldly. “When she was in Kosovo, I said that I’ll get her to kneel before our father’s grave and repent her wrongdoings. Now that she has returned, I have to fulfill the promise that I made that time.”
Although Toby felt a little disappointed to hear that, he understood Sonia’s intentions. “Let’s do this next time, then.” He looked at the movie tickets in his hands, his eyes filled with regret.
Sonia hummed in response. After that, Toby continued, “Are you going to take Jessica to the cemetery later?”
“Yes. I can’t put this off any longer. I have to get her to repent her mistakes in front of father’s grave the first moment I have the chance to do so,” Sonia replied after glancing at the time at the bottom right corner of the screen.
Upon hearing that, Toby raised his chin and said, “Let me go with you.”
“You want to come with me?” A surprise look flashed across her eyes.
He nodded. “When we got married in the past, I didn’t accompany you to your parents’ grave. I’d like to make up for that.”
Sonia bit her lip but agreed in the end. “Since you want to go, let’s do that.”
After all, they were going to get back together and they would soon be married again if nothing went wrong with their relationship.
By then, Toby would be her parents’ son-in-law again, so there was nothing wrong for him to visit their graves at this point in time.
“Alright, then. I’ll see you later.” Toby smiled happily when he heard that she agreed for him to come along.
With that, their call ended.
Sonia kept her phone in her handbag, then took it along before leaving the office.
Meanwhile, Daphne, who knew what Sonia was going to do next, stepped forward to greet her upon seeing her coming out from her office. “Chairman Reed.”
“Jessica is still in her office, right?” Sonia asked as she headed toward the elevator.
Daphne followed behind her and answered, “Of course. The security guards are keeping an eye on her, so she can’t come out. However, she has been making a lot of noise in her office and she even scolded you with harsh words.”
Sonia scoffed as she muttered, “I’d guessed that.” She wasn’t surprised at all upon learning that. If Jessica hadn’t done so, she would be surprised instead.
“Okay, let’s get in the car. You go and get the security guards to escort her to the carpark,” Sonia instructed as she entered the lift.
Daphne responded, “Noted, Chairman Reed.”
Then, she took out her phone and sent a message.
Soon, she received a reply and reported to Sonia. “Chairman Reed, everything is in place. They will take her down soon.”
“Okay, that’s good.” Sonia nodded to show that she had heard that, then she stared at the elevator screen in silence.
Daphne kept quiet as well. The atmosphere in the lift felt heavy at that instant.
