Sonia had never expected things to go so smoothly with the government. It only took an hour for a contract to be signed. As thanks to her for a few years of free land use rights, they promised to help her build her factory and have a machinery plant set up for her.

By the time she exited the department, the sky was already dark. As if on cue, her stomach grumbled loudly. Hearing it, Charles threw an arm around her shoulders. “How about we have steak for dinner, baby?”

“Sure.” She nodded in agreement.

“Let’s go!” Still with his arm around her, he lengthened his stride in the direction of their car.

 

Half an hour later, they arrived at one of Seafield’s most famous restaurants. The moment they walked inside, Sonia heard a familiar voice behind her. “Miss Reed, Mr. Lane, we meet again.”

Instantly, Sonia’s smile faded. Much less politely, Charles rolled his eyes. “Why is it you both again?”

It was none other than Tina and Toby. With a gentle smile, Tina asked, “You don’t wish to see us, Mr. Lane?”

“You don’t need to ask to know that,” he retorted, spreading his arms.

Nonetheless, her smile stayed on her face. She didn’t seem angry. On the other hand, Toby was silent. His gaze was fixed on the bandage on Sonia’s head with an unreadable look in his eyes.

and quirked her lips. “Aren’t you afraid your fiancee will get jealous of you staring at me

 

provoke her and Toby, she had no way of denying that Sonia was telling the truth and that Toby had, indeed, been staring at her. Even though jealousy flashed across Tina’s

you saying, Miss Reed? How could I possibly be jealous? You’re standing in front of me and Toby, so it’s not so strange that Toby is looking at you. Not to mention, he’s seen plenty of female employees at Fuller Group every day. If I got jealous of every one of them, I’d be very busy. Wouldn’t you say, Toby?” She wrapped her

grip, Toby frowned slightly but didn’t pull his arm

very magnanimous of you, Miss Gray.” Sonia

said, “Baby, why are you still talking to them? I thought you were hungry. Let’s go get ourselves

“Of course.” She nodded.

put his arms around

his eyes and pursed his lips into a straight line. All of a sudden, he had an urge to rush up and separate them. Nonetheless, he held back. Keeping his head lowered to hide the expression in his eyes, he

“Alright,” she answered cheerfully.

Tina gets

you get tired of eating and sleeping?”

out, “Well, there you have it. Some people consider pretending as

curled his lips. After a moment of thought, he grinned playfully. “Baby, what’d you say if we tore away her fake mask; wouldn’t

gave him an elbow. “She hasn’t done anything to us at the moment, so we’re not going to do anything to her.” Of course, if Tina made the first move, it would

The couple ordered the restaurant’s famous steaks. Halfway through the meal, Sonia

to accompany you?” he teased playfully,

a faint

dangerous glint in her smile, he shuddered and chuckled, “Heh,

using the toilet, she tidied her clothes and headed to the sinks

opened and Tina stepped out. When she saw Sonia, her first reaction was to pause. Following that, she walked

Miss Reed,” she greeted

mildly, “It is indeed, to run into each other even

up at the bandage

even bothering to look at Tina. “Far from it, thanks to

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