Toby fell silent.

He reached up to massage his temples with his fingers. “Never mind then. Can’t be helped if you can’t find it.”

 

If she didn’t know the identity of the thief, he couldn’t possibly force her to retrieve the bag.

“I’m so sorry for causing trouble again, Toby.” Tina bit her lip and apologized with red eyes.

Now that he saw her like this, Toby responded in the gentlest voice possible, “It’s not your fault. Don’t take it to heart.”

“That’s right, Tina. Listen to Toby,” Titus coaxed.

 

Julia nodded as well.

Tina smiled through her tears when she realized that everyone was comforting her. “Okay, I know.”

 

“Oh, yeah! Toby, do you have any idea on how to deal with Tina’s case?” Titus asked as he looked at Toby.

Toby dropped his gaze. “You’ll find out tomorrow.”

Upon sensing Toby’s reluctance to spill the beans, Titus was a little upset, but he didn’t probe further.

It was a quiet journey in which they arrived at the Gray Residence half an hour later.

Then, Titus and his family exited the vehicle.

Toby rolled down the window and looked at them. “Titus, Julia, please take care of Tina.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Julia replied with a smile as she patted Tina’s head.

didn’t say anything, he looked like he

well at home and I’ll

a safe journey.” She

turned the car around to drive

was not too long after that he

office with a complicated expression as he held a document

is it?” Toby was staring at the

front of Toby’s desk and took a deep breath before replying, “You asked

and raised his head to look at

Tom answered with a

shock. After a few seconds, he managed to come around and ask in an undeniably surprised tone, “What did you

hasn’t even been two months since Miss Reed and President Fuller filed for divorce. So, one can conclude that as soon as Miss Reed left President Fuller, she immediately hooked

could mask his emotions from prying eyes, but his heart was in turmoil. A month or so… It’s been around one month since that night I shared with Sonia, so is there a

tightened his grip on the mouse. It was obvious he was nowhere near

obvious that President Fuller still cares for Miss Reed. Now that he has received news that she

Tom pondered, Toby suddenly stood up. “Is there any

fluid, but it carries a high risk of miscarriage. Why do you ask, President Fuller?”

Instead, his frown

wild guess as his eyes widened. “President Fuller, are you

at him before slightly nodding to confirm

that the day before their divorce…

Toby asked while looking at his assistant. Since removing the

“There’s none. Other methods would require the child

lips formed a straight line; he was obviously expressing dissatisfaction at this

Tom asked, “President Fuller, don’t be so anxious. What if the child isn’t yours but

Toby’s expression darkened as a heavy air hung

he was well aware that the child might

still felt annoyed at the thought of the child being someone

his tie and answered in a low voice, “Send someone to keep an eye on Sonia

response before he turned

left

thoughts of Sonia’s pregnancy whirled around in his head,

off work, he finally stood up and grabbed his jacket that was hanging on the back of his chair before he walked

return to the Fuller Residence, but he drove

why he came. By the time he finally returned to his senses, he

parking his car near Sonia’s apartment, Tyler

down the window to light up a cigarette and take a

veil over his face. As a result, the reduced visibility had given him a temporarily mysterious

Boom!

lightning flashes across the sky before the strong

of rain pattered down and drenched the road in seconds. Some of the droplets even managed

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