Carl smiled. “It’s nothing much. I just called to congratulate you. You’re finally free of all the nasty rumors!”
“Thank you.” A smile formed on Sonia’s face as well. Yeah, my name is finally cleared. I feel so much more relaxed now. “It’s all thanks to Tim,” Sonia continued. “This issue wouldn’t have been resolved so quickly if Tim hadn’t left those two videos behind.”
Upon hearing her words, Carl lowered his gaze a little to conceal the disappointment in his eyes. Why did she say that it’s all thanks to Tim? I was the one who uploaded those two videos.
Ding dong! The doorbell rang out of nowhere, and Sonia leaped to her feet. “All right, Carl. I’ll talk to you later. Someone’s here.”
“Who is it?” Carl asked.
Sonia headed toward the door. “I’m not sure. I’ll go take a look.”
to check who’s outside before opening the door. You need to remember to protect yourself,”
went to the monitor to check who was her visitor. She only opened the door when she saw that the person outside was a guy dressed in a
are you Miss Sonia?” the
she answered with a
he spoke, the deliveryman knelt down and picked up a large bouquet of roses from the ground.
bouquet immediately. Instead, she eyed the deliveryman suspiciously. “I’m sorry, but is this a
gifted it to you,” the deliveryman
was more puzzled than
his head. However, he seemed to recall something just moments later. “There’s a card in here.
stuck in the middle of the flowers. Only then did
The deliveryman nodded and turned to leave. She shut the door and walked back to the living hall while flipping
frowned as she whispered to herself. There wasn’t any signature at the bottom of the card, but she could clearly recognize the handwriting on the card. It belonged to Toby. Toby is the one who gave these! I thought it was
She was genuinely shocked by his act of giving her flowers. More importantly, Sonia didn’t know how to
came to her senses and looked at her phone screen, she saw a message
she lowered the flowers onto
miles away from Bayside Residence, Toby was dressed in a bathrobe as he sat at the edge of his bed. The top of his bathrobe was left open to reveal his firm and broad chest. His hair was still wet, and droplets
his hands and was about to dry his hair. All of a sudden, his phone screen lit up at a corner of his bed. His eyes seemed to light
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