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.

grabbed the split hem of Charles’ suit jacket and pulled him to the side before walking up to Toby. “I’ll admit I bumped into her in the restroom, but I left before her and have no

 

trace of her,” he said, clenching his fists. After Tina failed to return to their private room, he called her, but she didn’t pick up. Then,

thing was that the restaurant’s video surveillance system was operating

being captured and is now in hiding. Maybe she’s doing it on purpose and making

and the

Charles a warning glance and indicated to him to be silent. Wasn’t he seeking

down at the watch on her wrist. “It’s getting late. It’s time for me and

squabbling, his gaze darkened, and he felt immensely irritated. For six years, she had acted numb toward him, but now that they were divorced, she instantly surrounded herself with men, offering them warm and brilliant smiles. How

his grandmother’s dislike of Tina and her warning him not to regret divorcing Sonia, he couldn’t help thinking that

cell phone with a cold expression on his face

men and 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

cell phone, Toby responded in a low, restrained voice, “It’s pointless. Since we don’t know if her

do now?” Tom looked around the place

moment, Toby instructed, “Continue asking around to see if anyone

Tom nodded

the restaurant and drove in the direction

be coming down the stairs. When Titus saw

same time, Julia looked behind

her, Toby answered in a low

hearing that, Julia

In response, he nodded.

face sank, Titus questioned loudly, “Wasn’t she with you? How could she go

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

a roll of her eyes, Julia passed

quickly catching hold of her falling

to help. Together, they carried her to the couch. After they laid her down, Titus kept patting her cheek. Finally, she coughed twice and woke up, hammering her chest as she cried, “My Tina! Honey, our Tina

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