Sonia chewed on her lower lip as she pondered on the idea of burning the midnight oil.

Toby, on the other hand, was still in the main seat, and he grew sullen once more when he heard her request.

He had thought that she might ask him to clarify the points of discussion when she called him, but as it turned out, all she wanted was a copy of the security footage. She probably wants to replay the whole meeting in front of Carl or Charles!

Suppressing the frustration that boiled within him, Toby answered coldly, “The camera’s broken.”

 

“Broken?” Sonia froze, then became skeptical of this as she looked up at the security camera.

However, she was not at Paradigm Co., and she couldn’t just demand that the camera be checked to ascertain if it was working fine or not.

Just as she was seized with helplessness again, Toby added abruptly, “Go into my office.”

“What?” She gazed at him oddly. “Why do I have to go into your office?”

“You don’t have to. Unless you have no plans on handing in the analytical report tomorrow,” Toby said stonily, then grabbed his cane and walked out of the conference room.

It was only then that Sonia realized he had seen through her pretenses, and he was offering to explain to her in detail whatever had been discussed during the meeting. That being said, she was still surprised by his kind generosity.

 

suddenly

if she didn’t take him up on his offer, she would only be left with the miserable notes she had tried to make and her barely-solid understanding of

teeth and decided to march after Toby. He probably didn’t want her to drag down the rest of the team now that they were working together on this project, which explained why he wanted

catch up with Toby, the

Toby turned his head

corners of his lips tipped up in the barest hint of a smile. His pace slowed, and he didn’t pick it back up until he was sure that she

them entered the

the office door fell shut behind them, a woman stepped out from the secretarial office

gazed at the closed door to Toby’s office and fished out

her purse. Taking it out, she glanced briefly at the screen and

free

by a sinister one as she hissed, “Which shameless hussy is it that has dared to

worked for him to keep an eye on all the female employees in the company, and if

this, and for a while, she believed that the women in Fuller Group were rather proper working-class ladies. She certainly hadn’t expected such a

of ours,” the secretary said hastily,

as she snapped unhappily, “Even so, she’s still trying to steal Toby from me, isn’t she? Tell me who she

she is. As long as she’s trying to take what’s mine, I’ll

but I did hear President Fuller address her as Miss Reed. He’s kind and gentle to her as well, and he even stopped so that she could catch up with him. They went into his

started working at Fuller Group, and seeing as she was not an official employee just yet, she had no idea of Toby and Sonia’s

Tina knew instantly that the ‘Miss Reed’ in question was none other than Sonia. Growing incensed, she stood up from her seat abruptly, a rough gesture that caused a few strands of hair to be pulled out by the curling tongs in Tony Goldstein’s hand. The sharp, sudden pain made Tina hiss

her accusation, and he resisted the urge to tell her that it was her fault for standing up so abruptly in the first place; surely he couldn’t be faulted for accidentally

boot. Mr. Tony did not want to offend the woman, and he took the accusation in stride as he bowed apologetically. “I’m terribly sorry, Miss Gray. I didn’t mean to, and I’m

off when Tina landed a harsh slap across his face, the crisp sound of which reverberated around the room. Even the secretary on the other line shuddered when she heard this,

Tina incredulously, though fear shone in his eyes as he gasped, “How could you assault

out of my scalp? You

And now, some nobody dares to offend

he heard Tina’s harsh remark. “You have

signaling him to stop talking. Having done so, he turned and smiled at Tina, saying, “Miss Gray, he’s new here and has no idea how to conduct himself just yet. I hope you won’t hold it against

look came into her eyes. “I want you to fire him and make sure

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