This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

Chapter 539

Chapter 539 Charles’ Feelings

“It just isn’t, okay?” Sonia let out a weary sigh and went on to say, “Look, a term of endearment like this should only be used if you and I are lovers, but we aren’t. We’re just friends, and calling me ‘baby’ is a little over-the-top.”

Charles laughed, but it was cold and devoid of his usual humor. “Oh, suddenly it’s ‘over-the-top? I’ve been calling you that for over a decade, and you’ve never said there was anything wrong with it until now. Did somebody talk to you about this and make you stop me from calling you that?”

Sonia’s eyes widened by a fraction, but that was enough to make Charles understand the truth behind this unexpected shift. He clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth, “So somebody does want me to stop calling you that. Let me guess—is it Toby?”

 

There was no answer from Sonia, but something flashed in her eyes that looked a lot like admission.

“I’m right, aren’t I?” Charles sneered in disgust. “Look at you being an obedient little girl and asking me to stop calling you a decade-long nickname just because he told you to.”

Guilt rose within her when she heard this, and she chewed on her lip as she tried to explain, “I’m sorry, Charles. Ill admit that Toby was the one who asked me to do this. He said to tell you that he wants you to stop calling me ‘baby’ because it’s inappropriate, but when I seriously considered it, I found myself agreeing with him. A nickname like that really is inappropriate between the both of us.”

Sonia hadn’t given much thought to this matter until Toby brought it up. After he had, it was as if something clicked in her. The nickname Charles had given her was far too intimate and flirtatious to be considered platonic.

However, Charles was less than understanding as a contemptuous smirk tugged on his lips. “No, this has nothing to do with whether the nickname was inappropriate or not. You’re just worried that if you let this continue, you’re going to make a certain someone very unhappy, and you don’t want that.”

Sonia stiffened. “W-What?”

 

retrieve the key

in her mind and batted away the doubt that threatened to cloud her judgment,

hearing her answer, Charles felt his heart drop to his stomach, and the hope he had

what you want, then I’m fine with it. From now on, I

we’re dropping is the nickname,

about here, then of course, nothing will change. But we’re different.” He tightened his grip on the car keys and took in a breath. “You were the only person I’ve ever called ‘baby’, because doing that makes me feel like I have a special place in your heart, like I’m irreplaceable. Now that you’ve taken away

on the car’s hood

at the sight

didn’t look like he was going to turn around or stop in his tracks as he marched toward the pavement, then raised an arm to hail an approaching taxi. The next second,

taxi speed away

one of them that she was suddenly made aware of was his feelings for

her nails dig into her palms, and she shook

Charles had never treated their friendship as a platonic one all along and that he

all that, then Sonia would have been

why he wanted to call me ‘baby’ and why he reacted the way he did when I asked him to

asked him to stop calling her

muttered under her breath ruefully, staring in the

they would no

done the right thing. If she had allowed the nickname to go on

love him back, and whatever sentiments he had for her could never be

him give up his affectionate nickname for her had as good as clarified her feelings toward him. Her stance in the matter was clear: she saw him as just a friend and nothing more. Perhaps all this

ruefully and walked up to the car. She picked up the keys Charles had left on the hood

Residence after Sonia had left his office, and he had

his hand, signaling Tom to stop pushing the

have escorted Miss Reed safely back to Bayside

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