Chapter 38


    The man wore a ck coat that entuated his attraction. However, because of his naturally


    cold attitude and his distant gaze, it made people unable to get closer to him.


    When Sonia’s eyes rested on his face, her heart could not help but skip a beat and she naturally lowered


    her head.


    She did not expect that even after being


    divorced from him for such a long time, he


    still had an effect on her.


    “President Fuller, you’ve arrived.” Even


    though Cynthia had been annoyed by


    Reba, Cynthia immediately greeted


    Toby with a smile when she saw him. “I


    heard from Tina that you are inundated with work. Are you here to pick her up7”


    He hummed politely as a reply. When his gaze flitted past Sonia, he frowned in unhappiness. Has this


    woman forgotten about the lesson she learned at Sakura Heights?


    When Zane called him half an hour ago


    and told him that Sonia and Tina were


    ying poker together in a room in Luna Club, Toby did not believe him. He knew


    that Sonia was quite bad at cards and


    thought that she would not be that silly to


    y with Tina


    Knowing that Toby might not believe him,


    Zane even sent a picture. It was only until Toby received the photographic evidence


    that he drove to the club.


    He immediately walked to Tina and his tone softened when he saw her looking frail. “Didn’t you say in


    the afternoon you were coughing? Why are you here to y poker?”


    She gave him a slight smile. “It’s just a


    slight cough. Don’t worry about it. On top


    of that, Melody is in Seafield, so I want to


    show her around.”


    Toby knew about the Stryder Family in


    Norfolk and he was acquainted with


    Master Stryder.


    Toby removed his scarf and wrapped it


    around Tina. Even though it was a tiny


    movement, it was enough to make the


    women around them qush,


    Cynthiamented, “My, oh my, President Fuller. We all know that you care about Tina a lot, but the


    heater here is switched on. You’re just trying to show off your love for Tina in front of us.”


    Upon hearing Cynthia’s teases, Tina


    blushed and she red. “If you say one


    more word of nonsense, get out of here.”


    “Alright. I won’t say anymore.”


    When Sonia saw Toby carefully wrapping


    the scarf around Tina and him passing a


    warm drink the moment he sat next to


    Tina, their intimate behavior had caused


    Sonia’s eyes to hurt.


    She had deliberately walked into Tina’s trap to punish hier into leaving Toby and never returning to


    Seafield, but he had appeared.


    After seeing how affectionate he had treated Tina, Sonia no longer had the


    desire to continue the battle.


    Toby shot a nce at Tina’s cards and said coolly, “Miss Reed is not good at ying poker. Let’s forget it


    after this round. You guys won’t have much fun


    ying with a beginner like her too. I’ll y


    a few rounds with you instead.”


    The smile on Tina’s face froze before she


    gently responded, “Okay.”


    On the other hand, Cynthia continued to


    nce at Sonia’s deck of cards and


    realized that Sonia had a good chance of


    winning the round. As Cynthia was slightly worried, she was about to inform Tina when Sonia separated


    her set and ced


    a cand out


    Upon seeing that, Tina was ted and she slowly revealed her cards as well. “Thank you, Miss Reed.”


    “Wow! You are amazing, Tina! I can’t


    believe you have a royal flush!” Cynthia


    eximed agitatedly after seeing Tina’s


    cards.


    “Sonia, Tina has already won three rounds.


    You have to concede defeat.” With a cold


    waiter toe into the room. Then, she


    passed him a stack of money. “Ask a


    tattoo artist toe here as soon as


    possible.”


    “Alright. Please wait for a moment.”


    When Toby saw all these, he slightly frowned and asked Tina, “What is going


    “I heard from Tyler that Miss Reed has a tattoo bearing the abbreviation of your name…” Tina exined


    in a low voice after biting her lips. “Apart from that, she even


    insisted on betting with me. She said that


    if she lost the bet, she would remove the


    tattoo.”


    Reba rested her chin on her hand while


    looking at Tina. “Miss Gray, you are the


    one who ran into President Reed at the


    restaurant’s entrance and asked whether


    she had a tattoo on her waist bearing the


    initials ‘TF’. You were also the one who


    asked her to bet with you over a round of


    poker. And now, you’re saying that President Reed wanted to bet with you? Oh, how good you are with


    words!”


    “Don’t be sarcastic!” Since Cynthia had


    support, she roared at Reba. “Tina doesn’t want her boyfriend’s name to be tattooed on another


    woman’s body. What’s


    wrong with that?”


