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.

to Toby. “I’ll admit I bumped into her in the restroom, but I left before her and have no idea

 

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, he had the manager send the restaurant staff in search of

that the restaurant’s video surveillance system was operating normally but had not captured any trace of her. Something

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

darkened, and the

him to be silent. Wasn’t he seeking death to call the love of Toby’s life a drama queen to

thinking. Please don’t take 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 time in finding Miss Gray. We hope you find her soon. Goodbye!” Then, with a courteous smile at Toby, she took Charles’ arm and walked away

toward him, but now that they were divorced, she instantly surrounded herself with men, offering them warm

his grandmother’s dislike of Tina and her warning him not to regret divorcing

phone with a cold expression on his face and

have searched the areas near the restaurant, but we couldn’t find any traces of her.” Standing

pointless. Since we don’t know if her

do now?” Tom looked around the place and shivered

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

sir!” Tom nodded

putting his cell phone away, Toby left the restaurant and drove in

be coming down the stairs. When Titus saw that

looked behind

at her, Toby answered in a low voice, “She’s

Julia froze. “Tina’s

In response, he nodded.

face sank, Titus questioned loudly, “Wasn’t she with

restroom while we were eating and never returned. I have men looking all over the place for her, but she hasn’t yet been found.

roll of her eyes,

Titus shouted, quickly catching hold of her

kept patting her cheek. Finally, she coughed

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