“The hospital,” Sonia adjusted her position as she answered him truthfully.
Toby tensed up right away. He held her hand and looked at her closely. “The hospital? Why? Are you feeling unwell?” He sounded worried.
“No.” Sonia felt touched that Toby was so worried about her, and she smiled. “Dr. Lancaster said it was time for my followup, and he gave me a new prescription.”
“I see.” Toby heaved a sigh of relief, and he could rest easy after knowing
that she was fine. Then he asked, “Did he say anything about your condition?”
“He did.” She nodded.
“What is it? How’s your recovery going?” Toby looked at her with great concern.
She met his gaze, then she remembered what Tim told her, and she started to blush once more.
Toby was surprised that she was starting to blush instead of answering his question, and he arched his eyebrow. “What is it? Is it something you can’t say?”
She stared down, and her voice was barely a whisper. “Ahem. Not really.”
But that only piqued Toby’s interest. “What did he say? Tell me.”
“Must I really?” She pushed a lock of her hair back. Sonia was reluctant to talk.
When he saw her ears turning red, he could guess that Tim must have said something really private. He was curious about it, so he nodded. “Yes. You said it’s nothing big, so it’s no big deal if you tell me, right?”
Sonia shut up for a moment. A while later, she finally arrived at a decision, and she looked at him. “Fine. It’s nothing big anyway. You’ll ask him even if I don’t tell you, so let’s just cut out the middleman.”
Toby smiled, since Sonia was right. If she wouldn’t tell him, he would ask Tim, and he would know what she was hiding in the end. It would be better if she told him right away. “Tell me then.” He nodded, telling her to talk.
She took a deep breath and told him the gist of what Tim said to her.
Toby wasn’t embarrassed at all. Instead, he nodded seriously. “I see. I’ll do as he says then.”
Embarrassed, Sonia buried her head in his embrace and refused to get up.
Her embarrassment made Toby chuckle. “You’re already shy now? What will you do when we get to fourth base then?”
“We’ll talk about that when the time comes,” she said softly. She knew sex would happen sooner or later after she dated him, so she didn’t say she wouldn’t do it. She just needed time.
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