Chapter 703


    When Toby saw the spamments, he knew that Tom had managed to suppress theizen’s


    responses to calm the situation down. Toby turned the live broadcast off and massaged his brows.


    He didn’t feel any relief, although the situation was partially under control. After all, just calming the


    situation down on the Inte didn’t mean that they had actually resolved the issue. The public had


    seen whatever Jessica wanted them to see, so Toby had to clear Sonia’s name.


    He was just thinking of ways to fix this matter when Sonia walked out of the bathroom with the ck


    silk nightgown that he had selected for her. She wasn’t wearing slippers, so she tiptoed quietly on


    the carpet with her bare feet. Toby didn’t hear hering over, but he could smell the pleasant


    scent as she got closer. He quickly lowered his hand from his brows before he looked up to find


    Sonia walking over in the spaghettistrapped nightgown. His pupils shrank as he looked at the


    woman before him.


    She had just finished showering, so her damp hair was carelessly hanging from her fair shoulders.


    A few strands of hair were yfully dangling around her sexy corbones, and they swayed left and


    right as she walked over. The sharp contrast between her ck nightgown and her fair skin made it


    hard for one to tear one’s eyes away from her.


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    Naturally, Sonia could sense the man’s eyes burning into her skin. Her face had been flushed from


    the warm shower she took, but her cheeks turned redder when she realized that he was looking at


    her. She took a nce at herself before she shot Toby a re. “What are you looking at?”


    “You look really pretty in this nightgown,” Toby said with a gentle smile. His suddenpliment left


    Sonia utterly abashed, and she had to turn away to hide her expression. However, she had curled


    her lips up a little, revealing how she was slightly pleased to hear what the man said. She was a


    sucker forpliments.


    “Come here,” Toby uttered as he patted a spot on the bed. Sonia turned alert when she saw what


    he was doing. “What is it?” Does he want to... No, no. I don’t think he’s such a pervert. He knows


    that I’m still on my period.


    “I’ll blow-dry your hair for you.” Toby had somehow produced a mini hairdryer in his hands, and he


    swung it in the air to show it to Sonia. She heaved a sigh of relief. I knew he wasn’t that big of a


    pervert. She walked over and sat down by the edge of the bed. The moment she sat down, a


    shadow towered over her as a pair ofrge hands reached over to wrap a thick, white sleeping robe


    firmly over her body.


    Sonia lowered her head to look at the arms around her waist. “Toby, what are you...”


    Toby’s face was pressed against the back of her neck as he spoke in a rather hoarse voice. “I have


    to cover you up, or else I''m afraid I might lose control if I keep staring at you. " He was just a regr


    man—it was impossible for him to not feel certain urges when his lover was dressed in such a sexy


    gown in front of him. Therefore, he could only use his own sleeping robe to cover her up.


    Otherwise, seeing her gorgeous figure without being able to touch her would only agonize him even


    more.


    Initially, Sonia froze when she heard Toby’s words. Then, she put her hand over her mouth to stifle a


    giggle. “You were the one who picked this gown for me,” she uttered in a rather yful tone as if


    she were saying, You brought this upon yourself!


    “Yeah.” Toby pressed his forehead against the back of her neck and rubbed it against her. “I regret it


    now,” he muttered. He shouldn’t have been in a rush to get her to dress in such nightgowns—he


    should have waited until they got married. Now that she was already in one, he was the only one


    who’d suffer since he could only see her without being able toy hands on her.


    “You deserve it!" Soniaughed louder than she did before.


    He let out a helpless sigh. “Alright. Put on the sleeping robe properly, and I’ll dry your hair for you.”


    “Okay,” Sonia uttered as she stuck both her arms into the holes of the robe and tied a knot around


    her waist. Then, Toby turned the hairdryer on


    before he started drying her hair. Sonia simply sat on the edge of her bed while she shut her eyes


    and enjoyed the experience. Her hair was being dried without her having to lift a finger—wasn’t that


    the most pleasurable experience ever?


