“Don’t be angry. Take a seat.” Tim pulled out a chair for Tina.

Thud! She flung her bag violently onto the table. “How could I not be? I could have ended Sonia today. Once she’s gone, I won’t have any troubles in the future. But you—”

“Toby is at the hospital,” he cut her off.

Tina was visibly shocked. “What? He is at the hospital?”

 

“Yes, that’s right. Plus, he was right outside the operation theater, and he clearly saw me entering. Think about it, if I were the surgeon, and Sonia lost her life in the end, don’t you think he’d get suspicious and look into it?”

Learning about the unexpected news, she bit her lip. “You’re right. We can’t kill her right away. Still, you could have aborted her baby. Why didn’t you do it?”

She shot the man an angry glare, but he calmly poured a glass of water for her. “Don’t worry. We have plenty of chances to do that. Do you not trust me?”

might acknowledge the baby and remarry

child was his, and he personally waited outside the operation theatre for

I have told you before—his true

 

not look like she’d rekindle the relationship,

gaze guiltily and remarked impatiently, “You shouldn’t have asked

be Toby’s pen pal, especially to Toby and Tim. If she accidentally let that slip, God knows if Tim would start to suspect

whatever.” He shrugged in a manner

to sigh in relief, she was struck by his other question. “Oh,

flashed across her eyes. “Why

nostalgic.” He took a sip of tea and smiled while she was frustrated and angered by the

and replied, “Of course,

tapped his fingers on the

the smile on her face almost fell apart. Clutching her hands, she suppressed the panic in

he excitedly told her

all, that was only their second encounter. From the clue, she guessed that their ‘first encounter’ must be the time she had ‘saved him’. Therefore, it was impossible to

smile. “Of course, you’re right—our first encounter was the day you

change in his tone and breathed an enormous sigh of relief. Out of nowhere, however, he added, “Do you remember the place where you

heart that had just calmed down started to beat anxiously again. She could almost kill him for the anxiety he stirred. More than that, she was gripped by nervousness

out that I was faking my identity as his

at a loss because of the panic. This time, she had no answer to his question, for she had no idea where his savior had saved him. She was even more clueless about the situation in which he was saved, something that he had never told her

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