Chapter 1062


    Charles'' words were exactly what Sonia meant, so she decided to keep silent and admitted to it


    wordlessly.


    Toby clenched his fist once again and he did it so forcefully that there was an audible crack from his


    knuckles.


    "I won''t agree to us breaking up. I won''t even give you the chance to break up with me." Toby kept his


    eyes on Sonia as he enunciated each word carefully and firmly.


    She was the person he had been in love with for more than ten years; she was someone whom he had


    once shared his life with before losing her again; she was also someone whom he had rescued in


    exchange of his near-death experience. Therefore, he would never give her the chance to break up


    with him. There was no way on earth that it would ever happen.


    Sonia could tell from Toby''s eyes with what he intended to express and she was sincerely shocked by


    that. Finally, she moved her red lips and started to speak up, "So, it is me that you have chosen."


    Toby instantly took her into his arms right in front of Charles and ced a hand behind the back of her


    head as he spoke genuinely, "Yes, it will always be you."


    Although she had expected this, as soon as she heard Toby express it verbally in person, she could not


    contain her shocked expression.


    She slowly withdrew herself from Toby''s arms and lifted her head to look at the man in front of her. "Are


    you sure about this? You should be aware that the other person we''re talking about here is your


    esteemed mentor. Although this matter isn''t initiated by him but his granddaughter, I''m guessing that he


    wouldn''t want us to kick up a big fuss about this and just let bygones be bygones. Surely, he would


    want to save his granddaughter. If you refuse, would your mentor ept this graciously and let things


    be?"


    "You must be joking." Charles rolled his eyes. "I''ve met Mr. Lore twice and he''s just an idiotic old man


    who sides with the younger generation of his family quite unreasonably. His favorite granddaughter is


    Lte. There are too many sons in the Lore Family while Lte''s the only daughter, so obviously,


    she''s spoiled rotten in their family. Not only does everyone in the family dote on her, but Mr. Lore also


    spoils her to her core. He doesn''t even realize that his actions have turned her into a spoiled brat and


    seems to assume that this is just her childlike nature. Ha. I think he seems to be quite proud of that


    too."


    As soon as Charles mentioned that, he suddenly revealed a scoffing look. "Sonny, I don''t know whether


    you''ve heard of this story before, but eight years ago, I attended a dinner party and Mr. Lore and his


    family were in attendance too. The atmosphere at the dinner party was quite nice and peaceful, and


    everyone mingled around as they enjoyed some drinks, and chatted with each other. However, soon


    after that, a group of debutantes suddenly got into a fight. Guess why?"


    Sonia shook her head. "I don''t know. I wasn''t in attendance at the dinner party that you just mentioned."


    Eight years ago, her dad was still alive and he was the chairman of Paradigm Co. at that time.


    However, Paradigm Co. was gradually experiencing a downturn back then, so most of the organizers of


    dinner parties would skip the invitation to the Reed Family. Naturally, she did not get to attend that


    dinner party, so she wouldn''t have known what went on there.


    She turned to nce at Toby and there was a questioning look in her eyes. Do you know about this


    incident that Charlie just mentioned?


    Toby shook his head slightly. "No, I don''t know anything about that. I didn''t attend that dinner party. I


    usually get invited to a lot of functions and I don''t really have the time to attend every single one of


    them."


    At that point, Sonia grimaced slightly. She realized that he was not, in fact, trying to show off. After all, it


    was normal for him to receive countless invitations to dinner parties due to his status, but as she heard


    his words, she found herself quite envious of him.


    Truth be told, most people would resort to anything—even paying exorbitant amounts of money—to


    obtain an invitation to a dinner party. The reason was so that they could join the dinner party and


    mingle with those people of higher social status. However, for Toby, he did not even have to ask for the


    things that others seemed to yearn so badly for and yet were out of reach for them. Furthermore, he


    generally attended those functions based on his mood. If he turned up, he would always be given a


    personal and warm wee by the host of the dinner party. Even if he did not turn up, no one would


    comment on that. That was just how much different it was for people of different social statuses.


