Sonia looked at Toby hesitantly.
When she saw the dark circles under his eyes, she shook her head. “It’s okay. I’ll just wait for him to wake up in the car.”
Judging from his dark circles, he must have been quite exhausted recently. It’s better not to wake him up now. If we carry him upstairs, he will definitely wake up. It's better to let him sleep for a while more.
Since Sonia had already said so, Daphne did not convince her otherwise.
Sonia looked at her watch before saying, “Since it’s not early anymore, you can head home first in my car.”
With that, she passed her bag over to Daphne.
Toby had been using his car to pick Sonia up for the past few days and because of that, her car had been immobile in the garage.
It came in handy now that Daphne needed a car to drive home.
She did not reject Sonia’s offer and looked for the car keys as soon as she received Sonia’s bag.
After she found them, she returned the bag back to Sonia. “Chairman Reed, I’ll take my leave first then.”
Sonia hummed in agreement.
Suddenly, she remembered something and said, “Wait.”
“Is there anything else?” Daphne retracted her hand that was already on the car door.
Sonia pursed her red lips before saying, “Send someone to keep an eye on Jessica in the hospital and don’t let her step out of the hospital.”
Once they have extracted her ovum, she would definitely have to stay in the hospital for a few more days. I can’t afford her to simply go anywhere she wants. If she loses her sanity when she is outside, it would be very troublesome.
Daphne understood what Sonia was worried about and she nodded solemnly. “Don’t worry, Chairman Reed. I’ll make the necessary arrangements.”
“Good. Off you go, then. Don’t speed on your way home.” Sonia smiled.
Daphne nudged her glasses to the bridge of her nose. “Understood. I’ll leave now, Chairman Reed.”
Sonia nodded.
Upon seeing that, Daphne got out of the car and left while Sonia sat in the car to wait for Toby to wake up.
The wait lasted around two hours until the sky had turned completely dark. It was almost 9:00PM when Toby finally opened his eyes.
In an instant, he realized that he was still in the car.
Sonia felt the change in his rhythm of breathing that was not as even as before and turned to look at him. “You’re awake?”
“Yeah.” Seeing that he was still leaning on her shoulder, he immediately lifted his head and straightened his body.
Once his head left her shoulder, she immediately felt lighter. She could finally move her body without remaining in the same position.
However, her shoulders were quite sore.
“What is the time now?” Toby asked as he rubbed his temples.
A small light was switched on in the car, but it was pitch black outside.
Night must have fallen outside, he thought.
“8:40PM,” Sonia responded, pointing to her watch.
Shock flitted across Toby’s eyes. “It’s that late?”
“Yeah.” Sonia nodded.
Toby pursed his lips.
Even though he did not remember what the time was when he fell asleep, he remembered that the sky was not completely dark at that time, which was to say it was around 6:00PM when he dozed off.
I’ve slept for at least two hours!
“And I was on your shoulder the entire time?” He looked at Sonia, who rubbed her sore shoulders.
“Yup.”
He asked again, “Why didn’t you wake me up?”
“I couldn’t be bothered to do that.” With that, Sonia moved her hand from her shoulders.
Toby looked at her, knowing fully well that it was not the case. I bet it's not that she wasn't bothered to wake me up. It must be that she doesn’t want to wake me up so that I could sleep a bit longer.
Toby heaved a gentle sigh and massaged her elbows. “Don’t do that next time. Aren’t you tired?”
“It’s fine.” Sonia lowered her gaze and smiled as she moved his hand from her shoulders. “Alright. Let’s get off now. The car is almost out of gas.”
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