After screeching for some time, not only did the people from the management office not return, Jessica even attracted the attention and condemnation of passersby.
Feeling mortified, she quickly picked herself up from the ground and grabbed her luggage before dashing toward the car park with her head bowed.
As soon as she entered her car, she took out her phone with a scowl and dialed Sonia’s number.
Meanwhile at Bayside Residence,
Sonia had exited the bathroom after taking a shower and was about to dry her hair.
When she had walked up to where the hair dryer was, she heard her phone ring.
She initially thought that it was a call from Toby to inform her that he had arrived at his destination safely, so she immediately put down the hair dryer in her hand and made her way toward the head of the bed to pick up her phone over there. However, Sonia then realized that it wasn’t Toby who was calling her. Instead, it was a call from an unknown number. The realization caused her initially bright eyes to inadvertently dim a little.
It’s not Toby, after all. She pursed her lips but in the end, she still picked up the call. “Hello, who is on the line?”
“Sonia, how could you ask those people to kick me out of the villa?!” A high-pitched female voice was heard from the other end of the line. The woman shrieked in a tone full of rage and resentment, which would chills down the spine of anyone who heard that.
It instantly put a frown on Sonia’s face as she muttered icily, “And here I was wondering who was on the line, only to find out that it’s you. What’s wrong, Jessica? Are you calling me to find fault with me? I can tell you very clearly here and now that you have gotten the wrong person. That villa belongs to me, so of course I have the right to drive you out of it. In fact, I could even report to the police and sue you for trespassing.”
“You—’’Jessica was rendered speechless; her face first reddened then paled and it resembled an artist’s palette, making her look utterly ridiculous.
After a brief moment of silence, Jessica took a deep breath and was barely able to suppress the raging anger inside her as she growled sinisterly, “Very well, Sonia. Listen here—I won’t let this slide and I’ll make sure you pay for this one day!” After stating her threats, Jessica instantly killed the call because she knew very well that she was not as clever with words as Sonia was, not to mention that she wasn’t exactly in the right. Continuing with the conversation would only end up in Jessica being bullied, which was why hanging up the call at this moment would be a wiser choice.
Upon seeing that her phone had returned to displaying the homescreen, Sonia let out a sneer. Make sure that I’ll pay back for this ? Sure, I’ll just wait and see who will have the last laugh!
Right after Sonia had turned off her phone screen and returned it to the bedside table, the screen suddenly lit up on its own.
This time, a message popped up on the screen. The sender was Toby.
When Sonia saw that, a hint of excitement flashed across her eyes. She immediately picked up the phone and unlocked her screen to read the text. ‘Have you gone to bed?”
Tapping on the keyboard, she replied, ‘Not yet. Have you reached home?’ Meanwhile, Toby was tugging on his necktie as he sat on the couch. Just as he had managed to loosen it a bit, he felt a vibration from the phone on his lap.
He rushed to undo the tie and lowered his head as he read Sonia’s reply.
He curled up his thin lips as he typed on the keyboard with one hand. “Yes, I’ve arrived.”
Sonia took a seat at the edge of the bed. “That’s good. It’s late. You should wash up and rest. Don’t stay up too late.”
The woman’s caring words put a gentle expression on his face, so he texted, ‘Sure, you too. Goodnight.’
Sonia smiled as she replied, ‘Goodnight.’
Toby placed his phone down before rising up and pacing to the study.
At the study, he took a pen from the penholder on his desk, then crossed out today’s date on the calendar on his desk.
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