Chapter 21

Chapter 21

“Baby, don’t look at him. Look at me, all

right?” Charles tried his best to draw

Sonia’s gaze back from the window.

“I’m more handsome than Carl, okay? Or do you like virgins like him more?”

Having had her thoughts interrupted,

Sonia didn’t know if she should be

angry or laugh, so she rolled her eyes

at him. “When I was young, I thought

you were narcissistic. Who knew you’d

grow up worse.”

“I’m just aware of how handsome

am!” Charles chuckled. “Really, baby.

Don’t you want to marry me? The

Ocean’s Heart is nothing. I will find the

world’s most unique diamond ring to

propose to you!”

Sonia and Charles grew up together, and they often dropped by each other’s houses, so they were

extremely close. Sonia knew that Charles was just trying to cheer her up because he knew that she was

upset.

She was indeed rather amused by his

remarks, and she even remembered

the things she had neglected.

Sonia opened her handbag and took

out a ring from one of the

compartments. Even in the dim lighting

of the car, the diamond was still

dazzling.

This was her wedding ring.

Sonia looked at the wedding ring in her hand, and everything that happened tonight flashed rapidly

through her

mind.

She recalled the scene of Toby kneeling down and proposing to Tina, almost as if he was spoiling her,

and the scene where he protected Tina… Her calm heart began to make waves

again.

Through the rearview mirror, Charles

saw the ring, but he didn’t make a joke

about it. “Baby, you know that some

people look like humans, but they don’t

deserve to be humans. If you meet

again in the future, you have to take a

detour”

“Okay.” It was only a few dozen seconds, but Sonia’s heart was already at peace.

She placed the wedding ring on the

armrest compartment in the center,

and her tone was calm when she said,

“Sell this wedding ring for me too.

Donate the money to the people in the

poor mountain areas.”

With that, Sonia leaned back in her

chair and looked at the scenery

flashing by outside the car window,

and her whole being calmed down.

After eight years, her one-sided love

had finally come to an end, which

made her feel relieved.

At the hotel, the banquet was still

ongoing, and the guests were still

bustling, as if nothing had happened

earlier.

One after another, Toby greeted each

company’s bosses and business

partners. It took a long time before he

had time to breathe, and exhaustion

was clear in his eyes.

As soon as he sat down to rest, Tina

came over.

“Toby, are you okay?” Tina asked thoughtfully as she poured warm water for him before walking around

to the back to massage his shoulders.

Her technique was right, but there was

still a lingering irritation haunting Toby’s heart

Toby pressed Tina’s hand, then said in

a deep voice, “You’d been going around

with your father greeting everyone

tonight, so you must be quite tired. You

should sit down and rest.”

“Okay.” Tina gave a small smile, then

sat down beside the man.

She peeled an orange and handed it to

Toby, but he didn’t take it and simply

stared at her. “Tina, how did the car accident happen back then? Tell me

again.”

The man’s eyes were deep and sharp.

It was as if he had an insight into

people’s hearts. When Tina met his

gaze, her hands trembled, and she almost dropped the orange onto the

ground.

“I was in a coma in the hospital for too

long, so there are many things I don’t

remember.” She forcefully steadied her

mind and tried to recall it. “I don’t

remember exactly how the car

accident happened. I only vaguely

remember that I was hit.”

She continued, “Tonight, Miss Reed

brought people over to create trouble.

Toby, you can’t possibly believe what

Charles said about me staging the

accident, right?”

Met with Toby’s silence, Tina grabbed his hand before she said in a flustered

and aggrieved tone, “Toby, you must

believe me. I’m not familiar with Miss

Reed, so why would I frame her? I won’t treat my life as a joke.”

Seeing that her eyes were red, Tony’s

doubts disappeared, leaving only

distress

Tony took her hand and kissed it, then

said, “Since you’ve recovered, the

matter with the car accident ends here.

