Chapter 1249
Lte was a grown woman now. Herckeys might not have finished the sentence, but she could
guess what they were getting at, and her heart sank, fury filling her eyes. "What happened? Talk!"
She raised her voice impatiently.
She''s mad. The girls shivered and quickly answered, "That harlot made Mr. Fuller do some hanky
panky during the ball. They''re in the waiting room now."
"What?" Lte froze, her voice turning into a shriek, and she held her phone with enough force to
crush it at any moment. "S-She''s doing that with Toby…a-at the banquet?" Her whole body
shivered, and her eyes turned bloodshot with rage.
Harry noticed his granddaughter''s rage the moment he awoke from his nap. The old man turned
around only to be met with a girl who was on the edge of insanity. "What''s wrong, Lte?"
"Grandpa!" Lte looked at her grandfather. There was hate in her eyes, pure, utter loathing for
Sonia. "That harlot is going at it with Toby in the waiting room. They… They…" Tears of anger
streamed down her cheeks.
A shocked Harry questioned, "What?! That is impossible, Lte. He''s not that kind of person.
That''s rude and disrespectful to the host. He knows that. He won''t do this."
"I''m not lying, Grandpa. My friends saw them. They''re at the ball right now, and they said Toby and
Sonia went to the waiting room. What else would they do but that?" Lte balled her fists. If looks
could kill, someone would be dead right now, definitely Sonia.
Lte''sckeys hastily chimed in, "Yeah, we saw it with our own eyes. That''s what they''re doing
right now."
Due to their anxious tone, Harry was forced to believe them. He smacked his leg in anger. "How
could he do this? Yes, he''s powerful enough that no one would talk about it, but everyone''s going to
think he''s a pervert behind his back!"
Lte bit her lip, hissing, "He knows that, but this isn''t what he wanted. I bet Sonia forced him into
this. She has dirt on him, so he has to do whatever she says!"
That''s a good point. "That woman is eviler than we thought if that was true. Sonia wishes for Toby''s
destruction."
She looked at her grandfather with tears and determination in her eyes. "We need to stop them,
Grandpa."
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He nodded pensively. "That we should. We can''t allow her to destroy Toby like this, but we''re still a
distance away from the ball. How can we do that?"
"I have an idea." Lte looked at her phone. "Girls, try to interrupt them."
The girls looked at each other in bafflement. "How?"
Lte narrowed her eyes at theirck of initiative. "Be creative. Just interrupt them. Don''t worry.
He''s being threatened. He doesn''t love her. There''s no way he would do that with her. It will be a
good thing for him if you seed. Perhaps he might be thankful for your help."
"Really?" The girls perked up, their eyes shining.
A devilish smile curled Lte''s lips as she drove the knife in by goading, "Yep. Your families are
trying to marry you off to guys you don''t like to save their skins, aren''t they? But, if you help Toby
out, he might work with your family out of gratitude, and your families won''t force you to marry the
guys you don''t want anymore. Since you would have saved your families by that point, after all."
The girls nodded in excitement. "That''s true! Thanks, Miss Lore. You''re so thoughtful. We''re going to
ruin her n, don''t you worry."
"Thanks. Go now." Lte''s smile broadened.
The girls agreed profusely and hung up.
Harry heard everything. Nevertheless, once Lte ced her phone down, he noticed the smug
look in her eyes and asked worriedly, "Are you sure this will work?"
Lte tucked her phone away and smiled at him. "Why not? One can ruin anything. After all,
where there''s a will, there''s a way."
"You have a point." Harry thought that was solid reasoning.
Lte added, "Besides, I can rest easy since they''ll be taking the brunt of the fire. I no longer have
to worry about Toby and Sonia going at it. Even if their n fails and Toby gets mad, I can just shift
all the me to them and stay out of the mess. Scapegoats, so to speak."
Oh. That''s a fantastic n. Harry pinched his beard andughed. "Not bad. That''s a sound n. I
expected nothing less from you. You''re a lot smarter than your brothers." And that''s why she''s my
favorite grandchild.
She smiled triumphantly.
At the same time, Toby had taken Sonia into the waiting room. He closed the door and headed for
the bed with Sonia in his arms. She was surprised that he picked her up without saying anything, so
she gasped and wrapped her arms around his neck. A smile painted his lips, and he tossed her into
the air. That made her gasp once more, and she hugged his neck tighter. His reaction caused him
to chuckle in delight.
Oh, so that''s how it is. She shot him a look. "Are you trying to prank me?" Dammit. I can''t believe he
did that. That was so childish.
He ced her on the bed and crouched down. "I was just trying to cheer you up. It wasn''t a prank."
Sonia rolled her eyes. "As if. Do I look happy? You''re the only one looking happy. You evenughed
at me."
He held up her foot and ced it on hisp. Then, he carefully took her heels off and checked her
for any injuries. There were red circles on her heel and ankle, and a frown immediately creased his
forehead.
He touched the red prints, which caused her to inhale sharply in pain. She immediately tried to tug
her foot back, but he firmly held it by the ankle and ced it on hisp again. Then he looked at her.
"Did it hurt?"
Sonia was almost crying in pain. So, she answered candidly, "A bit."
Toby pursed his lips. And that''s not even a full scrape. It didn''t even draw any blood yet, and she
was already gasping in pain. It would hurt like hell if her skin got scraped off. It''s a good thing her
wounds aren''t so serious.
Even so, he still felt for her. He loved her and would never want to see her get hurt. Although it was
just a little scrape, that minor wound still made his heart ache. He looked at her injury and held her
foot. Finally, he bent down and kissed the back of it.