    A long time passed before Toby finally turned the hairdryer off. Sonia was close to falling asleep at


    that point. “It’s done,” he uttered. Sonia opened her eyes and felt her hair to realize that it was


    completely dry. Her hair was long and thick, so it was hard for it to bepletely dried with a


    hairdryer. Her arms would always get sore before she was done drying her hair. Sometimes, if she


    lacked the patience, she would leave her hair slightly damp. However, she was d that Toby had


    the patience to finish the job.


    “Thank you.” Sonia brushed her hair to one side as she turned around to thank the man who was


    keeping the hairdryer. Right then, Toby frowned as if he had just recalled something. Sonia blinked


    at him. “What is it? I realized you seemed rather troubled when I walked out of the shower just now.


    Is something the matter?”


    “It’s not about me,” Toby replied as he put the hairdryer away. “It’s about you.”


    “Me?” Sonia pointed at herself as she eyed the man confusedly. He nodded. “Jessica exposed your


    identity on the Inte, and she went on a live broadcast to spit rumors about you.”


    “What?” Sonia was too stunned to move. It took her a while before she picked up her phone and


    checked her browser for the news that Toby had just told her about. Although some of the


    comments and articles had been restricted at that point, Sonia was still able to search for the


    relevant posts.


    Sonia sneered when she saw a rey of the live broadcast Jessica made earlier. “This is exactly


    the sort of thing she would do.”


    “It seems like you expected her to expose you on the Inte all along.” Toby eyed the woman


    puzzledly—he was surprised by how calm she was.


    Sonia nodded. “Yeah. I know Jessica. She may be an idiot, but she’s great at causing trouble. She


    instantly contacted me and asked me to give her the shares once she found out that I’m not the


    Reeds’ biological daughter. She thinks that she deserves all the shares just because she’s


    biologically rted to the Reeds. Unfortunately, Paradigm Co. is no longer a family business. I didn’t


    even inherit the shares from Dad. Knowing her, she’s definitely resentful toward the fact that she


    had failed toplete her initial mission. That’s why she’s continuing to cause problems for me by


    highlighting my actual identity. Using the court of public opinion is the best way to get this done,


    obviously.”


    “Are you saying that Jessica already contacted you during the day to ask for the shares?” Toby


    asked after he picked up on the details in Sonia’s exnation.


    She nodded. “Yeah. She asked me for thepany’s shares, and she tried to shame my mother by


    saying that my mother betrayed my father. I was furious, so I pped her a few times.” So... Sonia


    was really the one who left those marks on Jessica’s face, Toby thought. His lips twitched a little. I


    thought Jessica got someone to p her just to frame Sonia. “pping her was a good choice,” he


    finally uttered with augh.


    “I think so too,” Sonia replied as she raised her chin arrogantly. Her face turned cold as she spoke.


    “Jessica deserves to be hit since she insulted my mom. I thought she’d learn a lesson after I hit her,


    and I thought she’d stop shaming my mom. However, she didn’t just ignore my words; she even


    brought this to the public! It’s fine if she tells the public that I’m not the Reeds’ daughter, and it’s fine


    if she frames me for bullying her, but how dare she insult my mom in front of everyone? My name


    will no longer be Sonia if I don’t beat her to a pulp this time. Anyway, it was clearly Sandra who had


    cheated on my dad,” Sonia hissed grumpily.


    “What?” Toby raised an eyebrow. “Are you saying that Jessica is Sandra’s illegitimate daughter?”


    “No.” Sonia shook her head. “Jessica is biologically rted to my dad, but Sandra has cheated on


    him previously. My dad had no intentions of remarrying at the start, you know,” Sonia said as she


    got to her feet. “He has always been in love with my mom, and a part of him died when my mom


    passed away. How could he find the desire to remarry another woman during such a time?” Sonia


    said with an icy look on her face.


    “Yet, he remarried in the end." Toby looked at Sonia. “Was he tricked into doing that?”