Madam Escaped Again Sir novel Chapter 1028

"If it's so important, then why didn't you tell me? Why did you ask someone else for help when you could've come to me? Am I that unreliable to you?" Toby had no idea what Sonia was thinking. All he wanted was to make things clear with her.

Sonia didn't want Toby to think that he was unimportant to her. She shook her head. "No. I never thought of you that way. I didn't tell you because I didn't want to rely on you for everything. I told you about it, and you agreed. I made it very clear why I didn't want to rely on you too much. I don't want to turn to you every time I run into something. If I do that, I'll lose my independence eventually. I'll turn into a woman who needs you to solve everything for her. I don't want that. And..."

"And what?” Toby pursed his lips. She did tell him her reason before and he supported her, but this was a bit too much. She didn't even tell him anything because she didn't even ask for his help, and it made him feel like an outsider. No, he was less than that. She'd rather ask an outsider for help, but not him.

"And..." She massaged her forehead. "I don't want everyone to think of me as a hapless girl who needs you for everything. I don't want them to think that my company only got this far thanks to you. I don't want them to see me as some sort of sidekick, like I'm just a side dish to the main course. I want them to see me as an independent woman. I don't want them to think I got this far because of sheer luck instead of my own hard work. I don't want them to think Paradigm Co. got big because you helped me out instead of my own hard work."

She had a bitter look on her face, and her voice broke. "I never told you that, but it weighs down on me like a mountain. It's suffocating. Getting back together with you puts a lot of strain on me. You have no idea how worried I am about the public's opinion. They'd say I'm not worthy of you because my family and company are in decline. They called me a common wench who got lucky. They also said that I'm an orphan and that nobody will help me when you argue with me and dump me."

A loud bang interrupted her.

Toby had slammed the table with his fist and shot up, the air around him turning ever colder. The look on his face was dark as a storm brewed in his eyes. "You're my girlfriend. I'll never let anyone call you an orphan." Sonia smiled bitterly. "Yes. They won't do that in your face. I've never heard those comments ever since we reconciled, but you can't guarantee they won't say the same thing behind our backs."

Toby fell silent. He had no answer for that. He couldn't guarantee everyone would keep quiet. He couldn't control what they said in private. He might be powerful, but not powerful enough to find out what they were saying in private.

Sonia took his silence as an agreement, and she inhaled deeply. "See? Not even you can guarantee that. The comments have stopped now, but it wasn't always like this. Things were different six years ago. Much different."