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—”
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
Tina fell silent as the expression on her face changed drastically. What could I tell her anyway? No matter how
to
to play the victim. 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 would see
leave, Melody
narrowed her eyes. “Do you need something, Miss
at Melody, who had her arms crossed. With an arrogant look on her face, she demanded, “Are you not
I apologize?”
“You had your suitor kidnap Tina, which led to her being hospitalized. Shouldn’t
kidnap Tina?” Zane was practically
that, Sonia rolled her eyes at him. “Do
think you might just do that.” Zane nodded in all
wasn’t until then that Sonia returned her gaze to Tina and Melody. “Why would you accuse me
told us she heard the kidnapper saying
order to restore justice, you had
that because of what happened when they played cards previously. 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. Now that Melody brought it up, Sonia was certain that that was
fleeted across Melody’s gaze. “You knew?” Tina and Cynthia also
“Anything that we do is
makes no difference. Paradigm Co.
your friendship. However, I don’t think Paradigm Co. is anywhere near its end, Miss Stryder. On the contrary, it
collected herself. “Are you
clown like her is. Considering the Stryders’ status, she couldn’t possibly have predicted their downfall.”
Tina looked at Sonia disapprovingly. “Miss
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