“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—”

staying over at my place,” she

was somewhat relieved to hear that she would not be going over to Zane’s, but he did not show it and merely nodded to

before

nonchalantly. “Drive

her face when she heard this. Did he just ask me to drive

asked gently at the sight of

out of her reverie. “Oh, nothing. Drive safely as

with amusement as he

to the driver’s side. Then, she

Toby watched her car depart from where he stood in

stared at her after she placed the gear in reverse

was not the first time she had felt this way and in recent

glance, nor 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 to her on more occasions than she cared to remember. He even

she thought, What’s going

his arms around the driver’s headrest and leaned close to Sonia.

narrowed her eyes and cast a brief glance at

the same spot with his eyes fixed in her direction. She pursed her lips as she was a little

“Mr. Toby likes you, Aunt Sonia,” the little boy

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

the way he was looking

not take his comment to heart,

had feelings for her was the biggest joke of

a word he said. With newfound insistence, he declared, “I’m

the truth. Truer words have never been spoken,” Sonia placated, humoring the kid as she

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

for the dejection to settle upon him. Much like a deflated balloon, he shook his head

in the rearview mirror and kept herself from bursting into laughter at how dejected he looked. With his head hung low and a clear resignation in his posture, he looked like a

woken up when her phone rang with an incoming call from Zane. “Good

a

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

crossed his legs and cleared his throat awkwardly before asking, “Did

she replied, having cleared her mind after

quiet breath. “Good

tossed her covers

of his car as he chortled and answered, “You know me well. I’m

the door to the guest bedroom and saw that Douglas was still sound asleep on the bed with his little limbs spread out. She couldn’t help but sputter at the comical sight. Then, with a lowered voice, she added, “Apparently,

other end of the phone too.

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