This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

Chapter 677 Stay the Night

“That’s right. It was the only way I could give you the Ocean’s Heart without anyone getting the wrong idea about it,” Toby explained slowly as he tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. “And it just so happened that you were stepping up to take over Paradigm Co.. I knew you needed a lot of resources to rebuild the company and I had hoped that you would sell the Ocean’s Heart to raise the funds to save Paradigm Co., but you never did.”

“I couldn’t just sell something as precious as that. Who knows what others might think of me if I had done so? I would much rather donate it for charity. At least that would sound better on paper,” Sonia answered as she absentmindedly played with his hand.

He froze when he heard this. “You donated the Ocean’s Heart?”

She nodded, a little embarrassed to be confronted about this. “Yeah, I got Charles to arrange for the donation, but he never went through with it. He kept the necklace instead, which was why I could return it to you the other day. If the donation had gone through as planned, I… I would never have been able to give it back to you.”

As such, she was grateful that Charles had never donated the necklace as per her request; otherwise, both the ring and the Ocean’s Heart would have been lost forever.

Upon hearing this, Toby pressed his lips in displeasure. “I gave you that necklace so that you could sell it off and get the funds you needed to pull through tough times. How could you have decided to donate it?”

“I’m sorry,” Sonia apologized. She knew she had been wrong to make arrangements for the donation and she felt increasingly apologetic now as she tugged on Toby’s hand, saying coquettishly, “We were so at odds with one another back then and I thought I had no choice, but things turned out okay anyway, right? The Ocean’s Heart is still with you.”

“My mom’s already worn it, though, so I can’t possibly give it back to you.” His hand grazed her bare neck as he murmured, “I’ll give you something else in the future and this time, don’t you even dare to think about donating it.”

“Okay,” she promised solemnly with a nod. “I won’t.”

“Good.” While he was satisfied with her answer, his hand lingered on her neck and he didn’t look like he was going to withdraw it anytime soon as he caressed her bare skin in an almost absentminded manner.

He loved how warm her neck was and how her soft, supple skin felt beneath his fingers. He couldn’t stop running his hand along the curve of her collarbone.

Staring at Sonia’s neck, Toby couldn’t help but think how good it might feel to kiss it, seeing as to how touching it was already making him restless.

At the thought of this, his gaze darkened as it zoned in on her neck and his head slowly inched forward. His actions made him look like a predator about to pounce.

She looked up at that precise moment to see the man’s chiseled face looming close to hers

quickly brought her hand up, thereafter blocking his face as she said, “Don’t

shuddered and snapped

through her fingers, which were spread over his features, a pitiful

she interrupted, already knowing what he was going to say and do. Blushing furiously, she averted

as his own. Previously, he had been suppressing his desires at bay

while muttering hesitantly, “Not for

her period. More importantly, she hadn’t mentally prepared herself for such intimate acts just yet, and she couldn’t

eyes when he heard her reason, but it disappeared just as quickly as he said placidly, “Fine, we’ll revisit

patient and understanding for so long that a few more days

She didn’t want to make promises she couldn’t keep; if she wasn’t ready by then, it would be another disappointment for him, so she decided

just get on with dinner,” she said,

and pulled her to sit down by the table before they carried on with

Throughout the entire process, Toby followed her like a

by it. She wasn’t so much annoyed by the person as

much to her exasperation,

answered with a

that

do,” he replied nonchalantly as he nodded

don’t you go and get those things done while leaving

I do, will you stay?” he asked curiously, his gaze burning into

a brow, she countered, “So, you’re following me around because you

because I have nothing to wear. Do you think I could leave without a

which had been altered to fit her for the night.