Sonia fell into silence after hearing the hoarse male voice from the other end of the phone.
I never expected Z-H’s voice to be this terrible!
Not only that, judging from his voice, he seemed to be older than her, possibly a man in his forties. Generally, men this age either had a beer belly or suffered from hair loss.
The thought that she had potentially slept with a forty-year-old bald male with a beer belly made her feel nauseous. Toby was immediately concerned after hearing her dry heave. “W-What’s wrong?”
In a panic, he almost spoke to her in his real voice. Thankfully, he managed to get a hold of himself and switched back to the ‘forty-year-old’ voice.
Due to the nauseousness, she missed the change in his voice. She shook her head weakly. “I’m fine. Thank you for your concern, Mr. Johann.”
When she called him Mr. Johann, he immediately understood her purpose of calling.
“Are you calling me about the bank loans?” He lowered his gaze.
Sonia took a deep breath and put on a somber expression. “Yes. I want to understand the reason behind you doing that for me.”
“Didn’t I tell you before? Since you’re the mother of my child, I will take responsibility,” Toby replied, still trying hard to maintain his altered croaky voice.
She pursed her lips stubbornly. “But I told you before that I don’t need your help.”
“That’s your problem. I choose to take responsibility at my end,” he said to counter her statement.
She had nothing to reply to his argument. Of course, she could ask him not to take any responsibility, but she could not stop him from doing so.
“Whatever. If you want to, suit yourself. Anyway, don’t you think it’s a bit too much of a
responsibility for you to repay my loans? It’s like, a few billion.” She grimaced at the mention of it.
Not many could offer a few billion to settle the loans of others. To her surprise, he chuckled. “It’s just a few billion. It’s not even worthy of mention to me.”
“l-lt’s not worthy of mention?” Sonia almost choked.
He grunted coolly. “Yeah, it’s not much.”
The market valuation of Fuller Group was in the hundreds of billions, and his personal wealth was around 80 billion, half of it from Fuller Group, and the other half derived from his other assets. Therefore, it was right to say that he was filthy rich.
Sonia admitted that she was rather envious after hearing him dismiss the few billions as ‘not much'. Indeed, one should never seek to compare with the others, for that was a source of unhappiness.
Ah, if only Paradigm Co. was in the position to offer another firm a few billion without batting an eye, she would have been so elated.
“Mr. Johann, even if you think it’s nothing, a few billions is too much for me. Even if you see it as a way to so call take responsibility, that amount has crossed a line. So, sir, please get someone to cancel this transaction. If you really want to take responsibility for me, maybe it’s better to only give me an apartment or a car.” She rubbed the middle of her forehead worriedly.
Anyhow, she could not possibly benefit from his few billions worth of giveaway.
Both of them were to be blamed for the one-night-stand, so she could not accept his goodwill without feeling burdened.
“I’m sorry. The money has been transferred, and the banks have erased the records of your loans. I guess I can’t take my money back,” he informed her calmly of the reality.
She bit her lip. “How could that happen...”
“Since this is a done deal, you don’t have to feel uneasy about it. I willingly paid it off for you. It’s not like you asked for it, so don’t feel burdened. Alright now. I have an ongoing meeting. Talk later.”
As if he was afraid that she’d insist, he quickly ended the call.
On the other end, Sonia let out a sigh when the call screen vanished.
It seems that I can’t return his money anymore.
Even so, she would not accept the money. With that in mind, she composed a message.
Til see that as your personal loan. Once Paradigm Co. becomes profitable, I’ll pay you back.”
Toby had just walked up to the meeting room door and was about to open the door when his phone buzzed in his hand.
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