“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—”

over at my place,” she replied plainly as she eyed the

to Zane’s, but he did not show it and merely

at the driver’s side before she courteously announced, “I’ll be making a

shrugged nonchalantly.

face when she heard this. Did he just ask me to drive safely? Is this the

Toby asked gently at the sight

her head and snapped out of her reverie.

amusement as

driver’s side. Then, she slid behind the

her car depart from where he stood

stared at her after she placed the gear in reverse to drive away. The anomaly of it was enough to make

way and in recent times, she found herself being caught off

would he bother giving her anything more than monosyllabic answers. Now, she could barely count the times his gaze had lingered on her and he had spoken

she thought, What’s going on in

leaned close to Sonia. “Hey, Aunt Sonia, Mr. Toby is still staring

cast a brief

Toby 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

suddenly said something that nearly made her slam on the brake. “Mr. Toby likes you, Aunt Sonia,” the little boy commented

dry coughs. Flustered, she was torn between crying and laughing as she retorted,

you, Aunt Sonia. I saw the way he was looking at you. It’s the same way

and did not take his comment to heart, dismissing it as a childish remark. He was only a little boy, after all. He

that Toby had feelings for her

he saw that she didn’t believe a word he said.

Truer words have never been spoken,” Sonia

humoring, Douglas pouted even harder, which caused him to look

shook his head and

herself from bursting into laughter at how dejected he looked. With his head hung low and a

had only just woken up when her phone rang with an incoming call

let out a

and sleepy voice, he felt a tingling sensation creep underneath his ribcage, not to mention an inexplicable,

and cleared his throat awkwardly

replied, having cleared her mind after

let out a quiet breath. “Good to

Douglas up?” Sonia tossed her covers aside and got

of his car as he chortled and answered, “You know me

guest bedroom and saw that Douglas was still sound asleep on the bed with his little limbs

on the other end of the phone too. “The kid’s a

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