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.

up at that precise moment to see the man’s chiseled face

registered the lust and hunger in his eyes, she panicked and quickly brought her hand up, thereafter blocking his face as she

snapped out of his

spread over his features, a pitiful look surfaced on his handsome face.

and do. Blushing furiously, she averted

desires

turned away from him while muttering hesitantly, “Not for the time being, okay?

mentally prepared herself for such intimate acts just yet, and she couldn’t very well go all the way with him if she didn’t have the time

when he heard her reason, but it disappeared just as quickly as he

that a few more days of

to this because she couldn’t be sure that she would be mentally prepared for bedroom endeavors even after her period had ended. 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 to say

just get on with dinner,” she said,

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

in the kitchen. Throughout the entire process, Toby

so much annoyed by the person as she was by his constant

to her exasperation, saw Toby looming over her like an overly-attached

he answered with

“What’s that supposed to mean? Don’t you have better things to

he nodded since he still had plenty of

temples wearily. “In that case, why don’t you go and get those things

if I do, will you stay?” he asked

you’re following me around because you don’t want

my laundry because I have nothing to wear. Do you think I could leave without a spare change of clothes? What am I supposed

altered to fit her for the night. While there was an athleisure edge to them, they couldn’t possibly be