Chapter 161

“Are you sure?” Rose asked with a faint smile. Toby hardened his tone as he responded for a secondtime. “Of course! I’ve already said that I had no regrets in the past. I didn’t have any regrets back then,and I won’t have any regrets in the future.” “Oh, is that so? I see.” The old woman nodded withoutcommenting any further. He said that he has no regrets and will not have any regrets in the future. Is hesure about that? The old lady chuckled.

I sure hope he doesn’t feel embarrassed when he looks back at his own words. “By the way, I hope youcan keep our conversation with Sonia today a secret. You should keep your mouth sealed, especiallywith Tina and the Gray Family, do you hear me?” Rose warned Toby with a stern look in her eyes. Hecould tell that he would be in trouble if he ever went against her words. “I got it. I’m not going to tellanyone about it.

I’ve already promised Sonia that I won’t help the Grays, so I won’t mention anything to them,” Tobyreplied as he lifted his chin. “Alright. Then, you should…” Before Rose finished her sentence, she caughtsight of the pineapples lying by the front of the bed. The old woman smacked a hand against her bed.“Sonia forgot about her pineapples!” Rose exclaimed. Toby’s eyes glinted; he had been aware of the factthat Sonia had forgotten about her pineapples from the very start.

Yet, he didn’t remind her about it. Consuming pineapples could potentially lead to uterine contractions, soSonia wasn’t supposed to have any of it. “Hurry up and bring some over to Sonia. She’s probably still onhospital grounds now.” Rose shoved a basketful of pineapples into Toby’s arms before she urged him togo after Sonia. Toby agreed to hand it to Sonia, but he simply passed the pineapples to one of thehospital staff members once he walked out of the ward.

Meanwhile, Sonia was still waiting for a cab outside the hospital. All of a sudden, she caught the strongsmell of meat that came from a barbeque restaurant opposite the hospital. Everyone else had theirmouths watering when they smelled the scrumptious scent of meat, but Sonia’s expression changed as

she felt nausea building up within her. She immediately covered her mouth before she rushed over to thebushes by the side.

Then, she lowered her body to vomit, but nothing much came out apart from mouthfuls of stomach acid.Sonia knew that it was her body’s natural response to her pregnancy; she would feel a strong urge topuke whenever she inhaled any strong or oily scents. “Blergh!” She had only felt better for a short whilebefore she felt nausea assailing her again. That made her lower herself to vomit once more. Her entireface was pale, and cold sweat trickled down her forehead; she was clearly suffering.

Toby found her in such a state the moment he walked out of the hospital. With a grim expression on hisface, he headed over to the nearest store to buy her a bottle of warm water. “Are you okay?” he said ashe edged closer to her. He opened the bottle cap and handed the water to her. Sonia didn’t want toaccept his kindness at first, but she gave in as she couldn’t tolerate the sour taste in her mouth. With thewater he gave, she gargled her mouth twice and waited for the sour taste to wear off before she began todrink some of the water.

She felt much better after a few gulps of water, and the uneasy feeling in her stomach seemed to havedisappeared. Thus, she could finally let out a sigh of relief. “I’m fine. Thank you for the water, PresidentFuller. How much is it? I’ll bank transfer the amount to you.” She pulled her phone out as she spoke. Hisexpression darkened immediately. “There’s no need for that. It’s just a bottle of water.” “Of course there’sa need for me to pay you the money.

I can’t just accept your kindness without any reason.” Sonia opened her purse to pull out some cashwhen she saw that he refused to receive her bank transfer. “This money is for the water and the car rideover to the hospital.” She pushed one of the largest bills she had into his palm. The air around Tobyseemed to freeze when he spoke. “Are you really that desperate to cut all ties with me, Sonia?” Sheeyed him puzzledly.

“Isn’t that a good thing? We can call ourselves a divorced couple, but in other words, that just means thatwe’re two people who have nothing to do with each other. Since that’s the case, I believe we should cutall ties so that neither one of us owes the other person anything. Wouldn’t that be ideal for both of us?”Toby clenched his fist as he found himself at a loss for words. She’s right. We’re practically strangerswho aren’t related to each other in any way. What she’s doing isn’t wrong, but I just feel really displeasedfor some reason. “Alright, President Fuller.

