Sonia raised her eyebrows. “If you’re looking for Miss Gray, why are you here? Isn’t she with you?”

“Exactly!” Charles agreed, crossing his arms.

In response, Toby lowered his eyes. “She’s not with me.”

“What?” Charles paused for a moment before smiling gleefully. “Have you lost her?”

 

Toby didn’t reply. No longer finding the situation as funny as before, Charles questioned in surprise as the smile slipped from his face, “Are you serious?”

Looking at Toby, Sonia continued, “Are you looking for her here because you think we hid her?”

Toby met her gaze. “She never returned from the restroom, and the only people here that have bad blood with her are you two.”

Annoyed, Charles barked a laugh. “You think we hid her because we have issues with her? How stupid do you think we are? Everyone knows we’d be the foremost suspects if something happened to her.”

Silently, Toby pursed his lips. In truth, he, too, knew the chances of Tina being there weren’t high. Thus, he had gone over only hoping he would find Tina by sheer luck.

up to Toby. “I’ll admit I bumped into her in the restroom, but I left before her and have

 

clenching his fists. After Tina failed to return to their private room, he called her, but she didn’t pick up. Then, he had the manager

thing was that the restaurant’s video surveillance system was operating normally but had not

the present, Charles curled his lips. “If there were no signs of her in the video surveillance footage, that only proves she avoided being captured and is now in hiding. Maybe she’s doing it on purpose and making you anxious because she wants to see what position she holds in your heart. That

Toby’s face darkened, and the temperature in the

and indicated to him to be silent. Wasn’t he seeking death to call the love of

it to heart,” she apologized somewhat insincerely before looking down at the watch on her wrist. “It’s getting late. It’s time for me and Charles to leave. Take your

acted numb toward him, but now that they were divorced, she instantly surrounded herself with

regret divorcing Sonia, he couldn’t help thinking that it was ridiculous. Regret? How

mind, he pulled out his cell phone with a cold expression on

I have searched the areas near the restaurant, but we couldn’t find any traces of her.” Standing at the door of the restaurant, Tom suggested while scratching his head, “Maybe we should file

voice, “It’s pointless. Since we don’t know if her disappearance

we do now?” Tom looked around the place and shivered in

Toby instructed, “Continue asking around to

sir!” Tom nodded

cell phone away, Toby left the

his destination. As he followed the butler inside, Julia and Titus both happened to be coming down the stairs. When

looked behind Toby. “Is

at her, Toby answered in

hearing that, Julia

In response, he nodded.

Titus questioned loudly, “Wasn’t she

over the place for her, but she hasn’t yet been found. I fear that something has happened

of her

shouted, quickly catching hold of her

down, Titus kept patting her cheek. Finally, she

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