Chapter 580


    Chapter 580 Toby’s Little Ploy


    “Grandma asked me to notify you to join her for lunch at the old manor,” Toby replied.


    “Lunch?” Sonia was bewildered. “Is it a special asion?”


    “No, it’s not. Grandma wanted me to invite you, so that’s what I did.” As he said this, Toby shook his head


    lightly.


    A smiling Sonia agreed. “Yeah, sure. I’lle tomorrow.”


    “Let’s go together tomorrow then. I will pick you up from yourpany,” he suggested while looking at


    her.


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    After hesitating for a few seconds, Sonia saw the anticipation in his eyes and agreed in the end. “Sure.”


    “It’s agreed then.” Toby smiled.


    Half an hourter, they arrived at the hotel. As they entered, Toby helped Sonia to open the door to the


    private room. She epted his gesture and walked inside. After Toby closed the door, he quickly caught


    up to her.


    As the others had already arrived, they were all seated and waiting for them. The moment that they saw


    those two entering together, the CEOs exchanged looks with one another again. Seeing as to how they


    have entered together, they must be rather close now. It’s quite obvious that they have reconciled, no?


    Looks like we’ll have to get close to Paradigm Co. from now on!


    Not knowing or even having the desire to know their thoughts, Toby simply walked to the two empty


    seats in front and pulled one out. As he patted the back of that particr chair, he addressed Sonia, “Sit


    here.”


    Sonia never expected Toby to be this affectionate in front of many people, which made her feel a tad bit


    ufortable as she wondered whether she should sit or not. After all, there really wasn’t anything


    going on between them. So, for her to ept his advances like that, it was something she couldn’t bring


    herself to do. However, if she were to reject him in front of the CEOs, it would only serve to embarrass


    him.


    With his kind of status, if she humiliated him, it would definitely not blow over easily. As such, he would


    be treated as aughing stock in the entire industry. In fact, there were many people in their field who


    wanted to see Toby fall from grace. After all, they had been living in Toby’s shadow for way too long. Yet,


    due to Toby often resorting to strong-arm tactics as well as being extremely capable himself, there was


    nothing they could do but watch. However, it went without saying that they would still be delighted to


    make Toby the butt of their jokes. So, she was only left with one choice now.


    Even though she was still thinking about it, Sonia took a deep breath and adjusted the ends of her


    clothes to walk to the chair to take a seat. As she turned around, she smiled at the man behind her.


    “Thank you, President Fuller.”


    Toby smiled in response. “You’re wee.” The moment he finished his sentence, he pulled out the


    chair beside her to sit down.


    The waiter, who had remained quiet in the private room for the whole time, knew that Toby was hosting


    the dinner, so when he saw Toby sitting down, he immediately handed over the menu.


    As Toby took the menu, he didn’t flip it open and instead passed it to Sonia. “What do you want to eat?”


    Sonia felt embarrassed as she pushed the menu back to him and whispered, “I think you should order


    the meal. I’m fine with anything anyway.” It was already too much when you pulled the chair out for me,


    and now you want me to order the dishes? Are you kidding me?


    Strictly speaking, how could she order ahead of everyone else when her status here was the lowest? It


    might have been fine if she was his wife, but the key point was she wasn’t married to him. So, even if


    Toby was the one who told her to order, she wouldn’t do as told. She knew that if she had really done it,


    although the CEOs never said anything, they would feel ufortable. That was the reason why she felt


    she should stay put and not do anything else.


    When Toby saw how awkward Sonia was, he instantly knew the reason behind her behavior and picked


    up the menu again. “Okay, then I’ll do it.” After saying that, he flipped open the menu before he


    proceeded to order a couple of dishes.


    His choices had only made Sonia raise her eyebrow to the max. Aren’t all these dishes… my favorites?


    She looked at Toby in surprise.


    After Toby gave Sonia a smile, he closed the menu. “Also, I would like a mug of mango juice—freshly


    juiced, that is. Thank you. That’s it for me.” Of course, it went without saying that the drink was also for


    her.


    “Okay, Mr. Fuller.” The waiter nodded.


    As he ced the menu on thezy Susan, he rotated it until the menu reached in front of a CEO.


    “Gentlemen, please, if there is anything you would like to eat, then by all means, help yourselves.”


    “Haha, if you say so, President Fuller. Well then, we shall help ourselves.” The same CEOughed


    before he started to order as well.


    By the time everybody had finished ordering, it was already quite some timeter. Now that the kitchen


    was busy preparing their order, the first item to arrive was the said mango juice. As he poured a ss of


    it, Toby then set it in front of Sonia. “Don’t drink too much, else you won’t have any appetiteter.”


    The moment Sonia heard his gentle reminder, it warmed her heart and with a smile, she said, “I know.”


    Then, she held the ss of mango juice and slowly sipped on it.


    At this moment, one of the CEOs suddenly looked at both her and Toby. “President Fuller, I heard that


    you were nning to reconcile with President Reed. Does this mean that you two have already gotten


    back together?”


    Sonia was still holding onto the ss as she frowned and was about to exin the truth. However, Toby


    ced his hand on top of hers and gently squeezed it before he answered, “Not yet, but that’s just a


    matter of time.”


    Sonia stared at him with wide eyes, as if she was silently asking what he meant by that. Toby’s lips


    slowly curled upward and his eyes were full of confidence. It was at that moment when Sonia understood


    what he meant. He was confident that she would agree to reconcile with him.


    As they looked at Sonia and Toby, the CEOs didn’t know what those two were secretly exchanging looks


    about. The CEOs only saw them looking at each other with ‘affection’, so they quicklymented, “Ah, I


    see. Then, congrattions to you and President Reed in advance. We hope to receive your wedding


    invitation soon!”


    “Thank you.” Toby raised his own wine ss to toast with them.


    Sonia, who felt embarrassed to exin that they probably won’t reconcile, didn’t want Toby to lose


    respect over this. Now that she was left with no choice, she had to raise her beaker and clink it with their


    sses too.


    This action of hers had signified that she herself would realize Toby’s words sooner orter. After all, they


    had already toasted on this, which in itself constituted her agreement. Now that she was once again


    seated, she grimly sipped the juice while begrudgingly staring at the man beside her.


    Now, she understood why Toby had stopped her from talking. It was because all this had been his ploy


    all along—to forcefully make her admit that they would reconcile. With this method, she had half-


    promised that they would be together again. Not to mention, they were already a couple in the eyes of


    others.


    When he saw Sonia’s expression, Toby was also aware that he was in the wrong when he did that, but


    he did not regret it. Although he had said that he would give her time to fully ept him, judging from her


    personality, she would only drag the matter whereby she would hide in her own shell for a longer period


    of time without agreeing or deciding. So, he could only give her a push with this method. It was only by


    giving her a push that he could force her out of her shell and reconcile with him sooner thanter.


    Soon after, the dishes came one by one. Naturally, as the host, Toby was the first to dig in. He picked up


    a boneless piece of fish, yet he did not eat it. Instead, he ced it in Sonia’s bowl in the full view of


    everyone’s eyes. “The fish here is quite delicious. Do have a taste.”


    When she noticed everyone’s amused expression, Sonia blushed as she slowly picked up the fish before


    cing it in her mouth. The incredibly fresh and tender fish immediately melted in her mouth—it was so


    delicious that she couldn’t resist the temptation of wanting to swallow their tongue.


    While looking at her shining eyes, Toby gently asked, “How is it?”


    After she gave a thumbs up, Sonia replied with a blissful expression, “It’s so lovely!”


    Her reaction caused Toby tough as he said, “Then, you should have more.”