Chapter 167


    After hanging up, Toby ced down his cell phone, his eyes dark and depressed as he thought over


    Zane’s words. Maybe he’s right, he thought. Sometimes, some things may take on a turn beyond


    my control if I let it drag on until the end. With that thought in mind, he picked up his cell phone


    again and opened the chat room with Sonia. ‘I know about your pregnancy.’


    At the same time, Sonia was going through a document when her phone suddenly vibrated. She


    took a nce at it and was a little surprised when she saw that it was a text message from Z-H. We


    just texted a few minutes ago. Why is he texting me again now? she wondered. “What did he send


    me?” she asked out loud before tapping on the text.


    When she saw the message, her entire body turned stiff. He knew about it already? She


    clenched her hands into fists, then she frowned as she took her phone over. ‘How did you find out


    about it?’


    Z-H replied, ‘Your friend went to look for Zane, and he was the one who told me about it.’


    After reading his text, it all suddenly hit Sonia, and she couldn’t help but p her forehead. So that’s


    how he found out! Initially, she thought that someone was working for him by her side. / suppose it’s


    true that women’s intelligence declines after pregnancy. How could I not think of this?


    Her fingers flew across the screen as she typed, ‘Since you already found out about it, I won’t hide it


    from you anymore. Yes, I’m pregnant.’


    ‘Why didn’t you tell me?’ he asked.


    Frowning, she asked in return, ‘Why should I tell


    you?’


    Irritated at the fact that she had answered a question with another question, Toby asked silently in


    his head, Why?She’s asking me why? ‘Because I’m the child’s father.’ That was his reply.


    Sonia pouted as she answered, ‘It’s true that you’re the child’s father, but it doesn’t mean that I have


    to tell you about it. What happened between us started off as an ident, and so is this child. Also,


    we don’t know each other and I don’t even know who you are. I don’t need you to take


    responsibility, so why should I inform you simply because you’re the child’s father?’


    All of a sudden, Toby had nothing to say, and he pulled his lips into a tight line. Despite knowing that


    she was right, and so was her consideration, he still felt really ufortable in his heart.


    After giving the bridge of his nose a pinch, he typed, ‘Even though you don’t need me to take


    responsibility, I still have to do it. I would like to know about your thoughts regarding that child. Are


    you nning to keep it or...’


    His fingers came to a halt, and a few seconds passed before he tightened his fist, typed out thest


    few words and hit ‘Send’.


    When Sonia saw that he was asking whether she wanted to keep the child, she felt a tight squeeze


    in her heart.


    Although the doctor had asked her the same question as well before this, she waspletely in


    shock to find out about the pregnancy at that time, so she couldn’t consider this question at all.


    However, she had to start weighing this question carefully now that the father of the child was


    asking her this.


    Biting her lower lip, she typed the reply with trembling fingers. ‘I don’t know.’


    On the other hand, Toby wasn’t one bit surprised at her reply. The reason she hadn’t been to a


    hospital for a checkup the past few days must have been because she hadn’te to a decision


    yet.


    ‘It’s alright, you can think it over slowly. Just keep the baby if you want, and I’ll raise the child


    together with you from afar. If you don’t want to keep it, I’ll do my best to make it up to you.’ That


    was Z-H’s reply.


    Raise the child from afar... Sonia reyed the words in her mind, and her eyes were narrowed.


    ‘Okay, I’ll think about it.’


    ‘Let me know when you’ve decided.’


    A lopsided smirk appeared on Sonia’s face and she stopped replying, turning her cell phone off


    instead. Since he had mentioned that he would raise the child from afar, it obviously meant that he


    didn’t n to openly acknowledge the child in her womb.


    In such a situation, he was either married, already had a girlfriend or a fiancee. Otherwise, it would


    be his family that wouldn’t allow him to have a child outside. That was why he could only raise the


    child from a distance and not let others find out that he was the father of the child.


    Regardless of the actual situation, to her, it didn’t change the fact that the child in her womb was an


    unwanted child born out of wedlock.


    Unwanted by the mother as well as the father, this child was even more uneptable to the family


    of its father. Therefore, the fate of the child was already very clear.


    cing a hand over her belly, she thought, A child should be conceived with a person I love, and


    not with a stranger whom I have no feelings for. I can’t ept that the baby that I’m going to be


    giving birth to will be an illegitimate child. So...


