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.

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

 

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 eyes and brewed even more potently in her heart, she made an effort to bring a smile back to

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

her grip, Toby frowned slightly

very magnanimous of you, Miss Gray.” Sonia

them? I thought you were hungry. Let’s go

“Of course.” She nodded.

arms around her waist

he lowered 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.

“Alright,” she answered cheerfully.

their private room, Charles couldn’t resist grumbling, “Do you think Tina gets tired of faking a smile when

get tired of eating and sleeping?”

smile, she pointed out, “Well, there you have it. Some people consider pretending as a vital part of their survival––just

lips. After a moment of thought, he grinned playfully. “Baby, what’d you say if we

She 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

restaurant’s famous steaks. Halfway through the meal, Sonia wiped the corners of her lips and stood up. “I’m going

me to accompany you?” he teased playfully, waggling his

faint smile. “What

he shuddered and chuckled, “Heh,

left. After using the toilet, she tidied her clothes and headed to the sinks to touch up her

stepped out. When she saw Sonia, her first reaction was to pause. Following that, she walked up to the sinks with a smile and

she greeted as

Sonia was reapplying her lipstick and only answered mildly, “It is indeed, to run into each other

of her powder case, Tina looked up at the

pursed her lips without even bothering to look at Tina. “Far from it, thanks to

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