Toby was generally a proud man; he would never pay heed to anything at all and suppress himself from anything. However, ever since he had gotten together with her, it was fair to say that he had indeed changed a lot.
His first concern was her regardless of what he did. As long as there was anything that could potentially bring trouble for her, then he would suppress himself and tolerate it even if that meant he would be frustrated by it. That was also why she apologized to him earlier.
As Toby heard her speak, he gently flicked her forehead. "What are you on about? I'm fine with that and I feel happy."
"How can you be happy?" Sonia touched her forehead at the spot where he had flicked her and she did not quite comprehend his words.
There was a twinkle in his eyes as he affirmed, "Of course, I'm happy. I'll only make changes or compromise if the person I love is with me. I'll consider her before I carry out anything because otherwise, I might end up being forever alone, right?"
She burst into laughter. "That is such a ridiculous excuse that only you could come up with."
"But these are my heartfelt words," said Toby as he looked at her.
Sonia stretched out her other hand to cling to his arm. "Thanks, Toby."
"You don't have to thank me. It's what I should do." Toby switched hands and took her hand with his other one and then wrapped his arm around her shoulders with the hand he was holding her earlier.
The weather had gotten much colder than before, so Toby's embrace felt very warm.
Sonia tilted her head slightly to lean on his chest. "It doesn't matter. You've done so much for me, so I need to thank you of course! You can't stop me from doing so."
As she spoke, she lifted her head to stare warningly at him, seemingly indicating that if he rebuked her words, she would definitely tell him off.
He chuckled in a low voice resignedly. "Okay, fine. I won't stop you. Is that fine with you then?"
"That's more like it."
They continued to walk along hand-in-hand affectionately and every passerby could sense the blissful aura that surrounded the duo.
Their blissful aura was infectious as the passersby who saw the affectionate couple could not help revealing knowing smiles.
In this current busy world where love and people were fickle, Toby and Sonia clearly looked blissfully in love with each other and it was a rare sight to see. As such, the passersby sincerely hoped that the couple would be able to maintain their happiness.
As soon as they returned to the apartment, Toby entered the house and took out the stack of name cards from the pocket of his coat. Subsequently, he flung them aside with disgust onto the shoe rack.
Sonia was hunched over as she removed her shoes. After changing into the bedroom slippers, she caught sight of his action. She could not help asking with a chuckle. "Are you discarding them?"
"They're rubbish." Toby changed into his bedroom slippers and responded calmly as he shot a look at the name cards.
Then, she reached out to flick through the name cards. "Perhaps there are some potentially great companies amongst this pile. How can you be so sure that they're rubbish?"
"I've taken a quick look at the information on the name cards when I took them and these tiny companies have included their products on their name cards too. I can tell what their companies are mainly doing and whether they have potential just by taking a quick look at their name cards," Toby replied and tucked both hands into his pocket.
At that point, Sonia suddenly nodded and agreed. "Oh, alright. I get it. We can discard them with our trash tomorrow morning before we leave the house."
"Yup." Tony nodded.
The couple did not stay any longer at the foyer and headed off toward the living room.
Tony poured himself a glass of water and drank it before heading into the bathroom to take a shower.
Meanwhile, Sonia remained on the couch in the living room. She switched on the television as she waited for the groceries to be delivered from the grocery store.
Sure enough, the delivery service was efficient and Sonia had not even had the television on for more than a few minutes when she heard the doorbell go off.
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