Chapter 496

Chapter 496 Toby’s Getting Engaged

When the female assistant felt Sonia holding onto her, she thought she was about to be brought in for a

lecture. Fear had just crept into her when she heard Sonia’s question. “What? Weren’t you about to

reprimand me?” She was stunned.

The corner of Sonia’s lips twitched. “If I were to scold anyone, it would be your leader. What use is it for

me to scold any of you assistants?”

The assistant let out a sigh of relief before she smiled. “You’re such a nice person, President Reed.”

“Enough with the nonsense. Tell me—what were you guys talking about earlier?” Sonia repeated her

question.

“Oh, yes. We were talking about how President Fuller from the Fuller group might be getting engaged

again,” the assistant replied.

“What?” Sonia’s pupils shrank as her body stiffened. “Toby is… getting engaged?” The assistant was

new to the company, so she wasn’t aware of Sonia’s past relationship with Toby. However, the assistant

could sense a rather peculiar change in Sonia at the mention of Toby. “Yeah, that’s what the Internet

says,” the assistant replied without thinking much of Sonia’s change in demeanor.

“The Internet?”

“Yeah. A media website uploaded an article today, and it included pictures of President Fuller hugging

another woman. The media predicted that President Fuller might have good news to announce soon…”

The assistant continued talking, but Sonia no longer heard anything that she said. All Sonia could think

of was how Toby might be getting engaged again.

With a dazed look on her face, Sonia turned around and walked to her own office. The assistant hadn’t

finished speaking, so she tilted her head sideways when Sonia walked off without dismissing her.

“President Reed is acting really weirdly. Why does she look as if her soul has just left her body?” The

assistant couldn’t make sense of the situation, so she simply shrugged before returning to her desk.

Once Sonia got into her office and stepped behind her desk, she reached her hands out and felt for her

chair before sinking into her seat. Once she sat down, she remained paralyzed in her seat for a long

while, almost as if she had completely lost her mind. Her gaze was empty as she stared at her computer.

There was a tightness in her chest that wouldn’t seem to leave, and her face was burning so much that it

stung her skin.

Just the night before, Sonia had assumed that Toby wouldn’t get engaged, yet reality slapped her in the

face the very next morning. He’s still going to get engaged! And he’s getting engaged to…

Sonia clenched her fists before she leaned forward to turn her computer on and search for the news

article that her assistant had been talking about. Since it was news about Toby, Sonia was certain that it

would make the headlines. Indeed, once Sonia turned her computer on, the pop-up at the right lower

corner of her screen indicated the news of Toby’s engagement before she even went to her browser.

She hastily clicked on the notification, and she was led to a website called ‘Entertainment First’. She

glanced at the first few lines of the post. ‘According to our sources, the Fuller and McRae Groups are

arranging for a union of their families. Our editors assumed that these were rumors all along, but we just

received solid evidence that supports these statements! These are no longer rumors—it’s the truth! An

engagement is about to happen between the Fuller and McRae families. Congratulations, Miss McRae!”

There was a picture attached at the bottom of the post. Sonia’s fingers trembled as she clicked on the

image, which revealed a shot of Toby and another woman standing in front of a hotel. The woman was

holding onto Toby’s arm, and she was resting her upper body against his chest. Toby, on the other hand,

had his head lowered to look at the woman—it was clear that he was gazing at her lovingly.

There seemed to be a romantic touch to the atmosphere of the picture, and it looked like a shot of a

loving couple. Miss McRae… Lily McRae… Sonia let go of her mouse and slumped back into her office

chair as she dug her teeth into her bottom lip. He’s really getting engaged to Lily, huh. Now I know why

he decided to let go of me, and now I understand why he no longer needs me to care for him. It’s

because he’s in love with Lily and is getting engaged to her. That’s why he’s letting go of me, and that’s

why he no longer needs me. He’d be disloyal to Lily if he remained in contact with me, right?

Although Sonia didn’t think that Toby was at fault in this matter, she still felt an uneasy feeling in her

chest. There was a dull ache that wouldn’t seem to leave her alone. Her eyes stung at the sight of Toby

and Lily together in the picture. After a long while, she finally straightened herself and shut the webpage.

She had assumed that she would be less troubled once she stopped staring at the picture, but she

realized that her actions were pointless. She only grew more frustrated as she sank deeper into her own

thoughts.

All of a sudden, her phone began to ring. She picked the call up without checking the caller ID. “Who is

it?”

“It’s me, darling. Did you see the news? Toby and Lily are getting engaged.” Charles’s enthusiastic voice

came from the other end of the line.

Sonia tightened her grip on her phone. “I saw it,” she replied flatly.

“Aren’t you surprised?” Charles couldn’t sense the difference in Sonia’s tone, and he stared at his

computer screen as he continued blabbering excitedly. “Darling, did you know how rude Toby was toward

Lily when we were at the social event last night? I can’t believe they’re getting engaged now! Tsk. What

is going on in his mind, darling? Why is he getting engaged with Lily if he doesn’t like her? How does he

benefit from this engagement? The McRaes are a relatively poor family, so why would he be interested in

them? Furthermore, the Fuller Family is so powerful, they don’t need to arrange for marriages with any

other families around here. Getting married to another family would only delay their business’s growth, so

—”

“What makes you think that their marriage is solely to benefit their families? What if it’s true love?” Sonia

curled her lips into a mocking smirk.

Charles chuckled. “True love? Stop kidding, darling. How could Toby and Lily be in love with each other?”

“Why not?” Sonia lowered her gaze so that no one could see the look in her eyes. “As you said, the

McRaes aren’t doing that well, and there’s no reason for the Fuller Family to be interested in them. If they

get married, the McRaes won’t be of any help to the Fullers, and they would have to depend on the

Fullers’ support to survive. Toby isn’t someone who’d choose to put himself on the losing end, and he

isn’t someone who can be forced to do things he doesn’t wish to. I’m sure that no one forced him to get

married to Lily, and I’m sure that he’s not doing it for the sake of benefiting the Fullers. In that case, it has

to be true love.”

“True love…” Charles’ lips twitched, and he turned speechless for a moment before he found his voice

again. “I think you make a lot of sense, darling. I don’t have an argument against your point.”

“That’s because what I’m saying is the truth.”

“I know, but I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that Toby’s in love with Lily. When I was at the

social event last night, I could see the hatred in his eyes as he glared at her. That’s what made me

suspect if this engagement is even real,” Charles uttered as he stroked his chin thoughtfully.

“It has to be real. Otherwise, he’d step forward to clarify things, right? It’s nearly 10.00AM now, yet he

hasn’t done anything. That has to mean that this is the truth,” Sonia uttered with a blank expression.

“I guess so.” Charles nodded.

Sigh. “Alright, Charles. Is there anything else? I’ll end the call otherwise. I’m really tired, and I need some

rest,” Sonia explained. She wasn’t just mentally drained; she was also feeling rather dizzy after all that

happened. She had to lie down and calm herself down to regulate her own emotions. She also wanted to

understand why she got so emotional after finding out about Toby’s engagement.

This time, Charles realized that Sonia sounded rather peculiar. He knitted his brows and was about to

ask her about it when he realized that she had turned silent on the other end of the line. He held the

phone in front of his face to see that his screen had already been lit up to show the past incoming calls

he received. That was how he knew that Sonia had ended his call.

Meanwhile, at the Coleman Residence, Zane had been browsing news articles when he saw the one

about Toby. His eyes nearly popped out of his sockets, and he immediately contacted Toby after that.

“You must have lost your mind, Toby! Are you seriously getting engaged to Lily?”