Chapter 694
“I know.” Sonia understood Rose’s dilemma, nodding with a smile.
“So, are you sure you don’t me Toby, Sonia?" Rose looked at her and asked.
“Well, like you said, he wasn’t in his right mind at that time, so there’s no point ming him.
Furthermore, he wasn’t acting on his free will anyway.” Sonia let out a sigh.
“You know Toby was hypnotized?” Rose appeared surprised.
“Yes, I do. He told me earlier, and I also confirmed the statement with Tim. After learning the truth
that he was hypnotized, I decided to forgive him for what he did to me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have
let it go so easily,” Sonia answered while flickering her hair.
Rose smiled and nodded. “You have a point, girl. Anyway, I’ll give you the bangle now, Sonia. I
know I should have done this six years ago, but I’m d that it still manages to find its way to its
rightful owner. As you both grow older, you can pass this down to your daughter-inw.”
“No. No, Grandma.” Sonia shook her head, showing reluctance to ept what the olddy was
giving her. “I can’t ept this bangle. I may have rekindled the old mes with Toby, but we’re still
not remarried.
Therefore, I’m still not the Fuller Family’s daughter-inw, so I cannot ept this bangle.”
“I understand that you and Toby haven’t remarried each other, but to me, you’re already my
grandson’s wife, the Fuller Family’s daughter-inw, and that is a fact that will never change.
Moreover, don’t you want to remarry Toby?” Rose kept her eyes on Sonia.
Sonia was left with her mouth wide agape as she shook her head shortly after that. “I’d love to
marry him, but...” “Well then, that means you’re going to remarry Toby, so of course, you can ept
this bangle. You’re just receiving it slightly earlier.” Rose interrupted Sonia’s words, seizing her hand
as she slid the bangle along her wrist.
Sonia wanted to stop Rose, but before she could make sense of what was going on, the bangle was
already on her wrist. Despite its dim greenish appearance, it appeared to be less shiny than the
ones that could be found in the jewelry shops. However, the bangle’s vintage-looking appearance
was something that no other bangles could match. Thus, Sonia looked especially gorgeous with the
bangle on her fair wrist that entuated the uniqueness of her appearance and charm.
Rose then patted the back of Sonia’s hand andplimented her.
“Wonderful! The bangle looks great on you. See? You’re the Fuller Family’s daughter-inw, just like
I said.”
With her face blushing, Sonia said, “Grandma...”
While she wanted to take it off, Rose quickly restrained her by holding her hand and spoke with a
stern voice. “Don’t even think about taking it off. I’ve already put it on for you, and you mustn’t take it
off. Wear it all the time, would you?”
Sensing the olddy’s serious look, Sonia felt helplessly amused. “Alright, I heard you. I’ll wear it
with me all the time.” Deep down, she was afraid that Rose would throw a tantrum at her if she ever
tried to take off the bangle. After all, Sonia reckoned old people like Rose tended to be more
and more childish as they grew older, almost like a child’s soul trapped in an adult’s body.
Noticing Sonia retracting her arm,
Rose knew she had given up the idea of removing the bangle. Thus, she smiled dly, with a
benevolent look on her face. “That’s my girl.”
Sonia smiled in response and retracted her arm, looking down while rubbing her bangle with her
palm. Perhaps it was because of Rose’spliment, for she somehow started to believe that the
bangle was a perfect match for her. Now that I think of it, it doesn''t look old-fashioned at all.
“By the way, Grandma.” Sonia looked up and gazed at the olddy with something seemingly
springing to her mind. “Why didn’t you give this bangle to Jean?” Despite knowing the
strained rtionship between Rose and Jean, Sonia was aware of the undeniable fact that Jean
was married to Toby’s father after all, which made her the Fuller Family’s daughter-inw as well.
Therefore, she reckoned Jean should have the bangle by now, but judging from Rose’s words, she
surmised that the bangle had been with the olddy all this time.
