Chapter 537 A Little Too Unreasonable

Sonia had one hand pressing her chest and the other fanning herself to cool down the flush on her face.

Toby stared at her in mild bewilderment and asked, “Are you okay?”

“I-I’m perfectly fine!” Sonia stammered, swallowing convulsively as she looked down to avoid his gaze. My goodness, what’s wrong with me? Why is my heart beating so fast? Why is my face burning up? Calm down! He wasn’t actually calling me ‘baby’; he was only platonically referring to Charles’ nickname for me, so why am I acting so weird about it?

 

Charles had more often than not called her ‘baby’, but never once had she ever felt the way she did now. Logically speaking, the way Toby had called her by the same nickname shouldn’t affect her this much.

Presently, Toby could tell that Sonia was being evasive. With narrowed eyes, he gazed at her intently, as though he wanted to see through her.

After a pause, he appeared to understand what was going on. Dark amusement glittered in his eyes as he leaned forward, closing the distance between them. The corner of his lips curled with a devious smirk as he said slowly, “You still haven’t answered me, Sonia. Does Charles still call you ‘baby’? Hmm?”

This time, he added even more emphasis and bass to the word, and the suggestive edge that came with his gravelly tone only made Sonia draw in a sharp breath.

“S-Stay away from me!” She abruptly stood up and marched forward, effectively putting some distance between them. She had her back turned to him, and she refused to spin around no matter what.

less knew what her face must look like at the moment. It’s probably

 

that his words earlier had brought about her sudden rush of embarrassment. Realizing this, he rested his cheek against the palm of his hand, and a teasing grin played on his lips as he drawled, “Make him stop calling you that from now

expression, inhaling deeply to

gaze and said

Charles give

of endearment that connotes an intimacy the both of you do not share. You aren’t lovers, and more importantly, I’ll get jealous. I’ve tolerated his inappropriate behavior for long enough, and I have no plans to continue tolerating it. Sonia, I hope to be the only one who gets to call you by that nickname.” There was no hesitation or mockery in his eyes as he said this, and his

“Don’t you think you’re a little

doing what I think is right,” Toby countered gently,

she was about to say something, the door to the office swung open before Tom marched in

as he came in, he registered the strange dynamics in the room and halted in his long strides. He saw that Sonia had stood up even though Toby was still seated on the couch, and immediately sensed that something was off. “Oh, did I—” He broke off and shot Toby a nervous look, his heart beating frantically in his chest. “Did I come in at the wrong

Tom wished that lightning could strike him on the spot. He slowly assessed Toby’s icy expression and instantly knew that he had come in at a bad time. His lips twitched

President Fuller! It was my fault! I should have

Are you here because you’ve finished going through the

footage’, Sonia hurriedly resumed her

building at 2.00PM, and from there onward, she stayed put in the car.

the footage, followed by the scene where she got

sedan pulled up on the street across

at the black sedan and said, “Right there! That’s

fists clenched, “This was the car she

Does the car seem familiar to you?” Toby asked,

shook her head, then nodded. “I don’t actually find the car familiar,

Toby narrowed his eyes and looked back at the footage, focusing

Toby had no trouble reading the license plate at all. It featured a number

catch my eye. But just as Charles and I were about to call the police, the car drove away. We figured it was only a coincidence that it was on the same route as

the owner?” Toby urged,

of the license plate was just a normal civilian, so I let my guard down. But I didn’t think

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