Chapter 224


    Titus nearly choked. He was aware of how problematic his words sounded, but he was the elder


    one in the conversation, so Toby shouldn’t have tantly called him out even though what he said


    was wrong. Does Toby still want to be with Tina or not? Titus let out a displeased grunt. “Tina has


    made a ton of mistakes in the past, Toby. You’ve always been on her side even when she did other


    things to Sonia, and you were always the one to clean up the mess for Tina. Don’t you think it’s a


    little toote to say that helping Tina is indirectly harming her now? That just means you’ve been


    harming her all along!”


    Toby’s pupils shrunk as he tightened his grip around his phone. He didn’t respond immediately. Titus


    is right. Although everything that urred to Sonia previously was the doing of Tina’s alter ego, I


    had still minimized the alter ego’s harm toward Sonia byforting Tina’s original personality when


    she cried. Now, Tina’s alter ego is getting increasingly nasty, while Sonia is caught in a situation


    where she is the main target. I didn’t just hurt Tina, but I’ve also brought harm upon Sonia.


    “You’re right, Titus. Perhaps I should change how soft-hearted I’ve been toward Tina.


    Otherwise—” Before Toby could finish his sentence, a ring horn sounded in front of him.


    Immediately after that, a blinding pair of high beams struck against his windshield. The white light


    disrupted his vision, and Toby couldn’t see anything in front of him. He knitted his brows as his


    expression turned grim. Then, he hastily calmed himself down and threw his phone aside to wind


    his window down to check the roads through his rearview mirror. He wanted to rely on his rearview


    mirror to find a spot by the side of the road where he could stop his car.


    However, before he could turn the steering wheel, the carthat had been shining its high beams in


    Toby’s direction crashed directly into his car. Bang! A loud crash sounded as Toby’s car shook


    wildly. His entire figure was thrown forward, and his forehead was split open as he mmed against


    the wheel. Red liquid covered his face instantly, and he lost consciousness soon after that.


    On the other end of the line, Titus threw his phone aside angrily. “I can’t believe Toby ended my call!


    Does he even respect me at all?” His face was sour.


    “All right, all right. Is there a need to be so angry?” Julia poured him a cup of tea.


    Titus took the drink and finished it before mming the cup onto the table. “I’m his future father-in-


    law, and he ended my call without even a simple goodbye. How am I supposed to be okay with


    that? Other sons-inw usually


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    stick up to their wives’ fathers, and they’d be terrified to offend their inws in any way. But what


    about him? He always shows that attitude of his when he’s with us; he barely smiles at all! Have you


    ever seen a son-inw like him?!”


    Julia stroked Titus’s chest to calm him down. “Toby has a rtively calm and distant personality. I’m


    sure you know that by now.”


    “His personality doesn’t give him an excuse to be rude and end my call!” Titus brushed Julia’s hand


    away and pulled his pants up as he sat down on the couch. “His attitude toward me makes me


    wonder if he truly loves Tina sometimes.”


    Tina was by the railings on the second floor, and she tightened her grip around the railing when she


    heard her father’s words. A rather mysterious expression formed on her face. Meanwhile, Julia


    continued the conversation downstairs. “Pfft! What are you saying? Of course, Toby loves her. He


    said that he fell in love with her a long time ago. If it hadn’t been for the Reeds that had barged in


    six years ago, Toby and Tina’s marriage would’ve already happened a long time ago. Anyway, did


    Toby say that he’sing over?”


    “He didn’t say anything. I guess he isn’t.” Titus massaged the space between his brows.


    Upstairs, Tina sank her teeth into her bottom lip.


    What she had been the most worried about was finally happening. Toby didn’t even offer toe


    and see me after he heard that I was crying. It’s clear that he’s starting to realize how I don’t matter


    that much to him. If this goes on, he’s going to end things with me before he even realizes that the


    one that he’s in love with is Sonia. No. I have to do something about this.


    Tina balled her fists in determination as she walked away from the railings and headed back to her


    own room.


    At the other side of town, Sonia, Carl, and Charles had just finished their meal and had just arrived


    at Sonia’s house when they heard sirens wailing and saw an ambnce rushing past them.When


    they looked at where the ambnce came from, they saw that there were a few police cars stopped


    by the side of the road.


    There was yellow tape surrounding the area, and there was a crowd forming around the space


    behind the yellow tape.


    “What’s going on?” Sonia mumbled as she lowered the window to look at the crowd.


    “I think there was an ident,” Carl replied. He looked away and handed Sonia’s handbag to her


    after that. “It’ste, Sonia. You should get some rest.”


    “Yeah, baby. Hurry up and go home,” Charles said from the passenger’s seat.


    Sonia nodded. “I’ll head up now.” She then got out of the car and waved at both the men before she


    headed toward her condominium’s entrance. Both Charles and Carl waited for her to get into the


    building before they drove off.


    The next day, Sonia was awakened by Charles’s call. Without opening her eyes, she stuck her arm


    out of her sheets to reach for her phone on the bedside table. Her muscle memory allowed her to


    pick the call up and ce the phone against her ear. “Hello?” she answered in a raspy andzy


    tone.


    “I have good news, baby!” Charles’s shrill voice rang beside her ear. The sharp sound hurt her


    eardrums, which immediately woke her up. She opened her eyes to sit up on her bed. While ruffling


    her messy hair, she responded in a cranky voice. “What good news is it? Why are you shouting?”


    “Toby got into an ident,” Charles replied in an excited tone.


    She widened her eyes. “What did you just say? He got into an ident?”


    “That’s right. It was the ident we saw near your cest night.” He nodded.


    She crinkled her nose. “Hold on. I’m a little confused. Are you saying that the ident we witnessed


    last night was Toby’s car?”


    “That’s right,” he replied.


    “Why would he get into an ident near my area?” Sonia was confused. Was Toby about toe


    over and see mest night?


    “I don’t know, but the news of his ident is all over the Inte, and there are tons of reporters


    waiting outside the hospital right now. They’re trying to get more information on his injuries. More


    importantly, the Fuller Group’s stocks are fluctuating like crazy right now. What a joy!” Charles was


    dressed in a fancy shirt on the other end of the line, and he was smacking his own thighs excitedly.


    Sonia rubbed her temples. She was about to say something when her doorbell rang. “I’ll speak to


    youter, Charles. Someone’s outside my house,” she uttered in ce of her initial reply.


    “Who is it?” Charles immediately turned alert. It’s so early in the morning. Who could possibly visit


    Sonia apart from Zane or Carl?


    “I don’t know either. I’ll go take a look. All right, goodbye.” Sonia ended the call and threw her


    sheets aside to put on her slippers and open the door.


    The moment she pulled the door open, she felt a firm p across her face. Sonia waspletely


    dazed by the sudden attack, and she pressed a palm against her own face as she stared at the


    person in front of her door. It was Jean, with a hideous expression on her face.


    The single p hadn’t been enough for Jean, and she raised her hand to prepare for a second p.


    Sonia hastily came to her senses and grabbed Jean’s arm before returning an attack by pping


    the other woman.


    Smack! The loud p sent Jean onto the ground. Sonia had clearly used all her strength in her


    p. Jean was stunned as she couldn’t believe that she had been hit. It took her a while to return to


    her senses. Then, she mbered to her feet as she gritted her teeth and shouted, “Sonia, you


    b*tch! How dare you hit me?! I’m


    going to teach you a lesson!”


    With her arms spread out, Jean charged toward Sonia’s face. Sonia was already prepared for an


    attack, so she pulled out a feather duster that was on top of her shoe rack, which she sent directly


    toward Jean’s face.