    “I’m sorry, really. I’m not a good mother, and you shouldn’t havee into my womb. I’m sorry...”


    She apologized to the baby inside her while clutching the clothes covering her belly tightly and


    bearing the pain in her heart.


    Just then, her office door burst open and Charles stormed in like a gust of wind with fury written all


    over his face.


    “What happened?” Sonia lifted her head to look at him, stowing away the guilty feelings in her heart.


    Charles strode to her desk, lifted her coffee cup and drank it with his head tilted back before she


    could even stop him. Forget it, it’s just a cup of coffee, she thought. He doesn’t even mind that I’ve


    drank from it before, so there’s no point telling him now.


    “D*mn that guy, Zane!” He cursed loudly while mming the empty coffee cup on the desk.


    Blinking, she asked, “What did he do?”


    “I went looking for him to ask him about that guy. In the end, he told me that the guy is abroad.”


    “He’s abroad?” Sonia asked.


    Charles snorted. “So I asked him to give me that guy’s number. Guess what happened in the end?


    That *sshole gave me an invalid number! F*ck it!”


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    Sonia chuckled. “Maybe Zane didn’t do it on purpose. What if that guy changed his number?”


    “Who knows? Whatever it is, this matter isn’t over yet. I have to find that guy,” Charles said,


    mming his palm on the desk this time.


    Rubbing her temples, Sonia said, “That’s okay. That man already knows that I’m pregnant. It was


    Zane who told him and he just contacted me as well.”


    “Zane was the one who told him?” Charles frowned and went into a fit of rage. “Great, so it’s Zane


    who fooled me and gave me an invalid number. Otherwise, how could he contact that guy?


    Even Sonia was stunned. “Well...” That’s right, Z-H’s number that Zane gave Charles was an invalid


    number, but he was still able to contact him. This shows that he didn’t give Charles the correct


    number, she thought. But why would he do that?


    “D*mn it, that *sshole Zane!” Charles cursed, feeling an itch in his fist as the urge to punch


    someone grew. “I’ll definitely give him a beating the next time I see him. How dare he fool me!”


    “That’s enough. Set Zane aside for now. Aren’t you curious to find out what that man told me?” she


    asked, fixing her eyes on him.


    Leaning in closer to her, Charles asked, “What did he say? Did he deny it or—”


    “No, he didn’t deny that the child in my womb is his, and he’s also willing to take responsibility,”


    Sonia replied.


    The look on Charles’ face eased up a little. “That’s better, and that’s what a man should do. Or else,


    he shouldn’t call himself a man. But how does he n to take responsibility?” “Charles, what do you


    think if I abort this baby?”


    Sonia asked instead of answering.


    “Are you serious?” Charles asked with a serious face.


    Nodding, Sonia answered, “Yes. I don’t want to give birth to a baby belonging to a man I have no


    feelings for. Furthermore, I don’t want it to be an illegitimate child. So I want to go for an abortion.”


    A smile spread across his face. “That’s the way. Since that night was an ident, you shouldn’t


    keep this child either. This is good for you, that man and the baby. It’s great that you’ve thought it


    through, darling.”


    After receiving the affirmation from her good friend, Sonia felt more determined about her decision


    to abort the baby. Taking a deep breath, she nodded and said, “That man said that he will do his


    best to make it up to me if I decide to


    abort the baby, but I don’t know how he ns to do that.”


    “It must be money, without a doubt,” he uttered.


    She grinned. “I thought so as well.”


    “Darling, when do you n to go for the abortion? I’ll apany you when the timees,” he


    said while looking at her.


    Shaking her head, she answered, “I haven’t decided yet.” It was just a little while ago that she


    decided to go for an abortion, so she hadn’t thought so far in such a short time yet. After giving it a


    thought, she added, “I’ll do it on the day after tomorrow. I’ll be free on that day.”


    “Sure.” Charles agreed with her.


    Then, she checked the time and stood up. “Alright, Charles. I have to go to the hotel now.


    The results will be announced today for the proposal that was sent to Fuller Group.”