Tina’s eyes went wide in disbelief. He admitted to it. Is he really courting Sonia?
Other than Tina, Melody and Cynthia were also stupefied. In fact, Melody was staring at Zane like she was staring at an idiot. Both of them hailed from prestigious families, so Melody looked down on him for falling for a woman who had once divorced. He’s bringing shame upon all of the upper class society!
“Mr. Coleman, are you sure you should be doing this? Miss Reed is…” Tina bit her lip as if there was something about Sonia that she should refrain from commenting about.
Sonia let out a snort of incredulity. “Go on, Miss Gray. What is it that you want to say about me? Are you trying to convey to Zane that I have committed certain atrocities by trailing off mid-sentence as if you’re trying to hide something?”
Tina panicked, as she never thought Sonia would expose her intentions directly, which caught her off guard. Therefore, she shook her head while explaining herself, “No, that’s not what I mean. It’s just that Miss Reed is Toby’s ex-wife, and you’re Toby’s friend, so isn’t it a bad idea to go after Miss Reed?”
“Nope. I think it’s a nice idea,” Zane refuted with a smile. “Although Sonia is Toby’s ex-wife, they’re already divorced, so it’s just normal that I would pursue her.”
“But—” Tina seemed to have something else to say.
However, Sonia cut her off. “Is my popularity that much of an eyesore?”
“No, I wasn’t—”
Zane from pursuing me. If you think Zane shouldn’t be courting his friend’s ex, don’t forget that you and I used to be coursemates in uni. According to that line of thinking, aren’t you
could I tell her anyway? No matter how I retort, I
has nothing to add. Let’s go,”
Toby is the only one who’s too blind to see that. Heck, he even thinks she is kind and innocent. I don’t understand why he
leave,
eyes. “Do
crossed. With an arrogant look
should I apologize?” Sonia
led to her being hospitalized. Shouldn’t you apologize
you have someone kidnap Tina?” Zane was
eyes at him. “Do you
you might just do
It wasn’t until then that Sonia returned her gaze to Tina and
kidnapper saying
restore justice, you had
However, she dismissed the conjecture as soon as she saw Melody walking beside Tina, and switched to thinking that Melody’s actions might be because of Tina’s kidnapping.
of surprise fleeted across Melody’s gaze. “You knew?” Tina
smirked. “Anything that
of this makes no difference. Paradigm Co. will be
sake. I’m touched by your friendship. However, I don’t think Paradigm Co. is anywhere near its end, Miss
collected herself. “Are you kidding me,
be kidding. That’s just how a clown like her is. Considering the Stryders’ status, she couldn’t possibly have
“Miss Reed, you need to
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