This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

“I won’t regret it, much less renege on it,” she promised without any hesitation as she shook her head

slightly to deny the possibility of her going back on her word. “Besides, I don’t hate your guts, at least not

anymore.”

The hatred she felt toward him dissipated the moment he jumped off the cliff after her. His arm had

already been badly injured, but he held onto her as tightly as he could and refused to let her go. That

was enough to make her change her mind about him—respect him, even.

“I’m glad to hear this from you. The pain is worth it if it meant you’ve stopped hating me,” Toby said half-

jokingly as he gazed at her. A comfortable silence was about to set in when he suddenly said, “Sonia.”

Sonia met his obsidian orbs. “What is it?”

“Can we start afresh as friends?” he asked slowly.

She frowned at this. Friends? He wants to be friends with his ex-wife? That makes for a rather awkward

relationship, doesn’t it? As far as she was concerned, it was impossible for a formerly married couple to

remain friends after their divorce. However, looking at Toby and his wounds now, she could not bring

himself to turn him down. A couple of beats later, she finally relented and nodded in agreement. “Okay.”

He flashed an appreciative smile. “That’s good enough for me. I won’t ask more of you and I’d like it if

you could stay with me as a friend for the rest of my life.”

I would probably never be able to find a compatible heart for a transplant, which means I’ll only have

three short years to live. Someone like me can’t possibly give Sonia the happiness she deserves even if I

succeed in romantically pursuing her; I’d only become a burden to her in the end. With that in mind, Toby

decided that a platonic relationship with Sonia was the best option he had.

When Sonia heard this, her eyes widened. What does he mean when he said he wouldn’t ask more of

me? Is he giving up on the idea of us being together because he’s losing hope?

She lowered her gaze as she pondered on this. For some reason, she was beginning to feel unsettled,

but she subconsciously brushed it off. She hardly even noticed the twinge of sadness that suddenly crept

up on her because it faded the next second as she poured a glass of water for him. “A little early to be so

sentimental about life, don’t you think? You’re only thirty and there’s still plenty of life in you.”

If she were to overlook the first half of his statement, the second half bore a cryptic undertone that made

it sound like he was saying his last words.

Something glistened in her eyes as he took the glass of water from her. “Okay, let’s just leave the

conversation at that. I need to use the restroom now. Mind giving me a hand?”

“Of course.” She nodded and readily helped him down from the bed.

As Toby didn’t sustain any injuries to his legs, he could walk to the bathroom without any hassle,

although Sonia had to help him hold up the bottle of IV fluid. As such, she stood patiently outside the

door while he used the restroom and when he was done, she walked with him back to the bed

whereupon she proceeded to hang the bottle on the IV stand.

She had only just dusted her hands off when her phone rang. “I have to take this,” she told Toby as she

pulled out the ringing device and glanced at the phone screen, only to be pleasantly surprised to see

Leonard’s number flashing on it.

Toby, however, frowned when he saw her visibly brighten up over the phone call. He wondered who

could be calling her and why she looked so happy about it.

Not wanting to keep Leonard waiting on the other line, Sonia answered the call immediately. “Grandpa?”

Upon hearing the way she addressed the person on the other line, Toby instantly felt the mild jealousy in

him go out. Oh, it’s just someone older. All is well, then.

“Sonia,” Leonard greeted affably over the phone.

Almost immediately, tears sprang to her eyes as she whined childishly, “Have you finally thought of me,

Grandpa? I haven’t received any calls from you in the past four months and you know I have no way of

reaching you if you don’t ring me up on your own accord.”

She knew that couldn’t be helped. He was an archaeologist and that landed him in the oddest corners of

the world most of the time. He was almost always exploring some abandoned site in the mountains or a

historical tomb, places where cellular signal was practically unheard of. It was impossible for her to call

him on a whim.

As if sensing her disgruntlement, Leonard chuckled ruefully and placated, “I’m sorry, Sonia, but you know

how I’m tied up with this job of mine.”

“I know. I’m not angry with you or anything. By the way, Grandpa, I have excellent news: Paradigm Co. is

finally back on track!”

Leonard could not hide his surprise. “Oh? Back on track? That’s a really quick comeback!”

He was no businessman, but even he understood how dire the situation in Paradigm Co. had been and

he thought it was impossible for the company to recover from the setback within four months.

Sonia nodded earnestly. “It is a little quick, but I guess we had a stroke of luck.”

As she said this, she shot Toby a meaningful look. Indeed, he was the stroke of luck that Paradigm Co.

needed.

If it wasn’t for his collaboration with Paradigm Co. or his generous act of paying off the billions in

company debt, the company would still be in turmoil.

When he sensed that she was referring to him by the words ‘stroke of luck’, Toby raised his brow in mild

surprise and he was a little taken aback.

Me? Stroke of luck? Did she actually just say I’m the stroke of luck her company needed? He thought

that she would bring up Carl, Charles or even Zane, but from the expression on her face, he was clearly

the one she had been referring to. As a result, he couldn’t keep from smiling and instantly perked up.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the phone, Leonard chuckled in relief at the good news and commented,

“I see, but you must give yourself some credit, Sonia. A stroke of luck will do little to help if you weren’t

capable to begin with; you wouldn’t have been able to steer Paradigm Co. back on track within four

months otherwise. From the looks of it, handing the company over to you was the best decision on my

part. With you holding the reins, I have nothing to worry about.”