Tina chewed on her bottom lip as panic filled her. No longer in the mood to stay for Cynthia’s appeal, she turned and left.

Half an hour later, she found herself at Fuller Group.

 

“Toby…” Tina couldn’t care less if there were others in the presidential office as she strode over to Toby’s desk. With her eyes red and glistening with tears, she sat down on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck, thereafter nuzzling into his chest as she began to sob quietly.

Toby stiffened at her unanticipated behavior, but when he regained his composure, he frowned at the woman in his arms.

If it weren’t for the fact that she was crying, he thought he might very well push her away.

“Leave the documents here, and I’ll get back to the both of you after I’ve reviewed them. Go back to your own desks for now,” Toby announced to the man and woman standing in front of his desk. He put down the documents in his hand and rubbed his temple tiredly.

 

The man and woman standing in his office nodded. “Yes, President Fuller.”

After that, they left his office.

 

It was only after the door closed behind them that the woman whispered disapprovingly, “Isn’t she President Fuller’s fiancée? She ought to know better than to barge into the office without knocking first. It’s so rude of her to interrupt while we’re in the midst of a work discussion, not to mention sit down in President Fuller’s lap at first instance. The company is no place for her to throw her girly tantrums.”

The man next to her simply shrugged. “President Fuller always lets her have her way.”

obviously displeased. “Okay, well, he needs to draw the line

the ones who would

but said nothing

as he said, “There, there, Tina. Why don’t you get down

whined, burrowing

to push her away again. Indulging her whims, he asked, “Go

as she stared at him with red-rimmed

narrowed his

my way to Cynthia’s appeal when I saw Mrs. Stone on her knees,

up for Mrs. Stone? As in, you were trying to

response as she nodded. “I mean, Mrs. Stone was

you were in the wrong. You shouldn’t have done that,” Toby interjected as he regarded

as she protested, “I don’t think

caused this mess in the first place, and Sonia was the victim, which means she gets to decide if she wants to forgive the former. You have

down on her lip

gotten down on her knees in front of her, but did you ever stop to think that this was

coercion?” she

Stone could easily plead with Sonia in private, but she decided to get down on

was no wonder that Mrs. Stone would blame me for helping her get on her

make sure you think before you help somebody the next time.” He gently smoothed her hair and added, “Besides, the Stones aren’t particularly known for good breeding. You should stay away from them if you

smile, and as a sudden thought seized her, she quickly glanced at him with an expectant look. “Toby, should we go

“This weekend?”

“Yes.”

a bland

been so busy lately that we barely have meals together anymore. I’m always alone, and it’s only a matter of time before I perish in boredom at

some fun this weekend, but we can’t make a long trip over the course of two days, so we’d have to traipse around Seafield. Where do

“I don’t know where I want to go, either. I’ve only just gotten here not too long ago, so I wouldn’t know any fun

this suggestion, and he lowered his gaze in thought. Finally, as a sudden thought came over him, the smile on

and hiking, and you claim to be quite the equestrian. President Cunningham just so happens to own an equestrian facility in the mountains. We could go horseback riding and then hiking after. What do you think?”

stiffened when she

he had suggested horseback riding and hiking. While she was perfectly fine with trekking through the mountains,

was that she had an innate phobia for large

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