Chapter 958
Seeing her surprised expression, Sophia knew that she was very satisfied with the dress and was
relieved. "When I first received President Fuller''s request for me to design a dress for you, Miss
Reed, I once proposed to meet you in person. After all, I can design a better dress only by seeing
you and understanding your preferences, but I was rejected by President Fuller.”
At this, Sophia felt a little regretful. "So, I had no choice but to learn about you only through the
inte or from others. Then, after many modifications, I ended up with this dress. At first, I was
worried if you would like it or if the dress would suit you, but now, after meeting you, I understand
that I had been worrying for nothing. The dress suits you very well."
"Why didn''t you let me meet with Ms. Sophia?" Sonia put down her dress and looked at the man in
confusion.
Sophia was not a man, so what was the problem with them meeting up? He couldn''t be jealous of a
woman, and an older one at that, could he? If that was the case, he was too petty. At that thought,
Sonia stared at Toby, her gaze turning contemptful.
When Toby understood the meaning behind her gaze, his thin lips twitched slightly. "What are you
thinking? I just wanted to give you a surprise."
"A surprise?" Sonia raised her eyebrows.
Toby hummed in reply. "I wanted to give you a dress that would amaze you at first nce, so of
course I couldn''t let you meet Sophia. If you do, Sophia would ask you what styles you like, and
there would be no surprises when she finishes the dress by then because you would already know
what it looks like. You would only feel surprised if you were kept in the dark until the end."
"All right, I misunderstood you earlier." Sonia smiled apologetically, then asked, "But if you kept it
from me and didn''t let me participate in the design of the dress, aren''t you afraid that I wouldn''t like
it, just like Ms. Sophia said?"
"No." Toby shook his head and said with certainty, "I''veplimented you to Sophia, so she’ll know
what kind of dress she has to design for you. That''s why I wasn''t worried about any problems with
the dress she designed."
Sonia''s forehead creased with a frown. "Thosepliments of yours..." When she thought of
Sophia''s assistant tranting Toby''spliments that used nothing but praises to describe her
earlier, she was filled with embarrassment again.
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"Were mypliments wrong?" Toby spread his hands slightly. "Sophia did tell me that it''s not easy
to design a dress if she hasn''t seen you before. Later, I told her that it''s okay to design in the most
beautiful and gorgeous way, just like mypliments to you, so..."
He stopped speaking and only lifted his gaze to look at Sophia.
After listening to her assistant''s
trantion, Sophia nodded with a smile. "Yes, Miss Reed. At first, when President Fuller didn''t let
me meet you, I didn''t know how to design the dress. Even though I learned about you from the
inte and other people, it was a bit difficult for me to design a dress for you. In the end, I couldn''t
help but contact President Fuller again, and he gave me some pointers, which is how this dress
came to be."
Sonia red at him yfully. "Aren''t you scared that I''m not good enough for the prettiest and
fanciest design?"
"You''re good enough." Toby nodded confidently. "To me, you''re good enough for all the good things
in the world, so I was never worried that the dress Sophia designed for you wouldn''t suit you. Look."
He lowered his gaze, his eyes falling on the dress in her hands. "As you can see, I wasn''t wrong.
The dress suits you very well. Besides, you look better in red than blue."
"Really?" Sonia tilted her head and looked at him flirtingly.
Toby''s throat bobbed a little as he replied hoarsely, "Yes. I wouldn''t lie to you."
Sophia agreed, "Miss Reed, it''s true. I think that a passionate, fiery red suits you very well too."
Sonia was pleased and couldn''t hide the shyness from her face as she said, "Since it suits me, I
guess I''ll buy more red clothes in the future."
"Good idea." Toby nodded, his dark eyes brightening.
Clearly, he agreed with her and supported her idea very much. He liked ck, and most of his
clothes were usually ck, whether it was a suit or a shirt. Only a fraction of it were other colors, but
other than white, they were mostly dull colors such as gray, and he never wore these clothes if he
could help it.
In short, he basically only wore ck, and ck and red had always been a perfect match, much
more so than ck and white. The dark and mysterious ck and the seductive and enchanting red
were a much better fit, while a pure color like white was not worthy of his ck.
"What are you thinking about?" Upon seeing him spacing out, Sonia waved her hand in front of his
face.
Toby blinked as he returned to his senses, and his voice was still hoarse as he replied, "Nothing
much. I was just thinking about what you’d look like wearing the dress. You''ll definitely look
gorgeous."
Saying that, he looked at her with a heated gaze.
His gaze made Sonia feel uneasy all over, as if she were a piece of meat that was about to be
devoured by him. Her face turned red as she said, "I haven''t even tried it on, so how would you
know it would look good? All right, I won''t argue with you anymore. I''m going to try this on with Ms.
Sophia. Hold my bag and wait for me here.”
Sonia smiled at Sophia before they walked toward the fitting room nearby together with the
assistant, as it was difficult for someone to put on a dress alone. In particr, a single wear dress
such as this was very fragile in itself, and if someone used too much force, the zipper or hand-
stitched thread would easily fall apart. Therefore, when putting on a dress, it was usually best to
have someone around to help.
Sophia was the designer and maker of the dress, and the assistant was still responsible for
tranting from the side. With the help of two people, Sonia easily changed into the dress. Then,
she turned around and looked at the amazement in their eyes. She was just about to ask how she
looked, but she suddenly found it difficult to. From their reactions, she already knew that the dress
looked extremely good on her.
Sure enough, after Sophia came back to her senses, she held Sonia''s hand in surprise and
excitement. "Oh, my dear, you look absolutely gorgeous. This dress suits you so well. I designed
this blindly by listening to a certain man''s exaggerated descriptions when I hadn’t met you yet, and I
thought President Fuller was lying to me, but now I know that he wasn''t, and what he said was true.
He also indirectly helped me improve my design skills. My dear, meeting you and President Fuller
really is my greatest fortune."
Upon Sophia flushing red with excitement, the smile on Sonia''s face turned reluctant as her red lips
opened to say something, but she didn''t know where to start. That was because she wanted to say
that Toby did lie to her. With Toby''s exaggeratedpliments, who would be able to design an
appropriate dress?
Now that Sophia was able toe up with a design, it was because of her highly honed design
skills, and it had nothing to do with Toby. After all, designers didn''t always design clothes specifically
for someone. They often designed them as long as they had the inspiration. Even if many people
couldn''t wear the clothes they came up with, there would always be one person who could. Just like
this time, when Toby asked Sophia to blindly design Sonia''s dress, it just happened to be just right
for her. It was that simple. Hence, it was illogical to say that Toby had helped to improve Sophia''s
design skills.