This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

“Yeah. I swear.” Charles held up three fingers.

“Fine. I’ll trust you for now. But I still think there’s a hidden meaning in your words earlier,” she uttered

with a pout.

“How could that be possible?” Charles looked away sheepishly. “What else could my words mean? I

genuinely think it’s great that you didn’t agree to date him. You should stop overthinking it, darling.” He

gulped a huge mouthful of red wine after that.

Sonia figured that she was being a little too sensitive, so she shifted her gaze and looked at her own

wine glass. She remained silent for a few seconds before she parted her red lips to speak. “Charles,

Toby mentioned that he had a reason for letting go of me previously. What do you think the reason was?”

Charles placed his empty glass at the side. “How should I know? Perhaps he didn’t even mean what he

said.”

“You think he was just giving me an excuse?” Sonia looked at Charles.

Charles nodded. “Yeah. He decided to let you go previously but he’s going against his own words now,

so he definitely needs a seemingly valid reason to explain his previous actions. Maybe he just came up

with an excuse because he couldn’t find any better reason at that moment.”

“Is that so?” Sonia mumbled. Charles looked at her earnestly. “Of course. I’m a man—I understand the

way other men think. Trust me, darling.” He reached over to pat Sonia on the shoulder.

Tom, who had been watching from afar, widened his eyes when he realized that the time had come for

him to do his job. He let out an exasperated sigh before he straightened his tie and walked toward the

balcony. “Mr. Lane,” Tom uttered as he walked over to the two people at the balcony.

The look on Charles’ face darkened when he saw Tom. “What are you doing here? Did Toby send you

here?”

“No. It was Mrs. Lane who told me to get you.” Tom fixed his glasses as he responded in a calm tone.

Charles froze upon hearing this. “My mom?”

“Yeah.” Tom nodded.

“Why is my mom asking for me? And why did she tell you to come get me?” Charles frowned.

“I’m not sure about that. Why don’t you go over to ask her yourself, Mr. Lane?” Tom’s gaze landed on

Charles’ arm on Sonia’s shoulder. “You should hurry over, Mr. Lane. I think it’s a pretty urgent matter,”

Tom added.

“You should go ahead, Charles. Perhaps there’s some sort of emergency,” Sonia urged.

Charles nodded. “Alright. I’ll go over to take a look, then. You—”

Sonia glanced at her watch before interrupting him. “It’s getting late, so I should be heading back soon.

I’ll go give Grandma my wishes.”

“Alright. I’m afraid I won’t be able to send you off. I’m not leaving anytime soon because my dad wants to

introduce me to a few people later.” Charles rubbed his eyebrows as he spoke in a frustrated tone.

Sonia beamed. “It’s good for you to meet new people. Well, you should go now.”

“Goodbye, then.” Charles lifted his hand to stroke Sonia’s hair. However, Tom immediately spoke up

when he realized what Charles was trying to do. “Let’s hurry, Mr. Lane.”

“I don’t need you to remind me, you busybody.” Charles shot Tom a fierce glare. After that, he lowered

his hand, which had just been inches away from Sonia’s head. He stuck his hands into his pocket before

walking back into the hall.

As Tom watched Charles leave, he let out a soft sigh. President Fuller told me to keep an eye on Miss

Reed and Charles—it’s my duty to keep them apart once Charles tries to make a move on Sonia. I guess

my job here is done.

“Tom.” Sonia didn’t know what Tom was thinking about, and she walked over to interrupt his thoughts.

“Where’s Grandma?”

“I can bring you to Old Mrs. Fuller if you’d like to see her, Miss Reed,” Tom offered.

“I hope that won’t be too much of a hassle.” Sonia nodded.

“It’s fine. Let’s go.” Tom gestured for Sonia to follow behind him, and they walked in the opposite

direction of where Charles had gone.

At the same time, Rose was at the outdoor pavilion having tea with Toby. She took a glance at her

precious grandson before she spoke. “Did you notice how Sonia seemed really worried about you when

you saved her after Jean nearly knocked her down?”

Toby lowered his teacup and knitted his brows upon hearing his grandmother. “Yeah, I noticed.”

“I think Sonia has caught feelings for you once more.” Rose rubbed the dragon head of her walking stick

as she continued. “I’ve always assumed that Sonia would never have feelings for you again after she got

over you. I’m surprised that my assumptions were proven wrong. However, I’m really curious about how

she started falling for you again. Did something happen recently? Is there something that I’m not aware

of? When I saw Sonia last month, she was still filled with hatred for you, yet she seems to be attracted to

you now. I’m sure something must have happened in between this period.”

“You sure are observant, Grandma.” Toby lifted the teapot to refill Rose’s cup. “There were some things

that happened between us this month. However, I have no plans of telling you about the incident—I’d just

like to keep it a secret forever. All you need to know is that Sonia has developed feelings for me once

more.”