Boss, Your Wife is Asking for A Divorce, Again!
Chapter 159

Chapter 159

This wasn’t the first time Toby heard Sonia saying she didn’t love him. However, he had never taken it toheart—he had always assumed that she only said those words out of anger. He knew how much shecared for him in the past few years, after all. But Toby only came to a realization when he saw Soniatalking to Rose in a calm and civil manner—he realized that Sonia hadn’t said those words to infuriatehim after all. She told Rose that she no longer loved him because that was the truth. At that moment,Toby felt a sharp and distinct ache in his heart, followed by a hollow sensation in his chest. He felt as ifsomeone had taken something important away from him right then. Rose caught sight of his rather paleexpression from the corner of her eye, and she shook her head as she let out a sigh. “I thought that Icould do something to bring you two back together if you still had feelings for Toby, but… Ah, I guess thisisn’t all bad.”

The married couple’s relationship used to be distant and cold in the past because Toby didn’t havefeelings for Sonia back then. Now, Sonia’s the one who doesn’t have feelings for Toby. History wouldrepeat itself if they got back together now, Rose thought. “I appreciate your thoughtfulness, Grandma.But I know that things between President Fuller and me will never work out,” Sonia uttered as she heldonto the old woman’s hand.

“I’m sorry for disappointing you, Grandma.” “What are you talking about, you silly girl? I’d rather see youhappy than force you to be together with Toby. Look at your petite little face! You look so energeticnowadays. You used to look so worn out in the past—you didn’t even look like a young woman in yourtwenties back then. I think you’re doing a lot better now.” Rose cackled at the end of her sentence. Sonialaughed along with Rose—the tension and worry in Sonia’s heart disappeared when she saw that Rosedidn’t blame her for anything. A while later, she pulled out the necklace that had been lying under hershirt—she recalled something that she had wanted to do. “I forgot to mention that I paid a visit to the oldhouse recently, Grandma. I found a necklace there. Look—is this the necklace you were talkingabout?” A necklace?

Toby’s eyes narrowed when he overheard their conversation from the balcony. What necklace? Roselifted Sonia’s necklace and took a look at it. “I’m not sure if this is the right one. Your dad was in a rushback then; he didn’t tell me what the necklace looked like specifically. I’m not too sure either.” “This wasthe only necklace I found in the house. There weren’t any other necklaces,” Sonia said as she loweredthe pendant onto her chest.

“I guess this is the right one, then,” Rose replied with a nod. Sonia bit on her lower lip before she spoke.“This necklace looks really similar to the one that Julia wears around her neck. I went to the store andasked about it—they said that our necklaces were made as a pair for both mother and daughter. Julia’snecklace is the mother’s one, while the one I’m holding onto is the daughter’s necklace. I just don’tunderstand why Tina’s necklace would show up in my house.”

“Did you say that this necklace belongs to the Gray Family?” Rose was stunned upon hearing Sonia’swords. Sonia nodded. “Yeah. Titus was the one who got someone to design the necklaces a little morethan 20 years ago. It was made as a gift for Julia and their newborn child, Tina.” “I remember now,” Rosesaid with a smile. “If the necklaces are really meant for the Grays, then the one with you isn’t for Tina. Itwas supposed to be for Rina.”

“Rina?” Sonia tilted her head puzzledly. For some reason, she felt an inexplicable sensation bubbling inher chest once she heard that name. However, the feeling didn’t last for long—it disappeared almostimmediately. “That’s right. The necklace belonged to Rina, who’s the Grays’ eldest daughter. The wholeSeafield was talking about it when Titus bought the necklaces—everyone was envious of Julia. However,Titus didn’t do anything similar when they had Tina, so this necklace must belong to the eldest daughter.”

Upon hearing Rose’s story, Sonia lowered her head to glance at the necklace. “So the Gray Family hasmore than one daughter, huh. Why haven’t I ever heard them talking about their eldest daughter?” “Theireldest daughter died at a very young age,” Toby said as he pushed the door to let himself back into theroom. Sonia widened her eyes in shock. “She died?” Rose nodded. “Yeah.” “Well, what’s this necklacedoing in my house then?”

