Chapter 76
Sonia smiled as she stood up. “Thank you, Reba. If it weren’t for your help, I wouldn’t know what to
do.”
Paradigm Co. needed at least a billion in order to operate at any given time. She wouldn’t know where to
amass
the necessary funds if the banks insisted that she should repay the loans. Therefore, she was grateful
that
Reba had settled the problem for her.
Upon hearing that, Reba waved her hand. “You don’t have to thank me, President Reed. I’m your
employee, so
it’s only natural that I should help relieve you of your burdens.”
Sonia let out a chuckle as warmth coursed through her heart. Then, Reba’s lips moved, for she was
about to
say something, but her phone rang right at that moment. She picked up the call with a serious
expression after
checking her phone. “Hello?”(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)
“Miss Harper, we found another ce that the young master might have spent time at. Would you like to
visit the
ce?”
“Sure. I’ll buy an air ticket right away.” After hanging up, Reba nced at Sonia. “President Reed, I
have to
apply for a leave again. I have an important errand…”
“Go on” Sonia chuckled before speaking. “I’ll be waiting to buy you a meal after youe back.”
“Thank you, President Reed. I will be taking my leave after arranging for a driver to pick you up.” With
that,
Reba tucked her phone away and left the room.
Meanwhile, Sonia took her cutlery and continued with her meal. When she figured that the driver that
Reba
had arranged for her should have arrived, she paid for the bill to get ready to return to herpany.
Right when she stepped out of the room, the door across from her room opened to reveal Toby and Tom
walking out from within. Both of them were startled when they saw Sonia, and the same could be said of
her, for she
wasn’t expecting to see them there.
“President Fuller” Sonia was the first to break the silence by greeting Toby a little apathetically, while
Toby nodded in response to that.
Tom pushed his sses up before smiling at Sonia.(This novel will be daily updtaed at
.noveljar) “Miss Reed.”
“Hello, Tom.” Sonia returned the gesture.
All the while, Toby furrowed his brows, ufortable with their exchange. She would smile at Tom, but
she always greets me with a poker face. He emitted a chilly aura that caused Tom to shiver before
subconsciously putting distance between them.
Since Sonia had no intentions to speak to either of them, she left for the elevator after greeting them.
Toby also
marched forward. Then, they waited for the elevator in silence. None of them spoke, so the atmosphere
between
them was depressing.
Tom felt pressured when he nced at Toby, who was on his left, and then at Sonia, who was on his
right. Why must they bump into each other? Tom rubbed his temple to soothe his headache.
A chime indicated that the elevator had arrived. Sonia entered first, with Toby and Tom following behind.
Upon
entering the elevator, Tom made a conscious choice to stand in a corner and diminish his presence.
After the elevator doors were closed, they started to descend through the floors. Suddenly, the lights on
the
ceiling flickered a few times, and noises of electricity zapping could be heard.
Tom raised his head while he gulped. “Will the elevator be alright?” He sounded uncertain.
As soon as he said that, the elevator shook violently. Sonia let out a shriek as her face paled due to
fright.
Because she was wearing heels, she couldn’t keep her bnce when the elevator rocked. Not only did
her body sway around, but she even sprained her ankle. She could even hear the sounds of her bone
dislocating.(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)
Sonia was getting cold sweat, while her face contorted with pain. Right when she was about to topple
over, an arm looped itself around her waist from behind her, and that made her freeze in ce. “What
are you doing?” Her
voice was hoarse from the ordeal.
Immediately, Toby pulled her into his arms so that her back was against his chest. “Don’t move. Lean
against me
.
and stand still,” he ordered in all seriousness. Seeing that Sonia tried to pry his arm away from her waist
out of
reluctance, he spoke once again with a voice filled with authority. “Do as I say if you don’t want to twist
your
other ankle.”
