“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?”

acknowledge

“You’re overthinking. Toby thinks differently from Sonia. He knew that the child was his, and he personally waited outside the operation theatre for her surgery to end. From there, you could tell that he’s not particularly fond of the baby. That’s why your worries will not

be sorry than safe! Don’t forget what I have

 

Sonia. Since she has divorced Toby and it does not look like she’d rekindle the

hearing that, she dodged his gaze guiltily and remarked

never tell anyone about the fact that she’d pretended to be Toby’s pen pal, especially to Toby and Tim. If she accidentally let that slip, God knows if Tim

well, whatever.” He shrugged in a manner that looked

his other

eyes. “Why the sudden

of tea and smiled while she was frustrated and angered by the ambush. Why would a grown-up

“Of course, our first encounter was the day I saved

fingers on the table

almost fell apart. Clutching her

he excitedly told her that he

said it was fine; after all, that was only their second encounter. From the clue, she guessed that their ‘first encounter’ must be the time

“Of course, you’re right—our first encounter was the day you saved me.” Intentionally, he emphasized the

sigh of relief.

anxiously again. She could almost kill him for the anxiety he stirred. More than that, she was gripped

he implying? Why is he suddenly asking me those questions? Could he have found out that I

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 before as well. As such, how could

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