    At that moment, she no longer wanted to speak to Toby to avoid being subconsciously unted. She


    quickly shifted her eyes and turned to Charles. "Charles, keep going, then. What was the reason for the


    row?"


    Charles grunted in response and continued his topic, "The reason was that one of the girls bought a


    dress that Lte missed out on, and out of anger, Lte sshed wine on that girl. The girl Lte


    sshed wine on was also doted upon by her family members, so she had quite a temper too.


    Subsequently, the two girls got into a fight and in the end, the other girls in their respective cliques got


    involved in the fight as well. The dinner party ended up in havoc. The family members of the girls finally


    heard about the fight and rushed over in a hurry."


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    "What happened next?" Sonia''s interest was piqued. "How did the matter get resolved?"


    Charlesughed derisively. "In the end, this matter ended after the girl who was sshed with wine


    apologized to Lte. Furthermore, the girl also had to provide a lot of gifts to Lte as


    compensation."


    "What?!" Sonia felt as if she was listening to the biggest joke ever as she revealed an exasperated


    smile. "That was too much! How on earth could a victim be expected to apologize and even provide


    compensation to the perpetrator? This is the first time ever that I''ve heard of such a ridiculous thing!"


    Sonia was not the only one who found the situation ludicrous. Even Toby, who was slightly connected


    to the perpetrator, found it ridiculous too. However, he linked the situation to his mentor''s protective


    stance toward his family members and at that point, Toby had a basic idea of how the matter got


    resolved.


    "You do find this quite ludicrous too, huh?" Charles looked at Toby, who was lost in thoughts, before


    frowning. "The person who caused all this was Lte''s grandfather—Toby''s mentor—and he''s also


    the idiotic old man who sides with the younger generation of his family unreasonably like I mentioned


    before. After he was told the entire situation, not only did he not chastise his granddaughter, he even


    shifted the me to the other girl. From the words he spoke, he seemed to imply that the girl shouldn''t


    have worn that dress she had on and this incident would not have urred if she hadn''t had that


    dress. Ultimately, his granddaughter was the innocent one and the other girl was to be med for all


    this. The girl and her family members were angered beyond words by that, but there was nothing else


    they could do about the situation. After all, the Lore Family had the Fullers backing them."


    Charles continued to purse his lips. "There you go, it''s the Fuller Family here. The entire Seafield


    knows that Mr. Lore is Toby''s mentor and that Toby has always been very respectful toward him. As


    such, the girl''s family members were worried about offending the backers of the Lore Family—a.k.a. the


    Fullers—so they had no choice but to suffer the injustice despite their reluctance. They ended up


    making the first move to apologize to the Lores. Sonny, that''s why you should realize by now that that


    old Lore is an unreasonable and warped selfish man. He knew that his granddaughter was at fault, yet


    he purposely chose to overlook that part. Clearly, the Lores are despicable."


    As soon as Charles said that, Toby instantly shot him a stern look.


    However, Charles held his head high. "Why are you staring at me, huh? I hold the same stance


    regardless of how you feel and besides, I''m not ndering them! Your mentor is a despicable person. I


    can''t believe that someone like him is a professor! He''s just one without moralities. Besides, the entire


    Seaview knows about the Lores'' bad behaviors anyway!"


    At that point, Toby remained silent.


    Sonia nced at him. "Is everything that Charles has mentioned to be true? Is your mentor such an


    overly protective man?"


    Toby gave Charles the side-eye and gradually lifted his head. "My mentor is overly protective of his


    granddaughter. However, I didn''t know about the incident that Charles just mentioned and I''ve never


    heard of that either."


    "Though you''ve never heard of that, it doesn''t mean that it never happened." Charles crossed his arms


    and scoffed, "Besides, the reason why you''ve never heard of that is because the Lores would never


    bring that up in front of you. After all, they made use of your reputation to resolve the matter. If they


    took the initiative to bring it up in front of you, then you would have found out that they were behaving


    insolently outside by unting your name. As for why the others never mentioned it to you, well, it''s


    simply because they''re afraid that you would go after them unreasonably—as the Lores did—if you


    found out. That''s why, somehow, everyone seemed to have a mutual understanding to keep it a secret


    from you."