It wasn’t the first time they had an accidental kiss. It happened once back at the turf club as well, so she didn’t have to mind it that much. It’s just like stepping in dog poo. That’s all. She took a deep breath and turned to Toby, who was already waiting for her to take the card. She clenched her fists and told herself to not make any mistakes before leaning over to take the card from him.

Toby’s eyes lit up a little when he felt the warmth coming from her lips, but it was gone after two seconds. It wasn’t even enough for him to savor it. He stared at the sofa, feeling crestfallen.

One minute passed by quickly, and the manager announced the families that would proceed to the next round. They were number one, number three, and number five, the last one being Sonia’s team.

Douglas clapped his hands happily. “We can go to the next round, Mommy.”

“Yeah.” Sonia nodded in disbelief. She thought they lost too much time after that mistake, so they would be eliminated. Instead, they managed to proceed to the next round.

Toby thought Sonia looked cute when she was bewildered, and he smiled. “Number one and number three did a perfect pass, but the other families made more mistakes than we did, so we made third place.”

“How’d you know?” Sonia looked at him curiously.

Toby met her stare. “I kept an eye on them, so I know.”

gave him a thumbs up. “Good job.” He managed to keep an eye on the competition even though we only had one minute. That’s superb observation skill. No wonder he managed to lead the company to the top in

Just a habit.” Toby

a smug smile, so she pouted

it, but he couldn’t figure out how he annoyed her. Before he could say anything, the manager announced, “Congratulations for proceeding to the second round. For this round, we’ll be doing push-ups. Participants, please come here.” “Let’s go, Mom.” Douglas tossed the poker card away, jumped out of the sofa, and dragged Sonia

Toby realized they weren’t calling him, his face fell. That brat did that on purpose. He’s getting back at me for the pinch. He snorted, but Toby put his hands in his pockets and was about to follow them, but he saw something that made

as well. For some reason, Toby put the card in his suit’s pocket. Right after he put it in, Douglas called out to him, “Come here, Dad. The game’s starting.” Toby turned around and snorted happily. So what if he’s trying to get back at me. He

of push-ups the father did. Before the game had even started though, the patrons knew which family would get eliminated. Family number three’s mother was a chubby woman, but the father didn’t seem too strong, so

game.” Sonia frowned. She thought the whole family would be doing the

she just had an accidental kiss in the first

play along with

let’s get on with it.”

heard, and she looked at him in disbelief. “What did

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