“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?”
drags on, Toby might acknowledge
to Tim’s face. “You’re overthinking. Toby thinks differently from Sonia. He knew that the child was his, and he personally waited outside the operation
have
Sonia. Since she has divorced Toby and it does not look like she’d rekindle the relationship, not
hearing that, she dodged his gaze guiltily and remarked
the fact that she’d pretended to be Toby’s pen pal, especially to Toby and Tim. If she accidentally let
well, whatever.” He shrugged in a manner that looked
she was struck by his other question.
flashed across her eyes. “Why the sudden
He took a sip of tea and smiled while she was frustrated and angered by the ambush. Why would a grown-up feel nostalgic for no reason?
face and replied, “Of course, our first encounter was
fingers on the table
smile on her face almost fell apart. Clutching her hands, she suppressed the panic in her and replied calmly, “Isn’t
excitedly told
after all, that was only their second encounter. From
right—our first encounter was the day you saved
enormous sigh of relief. Out of nowhere, however, he added,
almost kill him for the anxiety he stirred. More than that, she was gripped
that I was faking my identity as his
had no idea where his savior had saved him.
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