The smile on Rose’s face faded when she heard Sonia’s words. “Guess what? I don’t like thatdy
at all, and neither have I ever approved of her as the Fuller Family’s daughter-inw. After all, all the
ladies who married into the Fuller Family went through a legitimate marriage with their husbands,
except her.” Rose turned her attention to the bangle on Sonia’s wrist and added, “None of the
daughters-inw in the Fuller Family is ever a mistress, so I didn’t and won’t ever give this to her
because if I did, I’d be shaming our ancestors.”
“Well, you have a point, I guess.” Sonia nodded.
“That’s why I’ve never even thought of giving this bangle to her over the years. While she had
implied her intention to have it, I brushed her off every single time. Honestly, if she hadn’t behaved
herself and treated Toby like her own son, I would have cast her out of the family a long time ago,”
Rose answered and chuckled the next second. “Alright, let’s not talk about that anymore. It’s getting
late now, so would you like to stick around and dine with me?”
“Sure.” Sonia nodded in agreement.
Rose happily reached for her phone and called Mary, telling her to buy them a meal. “What would
you like to eat, Sonia?” Rose asked with the phone in her hand.
Sonia contemted for a while and replied, “I’ll just have whatever you’re having since my taste is
pretty much the same as yours.”
“Alright, I’ll get Mary to take care of it for us then,” Rose said.
Sonia responded with an affirmative hum and stood up. “Grandma, I need to step outside to make a
call. I’ll be right back.”
“Sure, please go ahead,” Rose replied with a chuckle.
Soon, Sonia turned around and walked toward the door. When she exited the ward, she was
immediately scared by the sight of a man standing right outside. “Ah!”
Frightened by her scream, Toby stood straight and asked, “Jeez! What’s
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wrong?”
Sonia rolled her eyes upward and gently patted her chest. “What’s wrong? You gave me a scare,
man. How long have you been standing here?” Seeing how Toby stood still like a statue right
outside the ward, Sonia believed anyone would get scared in her ce since no one would expect
to be greeted by a figure standing right on the other side of the door.
“For a while.” Toby raised his wrist and looked at his watch. “I came here as soon as I was done
dealing with the discharge procedures.” He shifted his gaze to thedy’s wrist on her chest, looking
closely at the catchy green bangle.
Sensing Toby’s gaze, Sonia raised her hand and shed her wrist in the air. “Grandma put this on
for me."
“It looks good on you.” Toby praised thedy while curling his lips upward.
Sonia was delighted upon hearing the man’spliment, evident in the smile on her face when she
put down her wrist. “By the way, why didn’t you go inside since you were already done with the
procedures?” Sonia pointed at the ward’s door.
“I was waiting for you to be done talking with Grandma.” Toby looked at thedy.
“I see.” Sonia nodded and added, “Well, Grandma and I didn’t really talk much either anyway. We
were talking about the bangle most of the time, in fact.”
“I know,” Toby replied.
“You heard everything?”
“Only some of it.” Toby answered and asked, “What are you doing out here?”
“I came here to make a call.” Sonia shed her mobile phone.
“Something went wrong with my heaterst night, so I told the technician to help me take a look at it
after I’m done with my work. However, I just promised Grandma that I’ll dine with herter, so I had
to arrange another time with the technician, which was why I was here making the call.”
“Oh,e to my ceter at night, then.” Toby hummed.
“Ugh. What?” Sonia was stunned.
“Well, I know your heater isn’t working, but by the time we’re done with our dinner and back, it’s
probably alreadyte, so I don’t think we can get anyone to fix it until tomorrow. At the same time,
you’re going to freeze in your sleep without your heaterter at night. What’s worse is that you could
even catch a cold because of that, so the best way is for you toe over to my ce for the
night,” Toby said, his eyes lighting up with excitement before that subtle expression disappeared.
Nheless, Sonia was still able to notice that unobvious expression as she squinted and
expressed her doubt. “Why does it seem to me that you’re happy about my heater acting up?”