Chapter 1381
Even when Toby kept his back facing her when he asked the question, Lte knew he was referring
to her, and her legs froze instantly, no longer daring to retreat.
Then, the next second, she found Toby turning around with Sonia''s hand in his.
"Toby…" The young woman tried to pull a smile and greet him, but when she saw his expressionless
face and sub-zero stare, her words got stuck in her throat.
Toby''s looking at me like he''s looking at some dead animal!
The notion hurt and scared her worse than being ignored.
At the very least, being ignored meant that Toby just made light of her, but him gazing at her like she
was a dead animal meant that he would feel nothing even when she died. In fact, he might be wishing
she was dead.
"You sank your nails into her arm, didn''t you?!" Toby reiterated, more like a definite statement rather
than a question.
Lte parted her lips and reflexively wanted to lie and deny the truth. However, Toby bore into her like
he could see the deepest part of her soul, making her feel bare naked. "I… I didn''t mean to do it… I
just… just—" she stuttered, unable to lie at all.
"Then, what were you about to do just now?" Toby didn''t care about her exnation, nor did he want to
hear it, even. The only thing that mattered was if she did it, and whether it was an ident was beside
the point. Hence, he interjected very quickly.
Sonia, on the other hand, smirked and quietly watched the scene unfold in his arms, for she knew her
beloved was about to get back at Lte now.
Since he wanted to avenge her, she''d just y the damsel in distress with peace of mind. Also, she
had to be honest; it felt really good to have someone defending her, and even greater when it was
against her beloved''s admirer.
At that, she took a gander at Lte and smiled delightfully.
Naturally, the smile aggravated Lte; in the young woman''s eyes, Sonia was challenging her.
If it weren''t for the fact that Toby was standing right there, she wanted to pounce on Sonia and tear her
face to shreds.
Seeing that Lte remained silent, Toby bellowed, "Answer me! What were you about to do?!"
Lte jolted in response, then looked fearfully toward Toby. "I… I…"
She gazed at Toby, who looked as handsome as ever, no different from when she left Caruna seven
years ago, except for one thing—the man from seven years ago was forever pallid and sickly, looking
weakly ravishing.
However, Toby no longer looked like that. Sure, he was still fair, but it was a healthy kind of glow, and
he no longer looked weak like he always seemed seven years ago.
Not only was Toby far healthier now, but his personality had changed entirely.
The man from seven years ago was gentle and would always smile tenderly, looking like the boy next
door. But now, he was on the opposite end of the spectrum, no longer gentle, and his tender smile was
gone, reced by impassiveness and aloofness. His gaze was intimidating to the point it suffocated
others.
It could be said that the Toby from seven years ago was a noble yet gentle skan, but the Toby now
was a domineering alpha wolf, dangerous.
What happened to Toby?
Lte had a hard time epting such a dramatic change in Toby.
Though her grandfather had long told her the Toby now was very different from the one she had known
seven years ago, she never took it seriously, for she believed no one could change so drastically even
if they did change. As such, the Toby now would still be the same one that she knew in her memories.
Seven yearster, she finally got to see Toby again. Though he was still as handsome as she had
remembered, he now felt very foreign. She couldn''t find a sliver of familiarity in him, and it frightened
her deeply.
Can I still interact with this Toby that I know nothing of like I used to? More importantly, do all the likes
and preferences I''ve learned of him in the past still stand today?
Lte''s mind was all over the ce, and her lip was nearly bruised from being bitten down
aggressively. As her grievances overpoured, her tears streamed down like a never-ending waterfall too.
"You''re not Toby!" Lte bawled as she looked devastatingly at Toby as though he was some
heartbreaker who had betrayed her. "Toby wouldn''t treat me like this. He wouldn''t be so impassive to
me or question me like I''m some criminal. You''re not my Toby! You''re not!"
The scene changed so abruptly that even Sonia was nonplussed, and the corner of her lips twitched
involuntarily.
What the… Does she think she''s in some melodramatic drama, crying so suddenly like Toby''s some
heartbreaker?!
Not only was Sonia inexplicably speechless, but Toby was baffled by the suddenness too. I swear this
woman''s a lunatic!
At that, he locked his brows into a deep furrow and looked aversively at Lte. "Don''t try to change
the subject, Lte Lore. Were you going to shove her? Answer me!"
Lte didn''t know how to feel anymore when she saw that Toby didn''t feel the slightest bit nervous, let
alone have the urge tofort her, in the face of her dejection.
How can this be?! How can Toby do this to me?! The young woman was rendered shell-shocked.
Sonia couldn''t hold it in any longer and burst into a chuckle. "I''m sorry, Miss Lore, but it seems that your
beloved Toby doesn''t buy your goody-two-shoes trick."
"You!" Lte red daggers at her in response.
Meanwhile, Toby narrowed his eyes and pulled Sonia closer into his arms, and he even covered her
eyes. "Don''t look. It''s hideous."
His beloved Sonia would have nightmares if she looked at such a hideous face.
Sonia, on the other hand, beamed and nodded as she got his implication. "Alright, you''re the boss. I
won''t look."
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At that, Toby ruffled her hair affectionately, then turned to Lte with an impassive gaze, shaking the
young woman out of recollection.
She thought Toby had returned to being the gentleman that he used to be seven years ago when he
smiled affectionately at Sonia. However, he tucked the affection away the second he looked at her, and
it was only then she realized the old Toby never came back.
He was still the Toby who treated her with nothing but impassiveness.
"Toby." She looked aggrievedly at him, who was not only indifferent but looked even more averse.
"Lte Lore, if I remember correctly, I was your grandfather''s student and your father''s peer, which
also means I''m your senior. As such, it should be Mr. Toby for you. What? Do you make nothing of your
father and want to be his sister, seeing that you refuse to address me with an honorific?"
"Pfft, hahaha!" Sonia failed to hold back once again and guffawed in his arms.
Be her father''s sister?! Ha, this will be my favorite joke!