Chapter 545 Faultless

At the thought that Charles might get into trouble, Daphne felt her stomach twist, and without another word, she rushed out of the conference room to chase after him.

When she had left, Sonia resumed her seat and patted her cheeks tiredly, then took out her phone to text Toby. ‘Do you think I’m the one at fault here?’

Meanwhile, Toby had been busy going through documents when he heard his phone buzz with a new message. He put down his pen and grabbed his phone to take a look.

A gentle smile broke out over his impassive face when he saw that it was a message from Sonia. He clicked into it, only to be a little confused when he saw that there was no context to her message. At last, he decided to call her instead of making guesses.

Sonia, on the other hand, was waiting for Toby’s reply, and she jumped when her phone rang instead. She scrambled to hold onto her phone, almost dropping it in the process. Having recomposed herself, she answered the incoming call and pressed the phone to her ear, greeting, “Hello?”

Toby sounded concerned as he asked, “Hey, did something happen?”

She bit her lip and said slowly, “Not exactly. It’s just Charles.” She told Toby about the conversation she had had with Charles earlier, then asked with a hollow look in her eyes, “So, do you think I’m the one at fault here?”

Amusement flashed across Toby’s features when he heard the whole story, and his warm smile was like springtime after all the ice melted. “You did the right thing. If you can’t reciprocate his feelings, then putting a stop to this now would be better than letting him fall deeper. He’d only end up getting hurt in the end.”

“That’s what I thought,” Sonia said, relieved to hear that he agreed with her. It was as if his words had led her out of her daze.

“I’m really happy,” Toby said.

She tipped her head to one side and asked, “What are you happy about?”

“I’m really happy that you came to me to clear your doubts,” he pointed out, chuckling lightly.

A flustered look flashed in her eyes as she retorted, “Hey, I only came to you because I don’t know who else to talk to. You’re just a substitute at best.”

“Still, I’m really happy about it,” he countered easily. Besides, I can tell whether or not you see me as a substitute.

“Okay, let’s just talk about something else. How’s your ankle?” Sonia asked out of concern, straightening up in her seat.

glanced down at his injured ankle and answered, “It’s not as painful as it was

in a couple more days,” she placated, sighing quietly in

I’m going to the hospital to

I’ll go over, too,”

“Seriously?”

“You only got hurt because of me, so it would be almost immoral of me to leave

with overwhelming sentiments. “Okay. I’ll

“That’s fine. I can—”

have a couple of things to attend to. See you later.” With that, he ended the call and set his phone aside

grimly, “President Fuller, we’ve looked into it and found that neither the Gray nor the Stone Family helped

documents, the frown on his face so deep that

we’re sure of is that her accomplices aren’t from Seafield. I looked into it, and there’s been no activity in Seafield that might be connected to Tina

cities and countries that are helping her?” Toby guessed

answered gravely, “Yes, but if that were to be the case, then we’d have

in the country, and with all the other countries in the world, there was no telling which forces

eyes and ordered, “Send someone over to Miles’

think

was the one who helped Tina keep me under mind control, so

“That makes sense. Very well, then.

a somber hum, Toby said, “By the way, have you looked into

how it’s been years since the accident. Moreover, there were no cameras at the

lips were pressed into a grim line. “I

die from an accident, but if he hadn’t, then Toby naturally took it

acknowledged his superior’s demand but suddenly thought of something and added, “Also, we ran into problems trying to pinpoint

you mean?” Toby

close eye on Carl and his activity and successfully confirmed that Declan smuggled abroad, so we sent men over to the location before Carl could beat us to catching Declan. However, Carl seemed

want us to find Declan?” Toby

to settle with Declan, so it was unlikely that he would help the latter cover his tracks. I bet this means the only reasonable explanation for his intervention is that he’s trying

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