"You mean Lynette?" Toby raised his eyebrow.

She's asking about Harry and now his granddaughter? Just what is she up to?

"So, that's her name." She smiled lightly. "That's a cute name, but you haven't answered my question yet. What do you think of Miss Lore?"

He contemplated and a young face conjured in his mind. It was so blurry that he could barely make the outlines of her face. "Nothing."

"Nothing?" His answer stupefied her for a moment.

Given Toby's reverence for Harry, she assumed that he would have a deep impression of the Lore Family. His response was beyond her expectations. Furthermore, she could tell that he was telling the truth.

"Why so? Isn't she the granddaughter of your teacher? You guys should be close. You've grown up together, right?" Sonia looked at the man with pursed lips.

His brows furrowed deeply as he tapped her forehead. "I learned from my teacher, not his granddaughter. So, how am I supposed to be close with her? And what? Growing up together? You're not the one to say that. Both of us are the one that has grown up together. You were ten when we became penpals, right?"

Covering her forehead, she finally let out a genuine smile. "I thought you grew up with Miss Lore and that you're close with her."

It was true; never once had he told Sonia who he grew up with. It was merely her assumption upon the discovery of the mastermind's identity—Lynette. Since Lynette was the granddaughter of Toby's teacher, it was possible for them to get along. Still, Sonia had over-thought about it.

Since Toby didn't grow up with Miss Lore and he's not close with her, I bet he won't protect her after knowing she's the mastermind of the whole scandal.

As an afterthought, she thought of giving him a chance by testing him. She stared at him. "Do you have any feelings for Miss Lore?"

Her question almost had him laughing. "What sort of feelings should I have for her?"

They were not close at all. He was Lynette's uncle at most and they barely met or spoke to each other. Other than that, there was nothing more between them.

"Good." Sonia nodded. "But are you aware that Miss Lore likes you? Not in a familiar way, but romantically."

Her words put Toby into a trance. The silent Charles realized something as his mouth gaped. "Sonia, do you think that Lynette is the one behind all this? You've said that the mastermind is Toby's pursuer and now you're mentioning Lynette's feelings for Toby instead of anyone else. It's obvious that you're telling us it's Lynette all along."

"Is it true?" Toby's face darkened in a split second.

She looked at him and nodded slowly. "Yeah. Charles is right. It is Miss Lore's doing. I didn't know about it at first, but I contacted Squirrel and bought off their editor's secretary. The secretary dug into it from the editor."

She fished out her phone and clicked the voice note sent by Noah for the men. According to the voice note, Mitch—the editor—clearly stated that the whole incident was Lynette's plan.

Lynette bribed Mitch to have a paparazzi watch Sonia in her vicinity one week ago. All of this was to capture any titbits about her. Even if the paparazzi failed to do so, an intimate picture of her and a man would work since it only needed a little bit of editing to stir up a controversy on the Internet.

Thus, the pictures of Sonia and Charles heading to a hotel was taken. Lynette even reassured Mitch that she would protect him if Toby took revenge.

After listening to the recording, Toby was shocked to the core. Never in his wildest dream had he expected his teacher's granddaughter to set that up. He did not remember much about her, but she was a cheerful girl.

Still, the girl, who he thought to be adorable, had feelings for him and was malice enough to set up his woman through such lowly means.

It seemed like the seven years had not only changed Harry but Lynette as well, except hers was a complete one-eighty.

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