Chapter 39

Sonia was already in a bad mood, but she had never expected that Carl would send her a gift even
though he was in Palmont.

Receiving the present had relieved her of her negative emotions.



After she replied to his message, she wore

the ring on her ring finger to cover the marks of her previous wedding ring.



When Toby saw Sonia’s cheerful smile, the

expression in his eyes immediately sank.

Cynthia had never expected someone to present Sonia with such an expensive gift, which made her
annoyed and jealous. She

suddenly remembered something and

intentionally asked in a loud volce, “Miss Reed, didn’t you say that your boyfriend is Charles7 You also
used his name to enter this club. On the other hand, Mr. Lee is the male model who was involved in
some rumors with you, right? I bet you guys are more than just friends for him to send you such an
expensive gift.” She snorted coldly before she added, “I even heard rumors that you might have another
man, which is

why you wanted to divorce President



Fuller. I didn’t believe it at first, but now it

seems like the rumors are true!”

Sonia merely gave a cold laugh. As for the

reasons for wanting a divorce from Toby

even if others don‘t know it, I bet he knows.

She looked at Toby with the expectation

that he would clarify things for her, but he

merely sat there with Tina in his arms and a cold look in his eyes without moving. Well, didn’t see
everything earlier? What aml expecting?

When the tattoo on Sonia’s waist was completely removed, the slight fire within her was completely
extinguished.

“Miss Reed, say something!” Cynthia continued to force her. “Does Charles

know about Mr. Lee’s present? Does he

know that you are cheating on him?”

“It’s a beautiful room, but why is there a

sparrow here?” At this moment, Charles’ voice rang in the room. Right after he

asked that question, he walked into the

room with a black shirt and a disdainful



expression on his face. “This sparrow is

noisy and annoying. I wish I could cut her tongue and make her shut the hell up.”

His vicious words had stunned Cynthia’s tongue into silence as she subconsciously staggered backward
by a few steps.

As Charles stood right in front of her and appraised her from head to toe, he clucked his tongue. “Why
are you retreating? Are you scared? Do you think you’re that

Sparrow?”

“N-No,” she stammered.

“I think you are. You sound like the

sparrow I’m talking about.” With that, he

pulled her hair and slammed her head int

the table where they had played poker earlier. Then, he asked casually, “Who’s

free to pass me a knile?”

Rebecca immediately snatched the knife from the fruit platter and passed it to Charles while she cared to
comment, “This knife is extremely sharp. Be careful not to hurt yourself.”

Cynthia’s legs trembled and she immediately burst into tears. “T-Tina… Melody…”

However, the entire room fell into extreme

silence as no one actually spoke up for



her. Tina had grabbed Toby’s sleeves and

wanted to stand up in anger. However, he

pressed her down and signaled for her to

sit down.

He wanted to see how far Charles was

willing to go to take revenge for Sonia

“Why? Have you all become mute?” Charles looked around his surroundings and was rather surprised to
see even Tina and Toby there. With a cold snort, he turned around to look at Rebecca, who had passed
him the knife. “Tell me, did they bully my baby just now?”

“It’s not just bullying!” She immediately

rushed over and spilled the beans.

Upon listening to Rebecca’s explanation,

Charles shot a glance at Toby and snorted

coldly for the second time. Then, he



pushed Cynthia aside before he advised

Sonia, “Why don’t you head to our room

first? Once I’ve sorted out the matters



here, I’ll head over.”

“It’s okay. Let’s go.” Sonia grabbed Charles” arm as she didn’t want him to have a grudge with the
Stryder Family because of her. “Celebrating your birthday is more

important.”

However, her movement was reflected in

Toby’s eyes, which made his gaze even

deeper.

“That won’t do. You are being bullied here. As your childhood friend, I can’t simply

stand aside and watch.” Charles waved at

Rebecca to ask her to bring Sonia away.

Til just teach them a lesson. I won’t hurt

them.”

“Let’s go, President Reed, Charles will

know what to do.” With that she yanked

Sonia out of the room.

He quickly walked to the poker table and found a place to sit down. “Let’s play a few more rounds. You
can choose three people whom you like to play the game with.”



Then, he lowered his head and took a puff from his cigarette before he casually added, “If any of you
wins, I will give you 10 million. On top of that, I will kneel

before you and address you as ‘my lord’. If

I win against you all, you just have to remove your clothes and leave the room in that manner.”

Compared to Charles’ bet, it was nothing

for them to remove their clothes. His proposition had caused the rest of the

women in the room to be slightly moved.

we win, we would get 10 million!

After being annoyed by his arrogant attitude, Melody walked over in large strides after gritting her teeth.
Then, she pulled the chair to his right and sat down as she laughed coldly. “Charles, I’ll be waiting for you
to call me your lord!”

Charles playfully leaned against his chair.

“Sure. Who else is in? Let’s start soon.

After that, I’m heading over to accompany

my baby.”

After all, she was there. If she did not say

anything, the rest did not dare to make a move even though they wanted to join.

Melody chose a few other women who



were good at poker before she looked at

Tina.

Even though Melody had said nothing, Tina understood her implicit words

*Toby Mr. Lane is going overboard. Why don’t you help us out?” Tina asked softly She knew that Toby
was good at poker and that Charles might not be able to win

against him.

However, Toby merely sat there without

moving. He then responded in a low voice, “I still have some emails to settle. You can go ahead to play
with him.”

She did not expect that he would reject

her. Even though her body froze in that

instant, she quickly smiled. “Alright. Wait

for me for a while more then.”

Charles did not feel pressured when he

played poker with the three other women.

He had played the came aggressively and

ruthlessly



Hefore they wrapped up the last round, he impatiently knocked on the table. “Are you quys idiots? You
are so slow at playing the game. Could you be faster?”

His words made their faces blush red in

anger.

Tina had made a self proclamation that her skills in poker were excellent. She thought that with the three
of them against

Charles, one of them would at least win.

Unexpectedly, no matter what she played,

he had followed suit and was alming at

her.

Before they could even finish the game, Tina had already taken most of her clothes

with only her strappy white camisole

remaining

“I win!” He revealed his cards again.

Tina secretly gritted her teeth. She could

tell that he was aiming at her to avenge

Sonia.



After Charles flicked away the ashes from his cigarette, he prompted her, “What are you waiting for, Miss
Gray? Take your clothes off!”






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