Chapter 1153


    Sonia naturally felt the animositying from Asher.


    After all, the feeling wasn''t inchoate but a long-existing one.


    Thus, she made no reaction toward his hatred-filled stare but only looked straight ahead as though she


    hadn''t noticed it and walked right past Asher, going out of the building.


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    Asher, on the other hand, was so livid that his clenched fists trembled when Sonia disregarded him


    entirely.


    Standing behind him, his crony even more so stirred his anger by huffmg, "Look at how arrogant that


    woman is, President. Even if she''s the chairman, she''s still your junior. How can she be so rude as to


    not even say hi to you?!"


    To that, Asher sneered. "How can she not be when she has Toby backing her? But one day, I''ll see that


    she can never be arrogant again."


    "Ain''t that the truth, President." The crony very much agreed with him and was confident Asher would


    seed.


    "Alright, enough ttery. Let''s go." After taking a gander in the direction Sonia left, he withdrew his gaze


    and barely calmed down as he made his way to the elevator.


    Of course, Sonia had no clue what Asher and his cronies talked about behind her back, but she didn''t


    want to know, nor was she interested in knowing. Right after seeing Toby'' car, she waved and jogged


    over to it with a smile.


    Toby, on the other hand, hurriedly got out of the car and spread his arms wide apart upon seeing so.


    The next second, Sonia fell into his arms,pletely wrapped in his embrace.


    "What are you running so fast for? What if you fall?" Toby put an arm around Sonia''s back while ruffling


    her hair with the other.


    "But I don''t want you to wait for too long." She looked up at him.


    "You can''t do that even so. If you really fall, both of us will be in pain. Besides, I never think waiting for


    you is a nuisance. I''m more than happy to wait," said Toby as he nted a kiss on her forehead.


    Sonia noticed some passersby smiling affectionately toward their canoodling and immediately felt


    abashed, her face flushing crimson.


    "Okay, I got it. Let go of me and get into the car. There are a lot of people here, and everyone walking


    by is looking at us. It''s pretty embarrassing." She patted Toby'' chest.


    Knowing she was bashful and didn''t like other people seeing them being intimate, he ruffled her hair


    affectionately and let go of her, respecting her wish. "Alright, get in."


    With that, he held her hand, led her around the front of the car to the front passenger seat, and opened


    the door for her.


    After entering the car, Sonia put the handbag on her shoulder on herp before handing another bag to


    Toby. "Put this in the back seat, will you? There''s not enough space here."


    "What''s this?" Toby looked into the bag after taking it, but the contents were well-concealed with


    different other stic bags, so he couldn''t make anything out.


    "We''re visiting Grandmater, no? I can''t go empty-handed, can I? But then I didn''t have time to


    prepare anything during the day, and Charles happened to havee over in the afternoon with some


    expensive dried goods from Mrs. Lane''s hometown. I thought these things would be good for Grandma,


    so I thought I should give some to her," answered Sonia while pulling on the seatbelt.


    "Charles got them for you?" Toby frowned at once.


    Sonia knew at once that he was jealous for assuming they were gifts from a love rival, and she couldn''t


    help shaking her head, amused. "Not from Charles. Mrs. Lane deliberately got them from me when she


    visited her family. She knows I like this stuff, so these are from Mrs. Lane. She just had Charles bring


    them over to me here at Paradigm. He barely has much to do with this. Well, my dear husband? Are


    you feeling better?"


    ''My dear husband'' was all it took to dampen Toby''s jealousy and brighten his mood.


    At that, he raised his chin slightly. Despite still looking somewhat aloof, a hint of a smile and


    contentment could already be seenced within his eyes. "Better. I''ll thank Mrs. Lane on behalf of my


    grandmother."


    "Don''t worry, I''ll give Mrs. Lane your thanks. Alright, let''s go, or we''re going to bete," Sonia urged as


    she fastened her seatbelt.


    With that, Toby put the bag in the back seat and closed the door before saying, "Let''s go."


    Then, he walked around the back of the car to the driver''s seat and headed to the Fuller Residence.


    Meanwhile, at the Lore Residence, Lte returned home in the afternoon. She was so tired that she


    retired as soon as she came home and had only awoken at this time.


    The moment she went downstairs, she heard her grandfather and father arguing as well as her mother


    mollifying the situation, causing her to instinctively walk down the stairs slowly and lightly while holding


    the handrail.


    As she moved further downward, her elders'' voices became clearer.


    First came her father''s lowly, cowardly apology. "Dad, please stop yelling at me. I already know my


    mistake. Are you not done when you''ve already yelled at me all afternoon? Besides, even if you yell at


    me, I can''t change anything anymore. As if things will turn around after you yell at me when it''s


    screwed!"


    "Grayson''s right, Dad. Please don''t be mad anymore." Grayson''s wife, Amelia, poured some tea for the


    father and son while soothing Harry as she sat next to her husband.


    Harry looked disappointingly angry at the couple as he took the cup of tea from her. "You''re a fine one


    to talk."


    He put the cup down angrily and pointed at Grayson with trembling fingers. "I''ve already warned you


    time and time again before you head off to be nice, give a decent apology gift, and apologize properly


    to that woman. Sonia Reed is a daughter of a lost affluent family. She''s surely vain deep down, or why


    would she keeptching onto Toby again and again? Once we appease her and promise that we''ll think


    of her whenever we gain any advantages, she might go soft and put in a good word for us in front of


    Toby, and who knows? He might just forgive us. You''ve also given me your word that you''d do just that,


    but look what happened! What did you actually do?! Not only did you not bring her a gift, you even


    behaved insolently. I swear you''re doing this to piss me off!"


    At that, he flew into a rage. "Forget about Sonia. Even I would kick the person out when hees


    begging me without a gift and an insolent attitude."


    Grayson couldn''t help tucking his neck as he listened to Harry''s scolding. "Well, I didn''t think that


    woman was so pragmatic, did I? Yes, I agreed to get her a gift and apologize nicely, but then I gave it a


    second thought and thought, why should I?! Who are we to Toby?! Even if we''re in the wrong, she''s


    nothing but an outsider. She should forgive us and intercede for us to Toby without having us


    apologize. After all, you''re Toby''s teacher, and our family is close with the Fullers. If she doesn''t do so,


    she can''t me us for opposing her rtionship with Toby. A little finagle is all we need to break her


    and Toby up. So..."


    "So you threw my adjure out the window just like that?!"


    Grayson lowered his head silently at that.


    Livid with rage, Harry pointed at his son''s nose and yelled, "You... Just how stupid can you get?! No


    wonder so many in the office say you''re useless and hopeless, and thepany will go out of business


    sooner orter if it''s in your hands!"


    "Who? Who dares say so?! I''ll fire him!" Grayson shot up in anger.