That made Sonia pause her movements. He knows that I sprained my ankle! She wasn’t sure how she
felt about
that, but she stopped trying to wrench herself free from his protective embrace. Instead, she leaned
against him
docilely, for she didn’t want to have to go to work in a wheelchair in the case that she did twist both of her
ankles.
The shaking went on for around two minutes before everything finally died down, and the elevator was
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reach the ground floor smoothly. When the sunlight filtered in the moment the doors opened, Sonia could
feel
her hanging heart finally settling down in her ribcage as relief washed over her.(This novel will be daily
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Meanwhile, Tom tidied his clothes and marched out of the elevator in the lead to hold the door for them
so that it wouldn’t close on the other two people. When Sonia lowered her head to check on Toby’s arm
on her waist with aplicated look, she inquired calmly, “Can you release me now, Mr. Fuller?”
“Sorry.” Toby removed his hand.
After Sonia regained her footing by supporting herself on the wall of the elevator, she shook her head.
“You don’t have to apologize to me. I should be the one to thank you for helping me just now.”
“It’s nothing.” Toby’s gaze dimmed when he noticed the distressed look on Sonia’s pale face. Then, his
gaze
travelled downward to her swollen ankle. His heart tightened at the sight of it. “Your ankle…”
Sonia looked downward to check on it before trying to move her ankle a little. As soon as she did so, an
excruciating pain shot up from her ankle and then spread throughout her entire body. She grunted as
beads of sweat formed on the surface of her skin. Even though her breathing picked up, she feigned
nonchnce as she
smiled. “My ankle’s alright.”(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)
You call that alright? Toby’s lips were pulled into a thin line when he noted the beads of sweat on her
forehead.
After that, he bent down to carry her in his arms bridal style before stepping out of the elevator.
On the other hand, Sonia was dumbfounded. When she snapped back to her senses, she started to
struggle. “Toby Fuller, what are you doing? Put me down now!”
“Don’t move, or you might fall off my arms!” Toby reminded her with a frown on his face.
Either due to anger or shame, Sonia’s face turned a shade of scarlet while her body was all stiff. “Then
you
should put me down.”
“Can you walk if I do that?” Toby swept a nce at her leg.
Although Sonia choked on her own words, she quickly regained herposure and let out a huff. “It’s
none of your business.”
“This hotel is part of Fuller Group. As the boss, I am responsible since you got injured here,” Toby
replied.
Behind them, Tom could hardly calm down as he gazed at their backs. He already noticed back when
they were in the elevator that Toby was also having a hard time bncing himself, but he tried his best to
protect Sonia nheless. When Toby came to know that Sonia had sprained her ankle, he even had a
worried look on his
face.
From what I saw, I think President Fuller has feelings for Miss Reed. Tom was pondering about the
situation when he heard Toby calling out to him. Putting away his thoughts, he then walked toward the
lounge area in the lobby. “President Fuller.”
“Get us some ice packs,” Toby instructed.
With a nod, Tom obeyed his instructions, and the ice packs arrived shortly. Toby sat down after taking
them, and
then bent down to pick up Sonia’s injured leg to ce it on his ownp. Just when he was about to
remove her
heels, she pressed on his hand. “President Fuller, I can do this on my own.”
Sonia wasn’t sure what he was up to for treating her so nicely all of a sudden, nor did she n to find out
the reason. If he had done that way back, she would probably be moved to tears, but that wouldn’t
happen now. After
all, her heart had gone cold with apathy, so she wouldn’t feel anything just because he decided to be
nice to her.
Therefore, Sonia removed her leg from Toby’sp before taking off her heels to put the ice packs on her
ankle to ease the pain. Toby pulled his lips into a thin line when he noticed her actions, slightly irritated
by her reluctance toply with him. Although he knew he didn’t like it when she deliberately tried to
distance herself from him, he couldn’t ce a finger on the reason.
“President Reed, I havee to fetch you!” All of a sudden, a familiar voice came through from
somewhere(This novel will be daily updtaed at .noveljar)
nearby.