Though Tom thought so, he did not dare to speak his mind. Clearing his throat, he replied, “Sure. I’ll send them to you right now.”
With that, Toby handed Tom his phone. After receiving the phone, Tom sent the photos to Toby’s phone right away. Toby’s eyes relaxed as soon as the message tone on his phone sounded. “Alright, you may go now.”
“Yes, sir.” With that, Tom left, leaving Toby all alone in the office.
Toby picked up his phone and opened his Messenger to see the photos that Tom had sent him. There were two photos, one of which he had not seen. So, he opened the photo.
In the photo, Sonia’s pose had changed though the background stayed the same. One of her hands held onto the skirts of her dress, while her other hand was raised in the air as if she would fly away any moment.
There was no doubt that she looked beautiful, but he did not like it. Hence, he tapped and held his finger there to delete the photo. His finger hovered over the delete button, yet he could not bring himself to press it. In the end, he gave up.
At this moment, Tina called out anxiously from outside the office, “Toby!”
Immediately, he furrowed his brows and exited his Messenger before putting his phone back to its original place. “Come in.”
Meanwhile, Sonia and Rebecca had just walked out of a shoe store after buying shoes.
“President Reed, let’s go have something to eat. I’m feeling a little hungry.” Rebecca rubbed her
belly.
Looking at the time, Sonia saw that it was nearly one in the afternoon. In truth, she was also feeling a bit hungry now. “Sure, let’s go to the fifth floor. There are many restaurants there.
Come, I’ll treat you to lunch as thanks for coming with me today.” She smiled as she lowered her wrist.
As Rebecca nodded, she replied, “Thank you, then.”
“Don’t mention it. Let’s go!” Sonia took Rebecca’s arm.
After a few steps, Rebecca halted and pointed at a shop across. “Isn’t that Tina’s mom?”
Hearing that, Sonia looked in that direction. It was indeed Julia. The woman must have just finished her facial appointment because her face was glowing. She did not look like a woman in her fifties at all.
“What an unlucky day to go shopping. We bumped into Tina just earlier. And now, Mrs.
Gray’s here too. It’s such a small world,” Rebecca sighed.
With a smile, Sonia said, “It’s alright. We all live in Seafield after all, so it’s pretty normal to bump into each other.”
Perhaps they were being too obvious as Julia looked in their direction after sensing that someone was watching her. As soon as she saw Sonia, she frowned unhappily.
At that, Sonia was amused at her reaction. Then, Julia turned away coldly and headed toward another store without giving Sonia and Rebecca any response. Upon seeing this, Rebecca rolled her eyes. “Look, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. It’s no wonder Tina’s like that. She must have learned it from her mom.”
“There’s no need to bother about things like this. Didn’t you say that you were hungry? Let’s go already,” Sonia said while gazing at Rebecca.
Rebecca conceded and walked toward the escalator with Sonia. However, never had they thought that they would bump into Julia again after lunch. Fortunately for them, Julia did not notice them this time. She left straight after coming out of Delancey & Tatienne Jewelry. As she was leaving, an unpleasant expression was plastered on her face as if she was very disappointed.
Seeing this, Sonia could not help but recall the time when Julia brought Rina’s necklace to Delancey & Tatienne Jewelry. It was then that the shopkeepers told Julia about Rina’s necklace. Because of this, Julia started to suspect that
Rina was still alive and began to look for her.
Did Julia come out of the shop with a disappointed look on her face because of Rina? As Sonia thought, she narrowed her eyes and asked, “Rebecca, help me with something, will youf
“What?” Rebecca looked at Sonia while sipping her milkshake.
Softly, Sonia told Rebecca, “Go to Delancey & Tatienne’s, and ask why Mrs. Gray went there.”
“Why do you need to know?” Rebecca stared at Sonia curiously.
Sonia’s eyes flickered. “For something very important. Help me, please?”
“Okay, okay. Hold this for me. I’ll go ask.” Rebecca passed her milkshake to Sonia. After passing it to Sonia, she went to Delancey & Tatienne Jewelry, then came back out a few minutes later.
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