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.

her face must look like at the moment. It’s

 

rested his cheek against

Sonia rubbed her face as though to relax her expression, inhaling deeply to calm

said plainly,

“That’s your problem. Why should Charles give up calling me that just because you want him

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

glistened in Sonia’s eyes as she demanded, “Don’t you think you’re

what I think is right,” Toby countered gently, his features softening

to say something, the door to the office swung open before

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.

on the spot. He slowly assessed Toby’s icy expression and instantly knew that he had come in at a bad time. His

Fuller! It was my fault! I should have known

you’ve finished going through the security footage?” Toby asked in a bone-chilling voice, rubbing his

footage’,

there onward, she stayed put in the car. Here’s the footage

the footage, followed by the scene where she got down from the car and walked

after she walked into the building, a black sedan pulled up on

the black sedan and

fists clenched, “This was the car she was

Does the car seem familiar to you?”

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

narrowed his eyes and looked back at the footage, focusing

plate at all. It featured a number thirteen, which seemed appropriate, given how Tina was the very

the same car, and I know this because the license plate was particular enough to 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

owner?”

lower lip. “Well, the data showed that the owner of the license plate was just a normal civilian, so I let my guard down. But I didn’t think that Tina would turn out to

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