Madam Escaped Again Sir novel Chapter 1030

Sonia was silent for a while. "Yeah. Maybe I was too hung up on that. I was drowning in their comments for years. It has stopped now, but it left a mark. I just couldn't brush it off."

"And now you can." Toby patted her head.

"Yeah, now I can. You talked me through it. If I still can't brush it off, I might kill off our relationship eventually."

"Don't say that." He frowned in displeasure and put his finger against her lips.

She took his hand away in amusement. "Lighten up. It's just a joke. Don't be so uptight about it. I didn't say anything that bad."

"But you mentioned 'killing our relationship'. That's bad enough," he said solemnly. "It's not a good word. I want us to be safe and sound." The last time she fell down a cliff left a traumatic impression on him. He had thought he lost her. From then on, he refused to let her risk her life, or he might do something really drastic just to save her.

"Alright, alright. I'll stop." Sonia noticed how much he was frowning. She knew he cared a lot about this, and she wouldn't challenge him. Going with the flow was the best thing to do now.

He slowly stopped frowning after she stopped bringing that up. "It's great that you're brushing their opinions off. It's the only way we can live our lives without any burden. We don't need that negativity in our lives. It's a sad life to live according to someone else's wishes. The only people who'll be happy about it are them, and not us." He held her tightly, patting her head and kissing it.

She leaned against his chest. Sonia said nothing, but she was listening to him.

Toby eventually stopped, then he looked at her. "If you don't care about the public's opinion anymore, you won't feel too much pressure asking for my help now, will you? I know you still won't do that, since you have your reason to settle this yourself, but you know you don't have the power to settle your problem yourself, don't you?"

Sonia looked at him again, and she was reminded of what Brian and Charles told her in the hotel. She shook her head. "I... Yeah, I know." She didn't know much about the business world or how to survive in it. Sonia was just a newbie, and she had no organization to call her own, nor did she have any connections. They were important elements to survival in business, but she had none of it. There was no way she could solve anything on her own. She didn't want to admit it, but that was the truth. She was in a bad condition. All she had was a company. She might be the boss of it, but that alone wasn't enough to take her into the center of the business world. She couldn't even deal with the B listers of the business scene either.

Toby cocked his eyebrow. He was surprised that she would admit her powerlessness so easily.

Sonia caught that, and she pouted unhappily. "What? Surprised I'd say that?"

Toby nodded. "Yes. You probably don't know this, but you're actually a stubborn woman who'd push herself to the limits. I thought you wouldn't admit it, but..."