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.”

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

Sonia noticed that Titus had gone blank and she raised a brow suspiciously. What’s wrong

his eyes as he coughed slightly and warned in a steeled voice, “That is if you

to the office. Her cell suddenly buzzed at this moment. She placed all her stuff on the table and took out the phone

has the meeting ended?” Charles’s flirtatious voice

She nodded. “Yes.”

Did you get a

head. “It is not going to be that simple. There were twenty attendees and only five will be chosen as business partners. The

sounds fair.” Charles nodded in

frustrated right now because I don’t know how to draft the plan, though! Look, I have never

confession outside the meeting room and stopped himself from pushing open the door. Behind him, Tom spoke,

Toby shushed him. Tom quietly complied and held his

chuckled, “What’s the problem? Send the materials to the Planning Department. Aren’t they hired specifically to

he’d sabotage the plan if I request for someone else to draft it? He doesn’t want me to win the competition, which means I have

How about we draft the plan together? Even though I don’t have experience in the energy sector, two

grunted and answered, “Sure. I’ll hang up now.

“Okay.” He nodded.

the door, Toby turned around

do you still want to collect your stuff from

and finally decided. “No. Just let the hotel

clearly expressed his wish, Tom had nothing more to

pressed the button to head to the lower floors. Suddenly, he heard Toby’s voice. “Find two

by the request. “What

eyes twinkled wittily as he explained his plan to his

“President Fuller, if you want to help Miss Reed, why don’t you just tell her so?

I have no choice but to do it another way.” Toby stared at the elevator doors and grunted. Sonia was currently avoiding him like the plague. He could tell that she wanted to keep a distance between them. Therefore,

while and finally gave

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