It has left you traumatized, and I don’t

want you to feel upset because of it

anymore.”

“Okay.” Feeling relieved, Tina smiled

faintly.

Tina peeled an orange again and handed it to the man while looking at

his stem expression. “Tony, I know that

Miss Reed had been married to you for

six years, and she had contributed

quite a lot to the Fuller Family, so I’m very grateful to her. I’d like to invite

Miss Reed to dinner some other day

and prepare another present to thank her.”

“There’s no need for that.” Thinking

about what happened half an hour ago,

Toby’s gaze darkened, and his tone

was a little cold. “Sonia was the only

person who could donate blood to you

at the time. She used this to threaten

me, which was why I married her. And

the Ocean’s Heart, which she took

away tonight, is worth quite a huge

sum.”

Seeing that the man was so loyal to

her and always stood by her side, Tina

felt utterly relieved.

She leaned over and wrapped her arms

around the man’s waist, and a soothing

smile appeared on her face. “Toby.

thank you for waiting for me. Now that

I’ve recovered, I will have plenty of time

to spend with you and Madam White.”

Since they were seated so closely

together, Toby could smell the faint

scent of roses on her body. Seemingly uncomfortable with the smell, he

frowned.

He remembered that Sonia also used

perfume. He had smelled it several

times, but his nose never felt

uncomfortable.

“Tina, mind your actions.” Julia and

Titus came over. Seeing how Tina was

hugging Toby, Julia smiled, but she

reprimanded her. “There are guests all

around. It’s not good for the guests to

see this,”

Tina blushed after being told off, so

she quickly let go of Toby and sat back

in her seat.

Unbothered, Titus said, “Toby and Sonia are already dating, so what do they have to be wary of? if it

wasn’t for

that Sonia gir

Halfway through his angry talking.

Titus seemed to have realized

something, so he stopped short and

said to Toby, “I heard that you had

dinner with the boss of Continental Co.

last week. Do you intend to buy it?”

“President Drew and I just had dinner

and a casual chat,” Toby said. “Ryan is

competitive, and he attaches

importance to his company. He would

never let it be acquired no matter how

bad things got.”

Titus nodded, “I heard that he was

looking for people to invest these days, so he has obviously run into a wall.”

When the two of them talked about

business matters, Titus did the talking,

while Toby assumed his role as a junior

and listened while occasionally

agreeing with him.

Seeing the waiter walking through the

crowd with a glass of juice and

sending it to another table, Toby remembered something and called the waiter over. “I want a pot of

freshly squeezed mango juice.”

“No problem. Please wait a minute.”

When Tina saw Toby asking the waiter for mango juice, her face became stiff, but she figured she

shouldn’t ask

anything

In no time, a jug of freshly squeezed

mango juice was delivered.

Toby poured a cup and handed it to

Tina, a faint smile on his lips. “I

remember when we corresponded last

time, you wrote that you loved eating

mangoes. Once, you went to your

grandma’s house and ate 30 small

mangoes in one go, seemingly unafraid

of overeating.”

“They were just small mangoes. There

wasn’t much flesh.” As Tina snake cha

“I love to eat mangoes, and I also like to drink mango juice. Back in the days, Mom always made me

mango juice.” Tina interrupted her father. She shot him a look to tell him not to say

anything more

Tina looked at the mango juice in her

hand, then fiercely gritted her teeth and

quickly finished the whole cup.

wasn’t much flesh.” As Tina spoke, she

took the glass of mango juice from him and held it tightly, but she didn’t drink it immediately, and her face

seemed to have turned paler.

“What’s the matter?” Toby asked, “You love to eat mangoes, but you don’t like them as fruit juice?”

Titus didn’t understand what Toby was

saying to Tina, but he knew that she

was allergic to mangoes, and it was

very severe. She couldn’t touch them at

all.

Titus hurriedly said, “Toby, Tina can’t-”

I love to eat mangoes, and I also like