Chapter 517
“You’re being so mysterious.” Rose took a sip other tea before she continued speaking. “Well, I
won’t probe any further if that’s the case. However, there’s something else I’d like to know. Sonia
isn’t aware of the fact that she has fallen for you, and I wanted to point it out earlier, but you stopped
me before I could do it. Why did you do that?”
“Because now isn’t the right time.” Toby leaned against his seat. “Sonia hasn’t realized her feelings
for me, so she might not ept it if we were to point it out to her now. I’m afraid she might feel
disgusted and resistant toward such a statement. My n is for her to realize it on her own so that
she can naturally ept the fact that she has fallen for me.”
There was no point in getting others to tell Sonia about her feelings—she wouldn’t ept it, and
she might avoid or hide from Toby if that happened. The best solution was for Sonia to think things
through, as this would make it
more likely for her to ept Toby.
Rose gave him a thoughtful nod. “You’re right. Well, since you’ve already decided on this, you
should just go along with your n. However, I really hope that you can get married to Sonia soon.
You don’t have to worry about Jean; I’ll keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn’t pull any
tricks.” Rose’s face darkened at the mention of Jean.
If it weren’t for the fact that Jean had taken care of Toby and was Tyler’s biological mother, Rose
would have kicked her out of the house a long time ago. Jean didn’t know how to do anything
except give the family more issues.
“I got it, Grandma. I hope it’s not too much trouble for you to deal with Mom.” Toby stood up to give
Rose a bow. Rose hastily gestured for him to sit, and she was about to tell him something when she
saw Tom walking over with Sonia. “Sonia’s here.” Rose let out arge grin. Toby immediately turned
to see Sonia walking toward them.
Sonia hadn’t expected to bump into Toby there, and a look of suspicion shed across her face
before she looked away and pretended not to see him. “Grandma!” Sonia greeted with a smile.
“Take a seat, Sonia.” Rose patted on the spot beside her.
Sonia shook her head. “It’s fine, Grandma. I came to bid you goodbye. It’s gettingte, so I’d like to
head home
now.
“I see. That’s fine.” Rose knew that it was gettingte, and she didn’t stop Sonia as she knew that
Sonia had work the next day. Instead, Rose used her walking stick to support her to her feet. “You
had a few drinks earlier, so you can’t go home on your own. I’ll get Toby to send you home.”
Does she want Toby to send me home? Sonia immediately rejected the offer. “It’s fine, Grandma. I’ll
just call for a personal driver to take my car. He drank alcohol too, so he can’t drive me back.”
Toby’s face was grim as he spoke. “Tom didn’t drink. He can send us back.” “Us?” Sonia froze.
Toby lowered his cup as he got to his feet. “I should be leaving too, Grandma. I’ll get Tom to drive us
back now so that he can get off work earlier after that.”
“Great. You guys should leave together, then.” Rose rolled her eyes at Toby when Sonia wasn’t
looking. It’s so obvious that he wants to leave together with Sonia. Well, I guess that’s good—that’s
what I intended to do when I told him to send Sonia home.
“Look, I don’t need to follow you guys. I can—” Sonia was about to say something when Rose
patted the back of her hand. “Alright, Sonia, go along now. I’d feel more at ease knowing that Toby’s
the one sending you. I’d be more worried if you just hired a stranger as your personal driver.”
Rose turned to Toby just to pretend to give him a stern warning. “You’d better make sure that you
send her home safely.
You’ll be the first person I look for if something happens to Sonia.”
“Okay.” Toby nodded.
Sonia let out a bitterugh. Fine. Grandma already has everything nned out for me, so I can’t do
much, can I? If I reject her now, it’d seem like I’m being disrespectful. Forget it.
Let’s just do it. “We’ll leave now, Grandma.” Sonia tidied her hair before she bid goodbye to Rose.
When Toby heard Sonia referring to them as ‘we’, he curled his lips into a slight smirk. Rose merely
chuckled as she waved. “Okay, okay. Goodbye.”
Sonia nodded before she followed Toby out of the pavilion. They had only taken a few steps when
she heard Rose talking in a yful tone behind her. “Look at Sonia and Toby, Mary. They look like a
perfect couple.”
“They do.” Mary nodded agreeably. Upon hearing that, Sonia tripped on something and nearly fell.
Toby instantly held onto her waist. “Watch out,” he uttered in a
gentle tone.
“I got it. Thanks.” She straightened her back and was about to slip out of Toby’s grip. However, Toby
then let go of her waist before he reached over to hold her hand. Sonia widened her eyes. “You...”
“I’m holding your hand because the path here is covered withrge pebbles. The intention was to
replicate the theme of an ancient garden but walking around this area with heels can get pretty
hard. You’d fall really easily,” Toby said.
Sonia parted her red lips to speak, but no words came out of her mouth. She had no rebuttals—it
was true that the ground made it hard for her to walk. She had already stumbled her way over when
she arrived at the pavilion with Tom. If Tom hadn’t helped her over, she would have certainly fallen
onto the ground.
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I guess there’s nothing wrong with Toby holding my hand. I just don’t want to fall down, that’s all,
Sonia thought to herself as she lowered her head. Toby knew that she had agreed to let him hold
her hand when he sensed that her grip was no longer as tense as before. He smiled before
tightening his grip and shoving both their hands into his coat pocket.
“You—” Sonia stared at him, her eyes filled with surprise.
“My hand’s freezing. I need to warm it up a little,” Toby uttered with a poker face.
Sonia’s lips twitched with annoyance. Did he say his hand is cold? What a lie! I can still feel the
warmth from his palm. If anything, I’m the one who’s cold now. Wait! Sonia widened her eyes. Did
he do this because he wanted to warm my hand? Sonia stared at Toby as she zoned out for a while.
“What is it?” Toby asked gently.
“I-It’s nothing,” Sonia mumbled as she looked at her feet. Toby didn’t force her to answer him when
he saw her response. Instead, he gave her hand a soft squeeze before he shifted his gaze away
from her.
Soon enough, the three of them exited the manor’s main gates and arrived at
their car. At that moment, Sonia’s phone began to ring. She used one hand to unzip her bag and
pulled her phone out. “Huh?” Sonia mumbled in a puzzled tone.
“What is it?” Toby asked. She showed him her phone. “How odd. It’s 11.00PM, yet the police are
calling me.”
“The police?” Toby frowned. “Did you make a police report recently?”
“No.” Sonia shook her head. “That’s why I’m so surprised by this call.” This number was the number
she had saved from her previous encounters at the police station. That was why the caller ID
indicated that it was from the police station.
“You should just pick it up to find out what’s the matter,” Toby suggested. Sonia nodded as she
swiped a finger across the screen to pick up the call. “Hello?” she uttered as she ced the phone
against her ear.
“Something has happened, Miss Reed.” A stern, male voice sounded from the other end of the line.
Sonia’s expression turned serious when she sensed the man’s grave tone. “What is it, Officer
Olsen?” “Tina jumped off a building and killed herself,” Teddy replied grimly. A loud ringing sounded
in Sonia’s ears as her expression turned into one of disbelief. “What did you just say? Tina...
jumped off a building? She’s dead?”
Toby and Tom were just as shocked upon hearing Sonia’s words. “Tina killed herself?! How is that
possible?” Tom was shocked.
“Put him on speaker!” Toby ordered. Sonia gulped and did as she was told. Teddy could hear all
three of their voices then. “That’s right. About ten minutes ago, she jumped out of one of the
windows in her ward. She died on the spot.”