Anya was well aware of just how popular Toby was with the ladies.
After all, his good looks and social status were right on the table. He was a holy grail, and everyone wanted him to themselves. However, no one ever succeeded. Thus, those women had no reason to fight.
But now, someone has succeeded, no? So, why are they still stagnant?! Shouldn't they devise plans to bring that woman down? Shouldn't that be how things should follow? So why are they just sitting there and staring at Reed with envy?! Go on! Move! Attack Reed! Don't tell me you people think you can make Reed leave Toby just by sitting here and staring at her with envy! Pffft! In your dreams!
For a moment, Anya despised the impervious women, thinking they weren't just useless but also brainless.
One had to earn some things themself, but not even a single one of those women fought for themselves. Such a discovery had infuriated her.
Having had enough of it, Anya snorted in anger and rolled out of the banquet, surging with fury.
She believed she would get a stroke from being upset by those impassive women as well as being brokenhearted by Toby and Sonia's PDA.
Of course, neither Sonia nor Toby knew about it, and even if they did, they wouldn't care either.
Meanwhile, Toby obliged and reluctantly let Sonia go. On the other hand, she sat down next to him.
"I assume everything went well for you? You were all smiles when you returned." Toby handed her the glass of juice he had long left on standby for her. However, the young woman frowned in worry as she took the glass of beverage from him. "I've had too much grape juice just now, and I'm still overcoming the sourness. Maybe later."
"Have some water then." While speaking, Toby took the glass of juice from her and gave her a glass of water.
Finally, the young woman smiled with delight before taking a sip. "Yeah, I'm one step closer to success. I'm going to check out the counters on the second floor of the mall tomorrow. I can pick out whichever counter I want, except for those in the middle, and it happens to be the best spot I can bag, given my current position. From that alone, I can tell the host couple didn't make an exception for me just because of our relationship. It makes me very happy, and it also helped me realize I bagged the deal myself, and you have nothing to do with it."
Toby was elated for her after seeing how happy she was, and he ruffled her hair gently. "Good job. I knew you were amazing."
"I think so too." Sonia grinned triumphantly.
Right then, she was indeed a little smug, probably because she had achieved something with her ability.
Toby could tell too, but he didn't remind her and looked dotingly at her instead.
After all, why couldn't she revel in the success she had obtained on her own for a moment? It was just a way of acknowledging her success.
What mattered was that she didn't let it get to her head.
"Oh, by the way, Madam said I can really drink. She even wants to invite me to future wine fairs." At that, Sonia began feeling somewhat guilty. "You have no idea how affected my conscience was. I was really worried people would find out I was drinking juice and not wine. Also, I feel like I've betrayed Madam's trust. After all, she has such a good impression of me and even wants to take me to wine fairs. It's clear that she's beginning to see me as a friend, but I…"
"Don't worry." Toby gave her shoulder an encouraging squeeze. "Just get her some gift as an apology if the cover does blow. Besides, she isn't petty. She'll understand where you're coming from."
"I believe so too, but I still feel bad for tricking her." Sonia sighed softly.
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