Madam Escaped Again Sir novel Chapter 622

Although he understood the crux of the matter, Tom didn’t play his hand. He instead pushed his glasses up his nose as he replied, “Understood, President Fuller. I’ll have it arranged.”

With a grunt of acknowledgement, Toby hung up.

Sonia had dinner ready soon enough. Therefore, he stood up and walked into the kitchen to help her carry the dishes. Although he wasn’t good at anything else, he still managed to set the food on the table. At least the plates weren’t as slippery as the bowl. Due to the lack of ingredients, Sonia only made three different types of vegetable dishes and a soup. Although the meal seemed simple, Toby had no intention of disliking it. If anything, he liked it more than the exquisite dishes he usually ate that were made by Michelin-starred chefs. That was because he could feel her affection for him through the home cooked food in front of him.

On the opposite side of the table was Sonia, who saw him staring at the dishes and making no move to take his cutlery. Suspecting that he thought that her dishes were too plain, she said with some embarrassment, “Um, tonight’s food is quite simple, but you—”

“No!’ Toby shook his head slightly. “The food tonight looks delicious.”

“You don’t think it’s too vegetarian?” she asked while regarding him.

Toby gave a small smile as he answered, “Of course not. It’s better to eat light late in the evening, anyway. Besides, as I have said before, I like whatever you make. Now, dig in.” With that, he began to ladle some food for himself.

Upon seeing him moving, Sonia finally relaxed. At first, when she thought that he had disliked the dishes that she prepared, she was about to ask him to make do. Now that he seemed fine with them, she felt better.

“I’ll make you something better next time.” Sonia picked up her utensils and prepared to start eating.

When Toby heard her words, his eyes brightened. “When will the next time be? Can it be tomorrow evening?” He would have a reason to stay through this method.

Not knowing what Toby was thinking and only seeing how hopeful he was, Sonia opened her mouth and found that she couldn’t say no to him. Thus, she finally nodded. “Sure.”

As Toby was satisfied with her reply, the corners of his lips curled upward into a faint smile.

After dinner, Sonia took the tableware and tossed them into the dishwasher for the machine to wash them. Then, she got ready to take a shower.

When she was about to leave the kitchen after loading the dishwasher, he stopped her. “Where should I sleep, Sonia?”

As she eyed the pajamas on him and noting the late hour, she dismissed the idea of chasing him out of the apartment and only pinched the bridge of her nose before saying, “The couch, as usual.”

Instantly, the light in Toby’s eyes dimmed. When Sonia saw that, her mouth twitched. “You’re not thinking of sleeping in my room, are you?”

Her place was a small two-room apartment. One of the rooms was her bedroom and the other was a guest room that she had converted into a study and thus could not house any humans. For him to be disappointed about sleeping on the couch meant that he no doubt wanted to sleep with her in the master bedroom.

Seeing as Sonia had already guessed his objective, Toby only lifted his gaze to meet her eyes before asking in a low voice, “May I?"

“Of course not.” She glared at him.

She was already being gracious enough by allowing him to stay. Yet, he was still trying to finagle his way into her bedroom.

A dejected Toby looked at the floor without saying anything. His demeanor made Sonia squint at him. “Don’t think I’ll become softhearted just because you’re acting like this.”

Did he think she couldn’t tell he was pretending to feel bad so he could gain her sympathy and get her to relax her stance? Never did she think he would stoop so low as to act pitiful. After all, it was an impossibility in the past. She wouldn’t even have dared to consider that he had this side to him. Yet, it was truly happening in front of her right now.

Yet, Sonia was very aware at the same time that Toby was only acting like this because she was the one he was currently facing. For her, he would change how he used to behave to commit some truly astonishing actions. The particular way that he acted around her was only for her. Thus, she was moved in a certain sense. Of course, being moved was one thing. They hadn’t officially reconciled yet and she had to stick to her principles by not letting him sleep with her.

Seeing that Sonia saw through him, Toby became genuinely dejected this time. However, she only returned to her room, pulled a pillow and a blanket, and carried them to the couch. “Alright, I’m going to take a shower. You can make your own bed, right?”