Sonia couldn’t understand the situation. Toby shot her a glance. “Do you want to know the answer?” heasked. “Do you know the answer?” Sonia met his gaze. He didn’t give her a direct answer to thatquestion. “I did some research on Rina when I first heard that Tina had an elder sister.

Rina’s death is related to your father.” “My father?” Sonia leaped to her feet as she was too surprised.Rose shook her head slowly. “All of this is due to the grudges held across the generations,” shemuttered. Sonia’s lips trembled when she next spoke. “The incident that happened between the Graysand the Reeds all those years ago… Does that have something to do with Rina’s death?” “Hm?” Tobylooked at her.

Sonia merely ignored him as she grabbed Rose’s arm and continued to speak. “Apart from paying you avisit, I’m also here to ask if something had happened between the Grays and the Reeds in the past.That’s the only explanation for how the necklace showed up at the Reeds’ place.” Sonia made her guessaccording to the information she had so far. “Judging by what you said earlier, it seems like you mightknow something about this, Grandma.

Please tell me about it. What happened between the two families? How is Rina’s death related to myfather? My father talked about a secret underlying the necklaces; was this what he was referring to?”Sonia eyed Rose with a pleading look in her eyes. Rose reached a hand out to stroke Sonia’s head.“Fine, I’ll tell you about it. I know that you’d replace other ways to get to the bottom of the story, even if Irefuse to tell you right now.

I’d rather be the one to tell you about it. But I have to say, I hadn’t expected the necklace that your fatherwas talking about to belong to the Grays.” “Thank you, Grandma.” Tears of joy welled up in Sonia’s eyes.She had been worried that the old lady would refuse to tell her about it. Toby felt his insides twistingwhen he saw Sonia’s tears, and he immediately reached into his coat pocket to pull out a handkerchieffor her.

“Here, wipe your tears off.” Sonia looked dumbfounded for a moment before she shook her head. “It’sfine. I have my own.” She proceeded to pull out a packet of tissue from her bag without looking at hishandkerchief at all. Toby shifted his gaze downward as his expression darkened. He tightened his fingersaround his handkerchief before he kept it away. Serves him right, Rose thought when she saw the lookon his face.

“Okay, Grandma. You can start telling me now.” Sonia tugged her lips into a smile once she dried hertears. After Rose cleared her throat, she began with her story. “More than 20 years ago, Paradigm Co.invented a brand-new machine that had the ability to increase the quality of production. Your father waselated when he found out about it as he knew that Paradigm Co. finally had a chance to launch thisproduct.

But one day before that happened…” “What happened one day before that?” Sonia clasped her palmstogether as she looked at the old woman anxiously. Rose patted Sonia’s hands sympathetically. “Titussomehow found out about the existence of this machine, and he ordered someone to steal the dataaway. Needless to say, Paradigm Co. failed to launch the product, and the main researcher committedsuicide as he was too disappointed.”

“What?” Sonia’s pupils shrank. “Did something like that happen?” Even Toby furrowed his brows—heclearly hadn’t heard this part of the story. Toby knew that Titus used unethical tactics in his business, butToby had never thought much about it. The enterprising field was a harsh place, after all—it was normalfor people to employ some immoral tactics. The government wouldn’t interfere as long as theseentrepreneurs didn’t go out of line with their actions.

However, no one had expected Titus to commit such an evil deed. He stole another company’sconfidential information, and he even indirectly murdered someone! “Your father became a public targetafter this incident.

After the loss of the machine’s data and the suicide of his main researcher, your father didn’t just need tocomfort the people in Paradigm Co.; he also had to handle the huge compensation amounts. Your fatherlost his temper when he couldn’t fork out the money for compensation, so he decided to kidnap Titus’seldest daughter,” Rose uttered before heaving a sigh.