Chapter 744
“This looks pretty good,” Sonia uttered as she turned to look at the man whose face was directly
beside hers.
“Really?” Toby turned to look at her as well. She nodded. “Yeah. The ting of the food might be
rather odd, but the colors of the dishes look really good. For a beginner’s standard, this deserves a
thumbs up.” Sonia stuck her thumb up in front of the man as she spoke. Initially, Sonia assumed
that his dishes wouldn’t be too great even if he put in the effort to learn cooking.
However, she just realized that she had gotten it wrong. Although she couldn’t tell if the food was
good until she tasted it, just the smell and the color of the dishes told her that it would taste
average, if not amazing. Toby smirked when he saw how amazed Sonia seemed by his cooking.
Then, he released his arm around her waist to pull one of the chairs back. He pulled her closer to
the chair and pressed her shoulders to make her sit down before he handed her some cutleries.
“Try it! Tell me how it tastes,” he urged.
“Sure,” Sonia replied with a smile. She was just as eager to taste the dishes, anyway. With her
cutleries in her hands, Sonia nced at the few dishes in front of her while contemting which to
try first. Fortunately, she had never been an indecisive individual, so she came to a conclusion
pretty soon. She picked the dish that was the closest to her.
Toby had prepared a total of three dishes—an omelet, some grilled meat, and fried vegetables. All
of these were some of the mostmonly seen dishes in any household, but these weren’t dishes
that would typically appear in the Fuller Residence. The Fullers’ chefs were Michelin star chefs who
didn’t necessarily specialize in suchmon dishes. Sonia was certain that Toby hadn’t tasted
regr food like these in the past.
After all, Tom would never get Toby such a simple meal even when they ate out. Most of the time,
Tom would order meals from high-end restaurants. That exined why Sonia was so shocked when
she first saw the dishes that Toby had prepared.
However, upon further thought, Sonia realized how almost every beginner would start by preparing
these basic dishes. She no longer felt as surprised after that.
In the end, Sonia chose to try the omelet first. Toby’s eyes followed the egg in her spoon as she
raised it to her mouth. “How is it?’ Toby pulled out a chair beside her to sit down as he questioned
her. Sonia didn’t respond immediately—she was busy chewing on her food. After chewing for a
while more, she turned to look at the man. His expression seemed as calm as usual, but Sonia
could tell that he was rather nervous when she observed his actions a little more. Is he worried that
I might say his cooking isn''t good?
Sonia smiled at that thought. “I can’t give you an answer since I only tried one of the dishes. I need
to try the rest of them before giving you an answer.”
“Fine. Continue eating,” Toby ordered as he used his cutleries to scoop out portions of the two other
dishes onto her te. As Sonia proceeded with her taste-testing, Toby continued to stare at her. He
no longer asked her how it tasted, but he frowned as he watched her finish the food on her te.
The anxiousness in his eyes seemed to increase with every passing moment.
When she saw how nervous he seemed, she couldn’t help but giggle. I think I might be the only
person who can evoke such feelings of nervousness within this man. I have to say, I do feel pretty
happy to watch him getting all worried over my opinion. It shows that he only gets emotional when it
comes to things rted to me.
After finishing the food on her te, Sonia lowered her cutleries and wiped her mouth with a piece
of tissue. “Sonia,” Toby called. He was clearly asking for her to give him somements. However,
she pretended not to hear him calling her. Instead, she sipped on her ss of water while
maintaining the suspense in the air.
At this point, Toby pressed his lips into a thin line before calling her with a deeper voice. “Sonia!”
She knew that he was getting impatient, so sheughed and broke the suspense. “Alright, alright,”
she uttered while giving his hand a squeeze. “I won’t take my time anymore. Calm down, I’ll talk
now.”
“Tell me!” Toby lifted his chin a little as he waited for her to speak. Sonia stared at him for a while
before she held her thumb up once more. “This is pretty good!”
Toby felt a weight being lifted off his chest when he saw Sonia’s thumb. Although he had some
confidence in his cooking skills, he wasn’t sure if Sonia would like it. Everyone had different tastes
in food, after all. Fortunately, she seemed to enjoy his cooking in the end. As much as he wanted to
control himself from grinning, he couldn’t help but let out a smile.
In the end, he had to rest his chin on his palm in order to block Sonia’s view of his lips. After
clearing his throat, he spoke in an especially calm voice. “You can continue eating if you like it.”
Toby began scooping more portions of the food for her right after he finished speaking. The corner
of Sonia’s lips twitched when she saw the huge pile of food gathering on her te—she didn’t know
what to feel at that point.
However, the man was on cloud nine at that point, and he didn’t seem to consider the fact that she
might not be able to finish her food. He continued piling food onto her te until she reached her
hand over to stop him. “That’s enough. Stop giving me food. I won’t be able to finish any more than
what I have here. You don’t want to waste this!”
Toby’s hand halted mid-way as he raised an eyebrow and stared at her te. Hmm, that does seem
like a lot of food. I must have forgotten myself after she praised me earlier. I can''t even think
straight''. That’s why I kept piling food onto her te. I hadn’t expected her te to be so full. He
immediately lowered his cutleries. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t paying attention. It’s fine. I’ll eat whatever you
can’t finish, so it won’t be a waste.”
Mark your words!” Sonia rested her head on her palm as she turned tough at him.
“Yeah,” Toby uttered with a nod. Sonia held up her own cutleries before giving him some of the food
on her te. “This is yours, then. You prepared this, so I can’t have it all on my own. You should eat
more after working so hard on this.”
“It wasn’t hard work.” Toby couldn’t seem to stop himself from smiling.
All of a sudden, Sonia got to her feet as she seemed to recall something. “What is it?” Toby looked
up at her.
“I just recalled that I have another bottle of wine.” Sonia put her cutleries aside. “Let’s have a drink.
It’s your first time cooking for me, and I think you deserve a celebration.” She headed off to take the
wine, but Toby quickly held her hand. “It’s fine. It’s just a meal. There’s no need for a celebration.”
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“Of course there is.” Sonia eyed the man with a sincere look in her eyes. “I believe there are a lot of
firsts which deserve to be celebrated. We’re humans—we need some spark and romance in our
lives, or life would get boring otherwise. This is also my way of showing you that I value your
cooking,” Sonia uttered before she pulled her arm away from his. Then, she shed him a smile
before hurrying over to the study.
Toby let out a deep chuckle when he saw her tiny figure moving away. The tenderness in his eyes
seemed to spread into the air around him. What she had said made him extremely happy—she had
highlighted that both men and women had the right to be valued and cherished. Sonia clearly
cherished Toby’s actions as she insisted on having a celebration when he had just prepared a
simple meal.
He felt really touched by this. Soon enough, Sonia appeared with a bottle of red wine that was still
sealed. “Let me do it," Toby urged as he took the bottle over.
“Sure.” Sonia passed him the corkscrew. She didn’t bother to insist on the job as she knew that it
required a lot of strength to tug the cork out of the wine bottle. This is a man’s job, she thought.
While Toby worked on opening the bottle, he nced at thebel of the bottle. “This wine looks
really good,” he uttered in a surprised tone.