“I’m afraid you’re mistaken, President Fuller. These his-and-hers watches could never be meant for us because we aren’t a couple at all. You should take them back for Miss Gray and yourself.”
With that, Sonia took the box from the manager and closed it before she shoved it perfunctorily into Toby’s arms.
Toby’s expression stiffened as he was seized with the urge to throw the box out, but he eventually resisted the temptation to do so and tossed the box over to Tom instead.
After having caught the box, Tom briefly glanced at it. He noted the unhappy expression on Toby’s face while his own lips twitched in a show of helplessness. What am I supposed to do with this?
The manager, on the other hand, fixed his gaze on his shoes as regret washed over him. Had he known that the watches would only cause President Fuller to bicker with the young lady, he would not have taken the box out in the first place.
No one said a word as the tension in the room rose to nightmarish proportions. After what felt like a long moment, Toby broke the stifling silence and said, “Let’s go.”
Upon hearing this, Tom hurried forward to help Toby get on his feet.
Sonia reached out as well, making as if to help him, but as a sudden thought crossed her mind, she retracted her hand and let it fall to her side.
Toby did not miss the movement, which caused the air around him to grow cold. She could have helped me if she wanted to. Why did she change her mind halfway through?
The few of them exited the restaurant and arrived at the parking lot.
She opened the door to her car and ushered Douglas inside. Upon seeing this, Toby frowned and asked, “Are you going over to Zane’s place?”
Sonia closed the door to the backseat and answered curtly, “No.”
“But Douglas—”
at my place,” she replied plainly
was somewhat relieved to hear that she would not be going over to Zane’s, but he did not show it and merely
the driver’s side before she
nonchalantly. “Drive
face when she heard this. Did he just ask
asked gently at the sight
head and snapped out of her reverie.
with amusement as he
the door to the driver’s side. Then, she slid behind the
car depart from where he stood in front of his
placed the gear in reverse
in
monosyllabic answers. Now, she could barely count the times his gaze had lingered on her and he had spoken to her on more occasions than she
furrowed as she thought, What’s going
driver’s headrest and leaned
cast a
was still rooted to the same spot with his eyes fixed in her direction. She pursed her lips as she was a little irked by his odd demeanor. What in the world is
the brake. “Mr. Toby likes you, Aunt Sonia,” the little boy commented as
almost choked, and the itch in her throat was soothed after a few dry coughs. Flustered, she was torn between crying and laughing as she retorted, “Aren’t you a little young to be saying stuff like this, buddy? Mr. Toby doesn’t like me since he likes someone
I can tell he really likes you, Aunt Sonia. I saw the way he was looking at you. It’s the same way my dad looks at my mom,” he
comment to heart, dismissing it as a childish remark. He was only a little boy, after all. He couldn’t possibly decipher the look
Toby had feelings for
huffed irritably when he saw that she didn’t believe a
words have never
humoring, Douglas pouted even harder,
deflated balloon, he shook his head and sighed ruefully. “Well, I guess it’s up to
from bursting into laughter at how dejected he looked. With his head hung low
…
day, Sonia had only just woken up when her phone rang with an incoming
out a yawn.
sensation creep underneath
his throat awkwardly before asking, “Did I wake
didn’t,” she replied, having cleared her mind after a
quiet breath.
call me at this hour to pick Douglas up?” Sonia tossed her covers aside and got out of
door of his car as he chortled and answered,
guest bedroom and saw that Douglas was still sound asleep on the bed with his little limbs spread out.
laughed on the other end of the phone too. “The
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