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.

he looked

again. “Rest well at home and I’ll swing by during the weekend to pick

Have a

he turned the car

after that he

with a complicated expression as he held a document

staring at the computer screen

breath before replying, “You asked me

keyboard and raised his head to look at Tom. “What did you

pregnant,” Tom answered with a

he managed to come around and ask in an

hasn’t even been two months since Miss Reed and President Fuller filed for divorce.

looked down so that he could mask his emotions from prying eyes, but his heart was in turmoil. A month or so… It’s been around one month

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

still cares for Miss Reed. Now that he has received news that she is pregnant, he definitely wouldn’t be able

there any way to know who the father is

a high risk of miscarriage. Why do

Instead,

guess as his eyes widened. “President

him before slightly

the day before their divorce… Color me

the amniotic fluid?” Toby asked while looking at his assistant. Since

Other methods would require

line; he was obviously expressing dissatisfaction at this

asked, “President Fuller, don’t be so anxious.

Toby’s expression darkened as

though he was well aware that the child might

felt annoyed at the thought of the child being someone

someone to keep an

nodded in response before he

again left alone in the

his forehead and squinted his eyes as thoughts of Sonia’s pregnancy whirled around in his head, rendering him unable to focus on the

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

Residence, but he drove over to Bayside

time he finally

his car near Sonia’s

rolled down the window to light up a cigarette and take

smoke drifted upward and formed a veil over his face. As a result, the reduced visibility had given him

Boom!

to the lightning flashes across the sky before the strong winds started to

of the droplets even managed to get past the car window and landed on Toby’s

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