    “She merely asked whether Sonia wanted to y poker with her. It’s not like Tina aimed a gun at Sonia’s


    head to force her to agree.”


    “That’s right. No one forced Sonia. She


    agreed to the bet on her own.”


    Upon hearing that, Reba was


    speechless


    Apart from Reba, the three other


    women in the room were Tina’s friends, so it was natural that they would support her and side with


    Cynthia’s words.


    Just as the group of women argued among themselves, the tattoo artist arrived with a box of tools.


    “Enough.” Sonia stopped Reba from arguing further and calmly spoke to Tina. “Since I’ve lost this


    round, I’m willing to concede defeat.”


    Sonia leaned on a nearby couch and she


    yanked the edge of her sweater up to


    reveal her fair and skinny waist with the


    words ‘TF’ on it.


    The tattoo artist quickly carried out the


    procedure to remove the tattoo from her body


    When Toby saw her silently lying on the couch and allowing the tattoo artist to work on her body, he


    frowned when he saw the tattoo and felt annoyed for no


    apparent reason


    He recalled that when he previouslymunicated with Maple via correspondence, she had revealed


    that her favorite actor tattooed histe wife’s name


    and hobbies on his body. By doing so, he


    would be able to see her everyday, as if


    she was physically there with him.


    Maple once said that she would not do it


    because she was afraid of the pain, but


    she also added that she could tolerate


    having a tattoo of her beloved on her body


    so that he would be with her all the time.


    At this moment, Toby suddenly asked Tina,


    “When we were writing to each other, what tattoo did you say you had7”


    “We have too many letters to each other


    and since it was such a long time ago, I can’t remember anymore.” She shook her head and held his


    arms as she lifted her head to ask, “Toby, have … done something wrong by asking Miss Reed to


    remove her tattoo?”


    Tina’s voice broke as tears swam in her


    eyes, making Toby unable to reprimand


    her. Instead, he stroked her hair with his


    huge palms.


    “You did not make a mistake.”


    “Okay.” She smiled slightly and leaned her


    head against his arms.


    She was ted that after Toby left earlier that morning, she immediately took the letters from the drawer


    and burned them so that his pen pal, Maple, would no longer be on his mind.


    When she saw Sonia frowning due to the pain from the tattoo removal, Tina felt incredibly overjoyed.


    Sonia still lost to me!


    Cynthia stood there with her arms


    crossed. It was not enough for her to


    watch the process as she even insulted,


    *Tina gave you an opportunity to back out


    earlier, yet you didn’t want it and continued ying. Miss Reed, if you don’t know poker, please learn the


    game once you


    have arrived home. Sometimes, if you


    force yourself to do something, you will


    only suffer!”


    The other women also chuckled in a low voice as they looked at Sonia gleefully


    Sonia had been controlling herself since it hurt to remove the tattoo. Her forehead was glistening with a


    film of sweat and she no longer had the energy to reply to Cynthia’s remarks.


    The moment that the process was almostpleted, a waiter of the club walked to them and asked


    politely, “May I know who


    Miss Sonia Reed is?”


    “I am.” Sonia looked at him, “What’s the


    matter?”


    He handed a small bag to her. “This is


    given to you by a gentleman with thest


    name of Lee.”


    “Thanks.”


    In order to divert her attention so that she would not feel much pain, Sonia immediately opened the bag


    and removed a little box that had blue satin wrapped around a small ring.


    It was a diamond-shaped ring. Although it was small and exquisite, it still glimmered under the lights.


    “This is the work of the famous designer,


    K.” As soon as Reba saw the ring, she


    immediately recognized it. “I heard that K


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    made it with his own hands and it’s worth


    more than four million when it was


    auctioned in Avalon Isle.”


    “It‘s just like the Ocean’s Heart-the only


    auctioned in Avalon Isle.”


    “It’s just like the Ocean’s Heart-the only jewellery in the world where it’s priceless.”


    “It’s so beautiful!”


    The women looked at the ring on Sonia’s hand with passion and they longed to wear it to post a picture


    online to show off.


    At this moment, Sonia received two new


    messages from Carl.


    “Charles told me that today is his birthday


    and you are going to celebrate with him tonight. When I sent a present to him, I


    actually sent a gift to you as well. Do you


    like it, Sonia