“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

to Zane’s, but

car and stood at the driver’s side before she

shrugged nonchalantly.

heard this. Did he just ask me to drive safely?

asked gently at the

head and snapped out of her reverie. “Oh, nothing. Drive safely

with amusement as

one last look before she opened the door to the driver’s side.

watched her car depart from where

placed the gear in reverse to drive

in recent times,

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 to her on more occasions than she cared

brows furrowed as she thought, What’s going

wrapped his arms around the driver’s headrest and leaned close to Sonia. “Hey, Aunt Sonia, Mr.

a brief

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

that nearly made her slam on the brake. “Mr. Toby

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

I saw the way he was looking at you. It’s the same way my dad looks at my mom,” he

must be really brilliant if you can tell all that just by one look.” Sonia beamed at the child and did not take his comment to

suggestion that Toby had feelings for her was the biggest

a word he

words have never been spoken,” Sonia placated, humoring the kid as she nodded in

skepticism and her humoring, Douglas pouted even harder, which caused him to look like

upon him. Much like a deflated balloon, he shook his

bursting into laughter at how dejected he looked. With his head hung low and a clear resignation in his posture, he looked like a little old man. The kid’s

had only just woken up when her phone rang with an incoming call from Zane. “Good morning,

a yawn.

felt a tingling sensation creep underneath his ribcage, not to mention an inexplicable, albeit familiar heat

cleared his throat awkwardly before asking,

replied, having cleared her

quiet

hour to pick Douglas up?” Sonia tossed her covers aside and got out of bed. Then,

chortled and answered, “You know me

on the bed with his little limbs spread out. She couldn’t help but sputter at the comical sight. Then, with a

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

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