Sonia closed the door behind her before going up to him. “It’s not even the afternoon yet.”
“I have to attend to something in the afternoon, so I plan to go to the hospital earlier,” Toby rose up and replied.
Upon hearing that, she nodded. “Why didn’t you tell me that you were here?”
“I wanted to give you a surprise.” He flashed a smile at her, to which Sonia rolled her eyes as she commented, “I’m sorry. This is more of a shock than a surprise.”
“Really?” The light in Toby’s eyes dimmed as he muttered, “I thought that you would be happy to see me.”
“Alright, stop pretending.” Sonia knew very well that he intentionally put on a disappointed look to make her admit that she was glad to see him.
However, Toby had planned to maintain the act until the very end and refused to give up until she admitted it.
He looked at Sonia with a sorrowful look, and his amusing expression made her twitch her lips helplessly.
Fine, I give up! She massaged her temples while her red lips parted. “Fine, I admit that I’m happy to see you. Are you satisfied now?”
The disappointment on Toby’s face vanished and he returned to normal.
“Yes, that’s good enough,” he replied as he nodded with a straight face.
At that, Sonia shook her head helplessly. “I surrender.”
Toby chuckled and asked, as if something suddenly crossed his mind, “Your meeting has just ended. You haven’t had lunch, have you?” “No.” She put down the laptop she was holding and walked up to the water dispenser in the corner, asking as she filled herself a glass of water, “What about you?”
He sat back down. “Neither have I," he murmured. “I'm here to eat with you.”
Sonia had filled up two glasses of water and she handed him one of them. “Great. I’ll have Daphne get us lunch. What do you want to eat?”
"I don't know. Just order anything you like," Toby shook his head and responded.
Sonia darted a look at him and didn't force him to tell her what he wanted. Then, she picked up the handset to dial Daphne's office number and told her to get some food.
Toby raised his dark, thick eyebrows upon hearing the food that Sonia had named.
Those were all his favorite foods.
"That’s all. Send them to my office after this, and remember to prepare two sets of cutlery,” Sonia instructed before placing the handset back.
Suddenly, Toby extended his arms and wrapped them around her waist to pull her into his embrace.
Sonia, who was caught off guard, fell back into his lap. Startled, she cried out, "Toby, what are you doing?!"
"Sonia," Toby buried his head in her back, his voice deep and filled with a strong sense of fondness. "You are so nice to me. You ordered my favorite food."
She looked back at him. "I can't help it. Since you are the guest here, I have to accomodate to the guest's preference, no?"
A guest? Toby abruptly looked up at her. "Am I not your family?"
Sonia smiled at him. "Not for now, at least!" "I will be, sooner or later." Toby tightened his grip around her waist and uttered with a straight face, "I'm not wrong to say that I'm your family now, am I? I’m just doing that in advance."
"It's still in advance" She removed his hand from her waist and got down from his lap. "Also, who knows what will happen in the future? Maybe we will break up before you become my family."
Her words instantly caused Toby’s expression to change; even the air around him became heavy.
"Don't say things like that!" He grabbed Sonia's hand and peered into her eyes in a serious manner. "We won't break up. We definitely won’t!"
The solemn look on his face rendered Sonia speechless.
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