Besides, Toby was also able to tell from Sonia's aura that she seemed depressed and preoccupied, as if she had just gone through something saddening. "What's wrong?" Toby sat down beside Sonia and grabbed her shoulders, gently nudging her. "Did something happen?"
When Sonia felt the nudge, she finally snapped out of her trance and blinked, her darkened eyes finally brightening up. "You're back." She looked at the man with a smile on her face.
Toby responded with an affirmative hum. "Yeah, I'm back, but why are you still up at this hour? Why are you sitting here in the living room without turning the lights on? Was there something that happened? Tell me what happened."
In the face of the man's bombardment of questions, Sonia shook her head and sighed. "Nothing."
However, Toby didn't seem to believe Sonia as he pursed his lips and asked, "Then, why are you acting so strange if nothing happened?"
Sonia responded with silence, knowing she couldn't hide what she was thinking from the man.
"Just tell me what happened." Toby ruffled her hair with his hand and said with a concerned voice, "Don't keep me in the dark. You know that'll only make me even more worried."
Feeling warm on the inside, Sonia stopped sitting up straight as she gave in and hunched. Resting her head on his shoulder, she explained, "I ran into Titus and his wife an hour ago."
"Titus and his wife?" Toby, who was caressing Sonia's hair, paused for a second.
"Yeah." "Where did you run into them?" "I went to the pastry shop nearby to buy some blueberry cake after visiting my father. Then, when I was waiting for my order to be ready, Titus and his wife showed up," Sonia answered.
"Did they give you a hard time?" Toby knitted his eyebrows.
"No, they didn't." Sonia shook her head. "We quarreled a bit as usual, but..."
"But what?" Toby's heart skipped a beat.
Sonia raised her hand. "When Mrs. Gray saw the scar on my wrist, she began acting strange. She then caught my hand and asked me about the scar, wanting to know whether there was something else there before I got it. Do you think..."
Before Sonia could finish her sentence, Toby's face changed as he tightened his arm around her waist. Then, he gulped and asked in a serious manner, "Did you tell her about it?"
"Wait.” Sonia looked up and fixed her gaze on the man. "What?"
"I said, did you tell her about your scar and what was there before you got it?" Toby kept his eyes down, his tone sounding as if something went wrong.
Sonia shook her head. "No, I didn't. I had no idea why Mrs. Gray was asking me about my scar, and I wasn't sure whether it was a trap, so I brushed her off without telling her anything."
Upon staring at Sonia and making sure she wasn't lying, Toby heaved a sigh of relief and started to put his mind at ease. "Alright, that's good," he said with his arm still around Sonia's waist.
Sonia squinted. "Why does it seem to me you're nervous? Are you worried that I told her about my scar?" She looked at the man.
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