“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
not be going over to Zane’s, but he did not show it and merely nodded to acknowledge her
at the driver’s side before she courteously announced,
nonchalantly.
when she heard this. Did he just ask me to drive safely? Is this
gently at the sight of her
and snapped out of her reverie. “Oh, nothing. Drive safely
eyes glittered briefly with amusement as he
before she opened the door to the driver’s side. Then, she slid behind the wheel, thereafter pulling out of
depart from where
after she placed the gear in reverse to drive away. The anomaly of it was enough
had felt this way and in recent times, she found herself being caught off
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 to remember.
she thought, What’s
moment, Douglas wrapped his arms around the driver’s headrest and leaned
eyes and cast a brief glance at
the same spot with his eyes fixed in her direction. She pursed her lips as she
made her slam on the brake. “Mr. Toby likes you, Aunt Sonia,” the little boy commented as a
laughing as she retorted,
looking at you. It’s the same way my dad looks at my
and did not take his comment to heart, dismissing it as a childish remark. He was only a little boy, after all. He couldn’t possibly
feelings for her was
saw that she didn’t believe a
know you’re telling the truth. Truer words have never been spoken,” Sonia
her humoring, Douglas pouted even
dejection to settle upon him. Much like a deflated balloon, he shook his head and sighed ruefully. “Well, I guess it’s up to you
dejected he looked. With his head hung low and a clear resignation in his posture, he looked like a little old
…
just woken up when her phone rang with an incoming
out a
hearing her soft and sleepy voice, he felt a tingling sensation creep underneath his
crossed his legs and cleared his throat awkwardly before
having cleared her mind after a luxurious
quiet breath. “Good to
this hour to pick Douglas up?” Sonia tossed her covers aside and got out of bed. Then, she headed
as he chortled and
bed with his little limbs spread
on the other end of the phone too. “The
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