Chapter 943 Connor’s Plan
In order to fight back, Henry stole her daughter and threw her into the river. At this point, the two families had completely become mortal enemies. After that, because of Mia Murray, Titus’ mother, the Reed Family and Gray Family did not continue to fight, and their hatred seemed to subside. However, she knew Titus had never forgotten that Henry killed their daughter, and he had never given up the idea of taking revenge.
Three years after Mia’s death, which was also six years ago, Titus not only bribed Sandra to give Henry a drug to weaken his mental state, but he also secretly set a trap for Henry and made him fall for it, causing Paradigm Co. to make a grave mistake that couldn’t even be fixed by selling all the shares they had. Finally, Titus ordered people to tell Henry things that encouraged him to take his own life. Under Henry’s weakened mental state, he was naturally convinced and jumped off a building in despair.
Even if Sonia didn’t know the true cause of Henry’s death, she still blamed it on the Gray Family. After all, to her, Henry took his own life because they plotted against Paradigm Co. and left him with nothing. Hence, she felt nothing but hatred toward the Gray Family. Later, Tina got someone to hypnotize Toby and stole him from Sonia, then she and Titus plotted against Sonia several times. All of these grudges piled up made it so that the Gray Family and Reed Family were destined to be unable to coexist.
Now, Julia felt some compassion for Sonia and didn’t really want her to die, but she was still a part of the Gray Family and was Titus’ wife, so she could only side with the Gray Family and hope that they would win. After all, while Sonia did have some of Rina’s characteristics, at the end of the day, she was not Rina.
As Titus and Julia schemed about their future plans, in a hotel, Connor had naturally also seen the commotion on the internet. Sitting on the sofa and looking at the laptop in front of him, he rubbed the cane in his hand as he fell deep in thought.
Behind him, Xander pushed his glasses and said, “Mr. Salzburg, Toby gave Sonia so many valuable gifts and even showed his sincerity to her in front of the entire internet. It seems that she is indeed very important to him. Maybe we can restore our plan to use Sonia.”
It sounded good, but Connor shook his head. “Just these things alone can’t fully prove that Toby takes Sonia very seriously, so we can’t reuse that plan for the time being.”
“Isn’t it enough proof?” Xander was shocked.
Connor put his cane aside and picked up his drink on the coffee table to take a sip before he said lightly, “You haven’t dated yet, so you wouldn’t know. Some seemingly affectionate actions are a piece of cake for men, and it’s not enough to prove their sincerity. Toby has a net worth of tens of billions, but the gifts he gave Sonia is nothing more than a few million. This small amount of money isn’t even worth mentioning to him. His presents are just like feeding a beggar. You’ve been working for me for so long, so you’ve seen people who date others for money, right?”
Xander nodded profusely. “Yes, sir.”
Connor smirked. “Which of those people aren’t generous and able to casually give their lovers gifts that are worth millions? Cars, houses, planes, cruise ships; as long as their lover makes them happy enough, wouldn’t they give it out like it’s nothing? But, does this mean that they love those women?”
Xander shook his head. “That’s not true. If they loved them, they wouldn’t just throw money at them; they would give them a proper status instead.”
“That’s right. So, can these gifts Toby gave to Sonia prove that he loves her enough to give up everything for her? Which one of his gifts can’t be offered by any man who’s slightly rich and fools around with women? Besides, his presents aren’t even as surprising as the cars and houses that those men give to their lovers. At least cars and houses can show his feelings more clearly. What use do these useless luxury items have?” Saying that, Connor put down his cup.
Xander couldn’t come up with a reply.
Connor grabbed his cane and continued, “As for the statement he posted, ha, that’s even more ridiculous. For any man within the circle, as long as he has a woman by his side, which one of them hasn’t sweet talked them? In the end, they’re just words. Anyone can learn how to say them. For instance, those young couples on the streets. They always say they love each other, but do they mean it? Can they prove their feelings with just one sentence? It’s only young people who have not faced any difficulties who think that they can take these sweet nothings seriously.”
The young Xander, who had never faced any difficulties, felt his mouth twitch and fell silent. He had just taken it seriously earlier and thought that with Toby’s identity, being able to say such things in public on the internet must mean that he truly loved Sonia. However, after Connor’s analysis, he realized just how naive he had been.
That was right. Those young masters and bosses in the circle did often call their lovers with endearments and bombard them with sweet words, but in reality, it was all just a game. They could say the same sweet nothings to another woman, even if they weren’t the same words. Hence, it was indeed a little ridiculous to prove someone’s sincerity only with words.
“Mr. Salzburg, doesn’t that mean that Toby’s feelings for Sonia aren’t actually that serious?” Xander frowned.
Connor narrowed his wrinkled eyes. “Maybe. It’s been a day since I asked someone to snatch Sonia’s company’s spare parts, so she’s probably feeling extremely anxious and is trying to figure out how to solve this matter. If she can’t get the parts back within three days, she knows clearly what Paradigm Co. would face, but she didn’t tell Toby. It’s clear she knows that he still has some reservations toward her and might not help her. Of course, this is not absolute. Maybe she didn’t tell him because she didn’t want him to help and wanted to solve it herself. After meeting her last time, I can tell that Sonia is actually a very tough woman, and it’s possible that she would do this.”
Xander didn’t care what kind of woman Sonia was. Hearing that Toby’s feelings for Sonia might not be serious, he felt unhappy. “Mr. Salzburg, Toby possesses and commands great wealth and power. If we want to deal with him, we must target his weakness. Only by doing so can we succeed. We should probably forget about Old Mrs. Fuller for now. She wouldn’t leave the Fuller Residence easily, and it’s impossible for us to use her to deal with him. Secondly, his stepmother and her son are probably not his weaknesses either. After all, they’re only his step family, so they might not feel strongly for each other, and a cold and powerful person like Toby may give up on them at any time. Excluding these three, we’re only left with Sonia.”
“I know what you mean. This may not be able to test Sonia’s position in Toby’s heart, but it doesn’t matter because I still have another solution.” Connor suddenly grasped his cane as his voice turned cold, completely devoid of the gentleness he had at the beginning; it made him seem a little terrifying. He was like a hissing poisonous snake, sending a chill down people’s spines.
Xander’s eyes brightened. “Mr. Salzburg, what do you plan to do?”
Connor shot him a look. “You’ll find out later.”
He didn’t seem to have any intention of saying more, so Xander tactfully stopped asking as well.
Meanwhile, in Paradigm Co., Sonia had no idea that people were plotting against her behind her back. She was sitting in her office chair right now, talking to Grace on her phone.
