“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—”

place,” she replied plainly

to hear that she would not be going over to Zane’s, but he did not show

side before she courteously announced, “I’ll be making

nonchalantly. “Drive

she heard this. Did he just ask

Toby asked gently at the sight of her distracted

shook her head and snapped out of her reverie.

glittered briefly with amusement as he

before she opened the door to the driver’s side. Then, she

her car depart from where he

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

in recent

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

moment, Douglas wrapped his arms around the driver’s headrest and leaned close to Sonia. “Hey, Aunt Sonia, Mr. Toby is still staring at

her eyes and cast a brief

eyes fixed in her direction. She pursed her lips as she was a

her slam on the brake. “Mr. Toby likes you, Aunt Sonia,”

crying and laughing as she retorted, “Aren’t you a little young to be saying stuff like this, buddy? Mr. Toby doesn’t

can tell he really likes you, Aunt Sonia. I saw the way he was looking at you. It’s the

if you can tell all that just by one look.” Sonia beamed at the child and did not take his comment to heart, dismissing it as a childish remark. He was only a little boy, after

the suggestion that Toby had feelings for her was the biggest joke

huffed irritably when he saw that she didn’t believe a

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

even harder, which caused him to look like

like a deflated balloon, he shook his head and sighed ruefully. “Well, I guess it’s up to you to take

laughter at how dejected he looked. With his head hung low and a clear resignation in his posture, he looked like a little

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

a yawn.

a tingling sensation creep underneath his ribcage, not to

quickly crossed his legs and cleared his throat awkwardly before

she replied, having cleared

quiet breath. “Good to

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

the door of his car as he chortled and answered,

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

laughed on the other end of the

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