I’ll make a move now.” Sonia wasn’t interested in his thoughts, so she simply tightened the bottle capbefore she walked past him. Then, she headed back to the spot where she had been trying to hail a cabearlier. However, she only took two steps before she was struck by a sudden wave of dizziness. Tobyrushed forward and held her up the moment he saw her staggering. “Are you okay?” He managed tostop her from collapsing onto the ground. His brows were tightly knit, and his eyes were filled withconcern for her. Sonia was shocked when she first realized it, and she even wondered if she washallucinating for a moment.

After blinking her eyes twice, she saw that he was still looking at her with the same, concernedexpression in his eyes. That’s weird, she thought. Does he actually care about me? Is he losing his mind,or is there something wrong with this world? “I’m fine.” Sonia shook her head as she pulled her arm awayfrom him. “You nearly fainted moments ago. How could you say you’re fine?” Toby asked as he stared ather ghastly pale face.

“It’s really nothing. My blood sugar’s low, that’s all,” Sonia replied flatly. That was what the doctor told herwhen she last went for a check-up—she knew she would experience bouts of dizziness whenever herblood sugar was low. It was a pretty common side effect of pregnancy, so Sonia didn’t feel too botheredby it. “Are you sure?” Toby still looked rather worried. “Yeah,” she mumbled with a nod. “What should youdo to make sure that your blood sugar levels don’t fall too much?” he continued asking. Sonia sneered inresponse. “I’m not Miss Gray, President Fuller.

I don’t think it’s appropriate for you to be so concerned about me, right?” He sucked his lips inward. “I justdon’t want my grandmother to get upset. She’d be worried if anything happened to you,” he muttered.Sonia stopped smirking when she heard what he said. “Alright. There isn’t much to be done. I just haveto eat to make sure my blood sugar stays at a normal level, that’s all,” she said with a sigh. “What type offoods do you need to eat to do that?”

Toby looked at her. When she heard that, she tilted her head sideways. There was a look of slightuncertainty on her petite face. “Um, candy, I guess?” Toby tugged his lips into a smile. “I thought you’dknow the answer to that question.” “I’m not a doctor. Why should I know the answer? Forget it. Why arewe even having this conversation? I’m leaving now. Goodbye.” Sonia waved at him before she turned toleave.

Before she could take her first step, Toby reached his arms forward and lifted her into a bridal-style carry.After freezing for a moment, Sonia felt her entire face turning beet red as she tried to wrestle her way outof his arms. “What are you doing, Toby? Put me down!” Toby tightened his grip around her as he strodedirectly toward his car. “I’m sending you home.” “I don’t need you to send me home. I’ll get my own cab.Let go of me.”

Sonia kicked her legs up in the air while she pounded against the man’s chest with both her arms. Tobyfrowned when he felt himself losing grip of her. “I’m going to drop you if you keep moving around. Youwouldn’t want that to happen, would you? Do you know what will happen if you fall now?” He lowered hisgaze to stare at her. Sonia subconsciously fell silent when she looked deep into Toby’s dark pupils. “W-What do you mean? Do you know about—” she mumbled with a look of surprise on her face.

“You might hit and injure your head. Tomorrow’s the day of the final decision for partnership. Would youwant to miss out on that because of an injury?” Toby interrupted her words. Sonia stuck her lower lip intoa pout. What? So, all he meant was that I might get injured? I was surprised because I thought he knew

about my pregnancy. It’d be suspicious if he actually knew about it; even Charles doesn’t know about ityet.

“Well, I wouldn’t fall if you just let me down, right?” she grumbled with a hostile expression. Even thoughhe heard that, he didn’t respond to her. He opted for such a gesture because he knew that she’d neveragree to get into his car otherwise. Still, he couldn’t let go of her, for he knew she’d leave the moment heplaced her down. Soon enough, Toby brought Sonia to his car. He had to lower her down as he neededto get his car keys out to unlock the car. Sonia seized this opportunity to turn around and leave.However, Toby immediately knitted his brows before grabbing onto her arm and tugging her backward.

“Ah!” Sonia let out a shriek as she felt her back pressing against the car door. Toby pressed both hispalms to frame her head as he glared at her with a serious look in his eyes. “Are you going to do thatagain?” Sonia was so annoyed that she couldn’t do much but sneer at him. “What exactly are you tryingto do, Toby?” She glared at him with her large eyes. “I’m trying to send you home!” he uttered in a slowand clear voice.

Sonia felt anger boiling within her. “I just said that I’ll get my own cab. I don’t need you to send me home.Don’t you understand what I’m saying?” Toby shifted his gaze away. “I’m just following my grandmother’sorders to send you home. Get in the car.” He then lowered his hands and pressed a button on the carkeys to unlock the door.

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