Chapter 622
Although he understood the crux of the matter, Tom didn’t y his hand. He instead pushed his
sses up his nose as he replied, “Understood, President Fuller. I’ll have it arranged.”
With a grunt of acknowledgement, Toby hung up.
Sonia had dinner ready soon enough. Therefore, he stood up and walked into the kitchen to help
her carry the dishes. Although he wasn’t good at anything else, he still managed to set the food on
the table. At least the tes weren’t as slippery as the bowl. Due to theck of ingredients, Sonia
only made three different types of vegetable dishes and a soup. Although the meal seemed simple,
Toby had no intention of disliking it. If anything, he liked it more than the exquisite dishes he usually
ate that were made by Michelin-starred chefs. That was because he could feel her affection for him
through the home cooked food in front of him.
On the opposite side of the table was Sonia, who saw him staring at the dishes and making no
move to take his cutlery. Suspecting that he thought that her dishes were too in, she said with
some embarrassment, “Um, tonight’s food is quite simple, but you—”
“No!’ Toby shook his head slightly. “The food tonight looks delicious.”
“You don’t think it’s too vegetarian?” she asked while regarding him.
Toby gave a small smile as he answered, “Of course not. It’s better to eat lightte in the evening,
anyway. Besides, as I have said before, I like whatever you make. Now, dig in.” With that, he began
todle some food for himself.
Upon seeing him moving, Sonia finally rxed. At first, when she thought that he had disliked the
dishes that she prepared, she was about to ask him to make do. Now that he seemed fine with
them, she felt better.
“I’ll make you something better next time.” Sonia picked up her utensils and prepared to start eating.
When Toby heard her words, his eyes brightened. “When will the next time be? Can it be tomorrow
evening?” He would have a reason to stay through this method.
Not knowing what Toby was thinking and only seeing how hopeful he was, Sonia opened her mouth
and found that she couldn’t say no to him. Thus, she finally nodded. “Sure.”
As Toby was satisfied with her reply, the corners of his lips curled upward into a faint smile.
After dinner, Sonia took the tableware and tossed them into the dishwasher for the machine to wash
them. Then, she got ready to take a shower.
When she was about to leave the kitchen after loading the dishwasher, he stopped her. “Where
should I sleep, Sonia?”
As she eyed the pajamas on him and noting thete hour, she dismissed the idea of chasing him
out of the apartment and only pinched the bridge of her nose before saying, “The couch, as usual.”
Instantly, the light in Toby’s eyes dimmed. When Sonia saw that, her mouth twitched. “You’re not
thinking of sleeping in my room, are you?”
Her ce was a small two-room apartment. One of the rooms was her bedroom and the other was
a guest room that she had converted into a study and thus could not house any humans. For him to
be disappointed about sleeping on the couch meant that he no doubt wanted to sleep with her in the
master bedroom.
Seeing as Sonia had already guessed his objective, Toby only lifted his gaze to meet her eyes
before asking in a low voice, “May I?"
“Of course not.” She red at him.
She was already being gracious enough by allowing him to stay. Yet, he was still trying to finagle his
way into her bedroom.
A dejected Toby looked at the floor without saying anything. His demeanor made Sonia squint at
him. “Don’t think I’ll be softhearted just because you’re acting like this.”
Did he think she couldn’t tell he was pretending to feel bad so he could gain her sympathy and get
her to rx her stance? Never did she think he would stoop so low as to act pitiful. After all, it was
an impossibility in the past. She wouldn’t even have dared to consider that he had this side to him.
Yet, it was truly happening in front of her right now.
Yet, Sonia was very aware at the same time that Toby was only acting like this because she was the
one he was currently facing. For her, he would change how he used to behave tomit some truly
astonishing actions. The particr way that he acted around her was only for her. Thus, she was
moved in a certain sense. Of course, being moved was one thing. They hadn’t officially reconciled
yet and she had to stick to her principles by not letting him sleep with her.
Seeing that Sonia saw through him, Toby became genuinely dejected this time. However, she only
returned to her room, pulled a pillow and a nket, and carried them to the couch. “Alright, I’m
going to take a shower. You can make your own bed, right?”
He hummed in agreement.
After Sonia nodded, she continued, “In that case, please go ahead. I’m going to shower now.”
“Okay.” Toby inclined his head.
As she carried her pajamas, she headed into the bathroom.
Meanwhile, he unfolded the couch into a bed and began to spread the sheets. As he did so, he
eyed Sonia’s bedroom with a strange light glinting in his eyes.
It didn’t matter that she refused to let him inside. He could do just what he had done previously and
sneak in after she had fallen asleep. A single shut door wouldn’t stop him. At that thought, he
became much quicker at setting up the bed.
Just as he finished making the bed, a cell phone suddenly started ringing behind him. When Toby
turned to look, he discovered that Sonia’s phone was vibrating on top of the coffee table. At this
point, he couldn’t help frowning. Who was calling her sote at night?
An irate Toby then reached down to grab her phone. His furrowed brow rxed upon reading the
caller ID. It was him!
Toby had nothing to fear from this person. This person was an emotionless freak and Toby didn’t
find it worrisome for Sonia to be friends with him. At any rate, it was a good thing that it wasn’t a
love rival.
“Tim’s calling,” Toby shouted toward the bathroom.
When Sonia heard that, she answered, “Help me to answer the call. It must be about Jessica.”
“Okay,” he replied joyfully. For her to allow him to answer the call on her behalf meant not only that
she trusted him but that she was announcing his identity to the outside world. It made him ted
indeed.
And so, he put the phone to his ear and answered, “Yes?”
At the other end of the line, Tim paused for a moment when he heard a man’s voice instead of
Sonia’s. Then, he moved his phone to the front to ensure that he hadn’t dialed the wrong number.
Yet, upon doing so, he found that he had indeed called the right number. As he returned the phone
back to his ear, he asked, “Who are you?”
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“It’s me.” Toby pursed his lips unhappily.
Tim recognized Toby’s voice this time and made such an astonished expression that his sses
nearly slipped off his nose. “Toby? What are you doing there?” “Why can’t I be here?” Toby
countered with a smirk, not bothering to hide the smugness in his voice.
While raising his eyebrow, Tim pointed out, “It’s sote now. You must be at Sonia’s ce if you’re
answering my call on her phone.”
“That’s right.” The smugness in Toby’s voice became even more evident.
As he pushed his sses back up his nose, Tim guessed boldly, “Have you gotten back together
with Sonia?”
“Not yet, but it’ll happen soon,” Toby answered bluntly without lying. After all, he and Sonia were
indeed reuniting soon and he naturally saw no need to lie about such a thing.
With a huff, Tim asked, “Should I congratte you for her forgiveness then?”
“I don’t mind. You can tell me that now,” Toby answeredzily, crossing his legs.
Rolling his eyes, Tim answered, “I’m joking. Do you think I’d really do that? Now, where’s Sonia?
Give the phone to her. I have something to discuss with her.”
“She’s busy right now and asked me to answer the phone on her behalf. You can just tell me
whatever you need to talk to her about. I’ll pass the message along to her,” Toby told him lightly,
picking up the mug of tea on the coffee table to take a sip.