Sonia laughed. “Isn’t that true?”
For Tina, he will go to the extreme. Even a cry from Tina would send him crazy as he might even give up his life for her sake.
Toby gazed into the iciness of Sonia’s eyes that was exceptionally jarring to him. Ah, so this is how she perceives me.
With a grim expression, he slipped a hand into his pocket and stood up. “Ladies and gentlemen, regarding the concern that Vice President Reed raised, I could confidently promise you that the partnership will be a fair assessment without any favoritism. Please do not worry about it.”
“Since President Fuller has given his promise, we are now assured.” A chorus of laughter broke out among the other attendees, dissipating the confrontational atmosphere.
Only Titus forced a smile and kept quiet as he wallowed in regret. After a couple of confrontations, he should have known better—Sonia was not a weakling. Despite that, he couldn’t help but recklessly go head-to-head with her to the point where he shot himself on the foot.
“I appreciate the trust you have placed in me. With that, I announce that our meeting has ended. Please head back and start preparing for the plan.”
Upon saying that, Toby rose to his full height and left the room with Tom.
Once they were both gone, everyone else followed suit and spilled out of the room. Titus was the last one to exit. When he passed by Sonia, he halted and hissed at her, “Young lady, you better not be full of yourself.”
be too gleeful when you are still standing.” She turned around and flashed a smile at him—an act that sent him into a daze again. The resemblance is extremely striking. Why is Sonia’s smile a carbon copy of Mom when she was
Gray?” Sonia noticed that Titus had gone blank and she raised
him back to reality. An uneasy look flashed across his eyes as he coughed slightly and warned in a steeled voice, “That is if
finally alone in the room. She took her time to gather her stuff and prepare to return to the office. Her cell suddenly buzzed at this moment.
has the meeting ended?” Charles’s flirtatious voice was heard from the other
She nodded. “Yes.”
you get a seat in the partnership?”
not going to be that simple. There were twenty attendees and only five will be chosen as business partners.
Charles nodded
plan, though! Look, I have never been involved in the energy sector and I am clueless when
outside the meeting room and stopped himself from pushing open the
Toby shushed him.
the materials to the Planning
head, “I don’t even know how many moles Asher has planted in the company. Do you believe that he’d sabotage the plan if I request for someone else to draft it? He doesn’t want me to
about we draft the plan together? Even though I don’t have experience in the energy sector, two heads are still better than one.”
I’ll hang up now. I still need
“Okay.” He nodded.
Toby turned
your stuff from the room?” Tom
lips and finally decided. “No. Just let the hotel staff send the items to
expressed his wish, Tom had nothing
the elevators where Tom pressed the button to head to the lower floors. Suddenly, he heard Toby’s voice. “Find two people to put on an act for
by
wittily as he explained his plan to
you want to help Miss Reed, why don’t you just tell her
elevator doors and grunted. Sonia was currently avoiding
Tom was speechless by Toby’s explanation, he paused for a while and finally gave a dry cough. “I
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