Sonia shook her head. “I don’t think so. He doesn’t have any heart condition.” Or at least not that I know of. She looked at Toby, who was getting paler and paler, then at Tina, who couldn’t do anything else but cry. Sonia shook her head, for she couldn’t believe how incompetent Tina was. “Miss Gray, if you want your fiancé to live, you should call an ambulance. Crying helps no one.”

Tina stopped crying, then she felt awkward about the fact Sonia had to remind her what to do before she even thought about calling a doctor. However, that didn’t stop her from glaring at Sonia. “Of course I will. You think I’m stupid?”

Sonia shrugged. “Very well then. Suit yourself. Dig in, Carl.”

“Sure, Sonia.” Carl nodded.

 

They went back to their meal without another word. Tina snorted and was about to call an ambulance, but Toby suddenly raised a hand to stop her. “It’s fine. I’ll be fine.”

“But Toby…”

“Don’t cry!” Before she could finish, Toby fought through the pain and put his hand on her face, wiping her tears off with his thumb. “I’m fine, so don’t worry.” He calmed her down gently, but his voice was hoarse. The moment he said that, Toby could feel the pain in his heart subsiding. A few moments later, the pain disappeared completely. If it weren’t for the sweat on his forehead, nobody would know he was in pain just a moment earlier.

to see if the pain would go away if he did as the

up because he refused to calm Tina down, but the pain stopped once he did. Because of that, even an atheist like him felt spooked. He wondered if the same thing would happen again if he stopped doing as Tina told him

she saw some color returning to his face, she heaved

 

but he stopped himself, though fury glinted within his eyes.

all right, sir? Why don’t I call a doctor over?” He came here with a crutch, and he had

No need for the doctor. Put the broken glass on my tab.” Toby massaged his

manager stared at him for a while, but he eventually believed Toby. “Very

“Alright.” Toby nodded.

leave, Sonia suddenly chuckled, and everyone

laughing,

cared more about Mr. Fuller than his own fiancée. She believed him right away when he said he’s fine. Do you even love

are you talking about, Miss Reed? Are you insulting me? Of course I love him!” Tina slammed her

Oh, did I

and looked toward Toby for help. “Trust me,

finish your meal.” Toby interrupted her,

made Tina stop talking and go back to

said, “Tina, I’ve been thinking about it for

so Toby’s face fell, and he looked at

fell from the ceiling and smashed all the plates on the table, sending porcelain shards flying everywhere. One of them cut Sonia’s

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