“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?”

if this drags on, Toby might acknowledge the baby and remarry her,” she

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 theatre for her surgery to end. From there, you could tell that

have told you before—his true

 

it does not look like she’d

that, she dodged his gaze guiltily and remarked

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 would start to suspect if she was truly the person who saved

whatever.” He shrugged in a manner

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

flashed across her eyes. “Why

was just feeling a little nostalgic.” 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?

a smile on her face and replied, “Of course, our first encounter was

gently tapped his fingers on the

almost fell apart. Clutching her hands, she suppressed the panic in her and replied calmly, “Isn’t that

when they first met, he excitedly

it was fine; after all, that was only their second encounter. From the clue,

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

was oblivious to the change in his tone and breathed an enormous sigh of relief. Out of nowhere, however, he added, “Do

kill him for the anxiety he stirred. More

questions? Could he have found out that I was faking my identity as his ‘savior’, and he is now trying to

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

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