The way Lenny was smiling at Sonia made her feel uncomfortable, and it even made her hair stand on end. In addition to that, Zane was also acting very weird earlier, and she thought that the people in the Coleman household seemed a little abnormal.
Aware that she was being impolite, she cleared her throat and recollected her thoughts. She attempted to keep those thoughts out of her mind.
“Please have some tea, Miss Reed.” Lenny handed her a cup of tea.
After taking the cup from him, Sonia said, “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome,” he replied while waving his hand. “I’ll leave you to chat with Mr. Coleman. Let me know if you need anything. Anything at all, literally, and please just treat this place like your own house.”
The edge of her lips twitched as she forced out a smile and nodded. “Uh, sure.” Silently, she thought, His butler is a little too friendly. Did he just tell me to take this place as my own house? It just makes me more stressed!
“Alright, Lenny. Leave us alone,” Zane said. Then, he grabbed a cup of tea for himself and signaled for Lenny to leave the room quickly. If Lenny stayed around any longer, he was worried that the former might tell Sonia about him liking her. He couldn’t imagine what would happen after that.
“Okay, okay. I’m going now,” Lenny said with a chuckle, thinking that Zane couldn’t wait to spend time alone with Sonia. When he was leaving, he even cast an encouraging look at Zane, who was tickled and annoyed by it at the same time.
“Don’t mind him. Our butler, Lenny, may be old, but he’s really friendly and acts like a child,” Zane explained while looking at Sonia.
Sonia shook her head. “It’s okay. I kinda like him for his friendliness. By the way, I’ve brought you the DNA sample of the Grays as you instructed.” Placing down her teacup, she then took out the nylon bag which had Tina’s hair in it.
When Zane saw how much hair was in that bag, he almost spat out his tea. “That’s a lot!”
“Uhm… I accidentally yanked out too much. But whatever. Just take all of it,” she muttered and tossed the bag at him.
He hurriedly caught the bag and asked, “Did you say you yanked it out of her? Are you saying that you pulled this bunch of hair out of Tina’s scalp directly?”
With a grin on her face, she answered, “Well, something like that.”
“Tina wouldn’t have allowed you to do that, so tell me how you managed it! Not only did you pull out her hair, but you even pulled out so much!” After putting aside the bag, Zane moved his chair next to Sonia and sat down with a curious expression on his face.
Upon seeing how interested he seemed to be, Sonia rubbed her earlobe with her fingers for a moment before telling him everything about how she went to look for Tina at the hospital.
After listening to her story, he burst into laughter while holding his stomach. “You’re amazing, Sonia! You made her mad on purpose so that she would strike you first and give you the reason for returning her attack. With that, no one will suspect that you have other motives for pulling out her hair.”
“Yes. If I yanked her hair out directly, she would definitely try to find out the reason I did that. So, this was the only way for me,” she answered with her palms spread out.
“Okay. I’ll have someone take this sample away,” Zane said in the end. Then, he whisked out his cell phone from his pocket.
Meanwhile, Sonia sat on the couch quietly as he made the call. About half an hour later, someone arrived and took Tina’s hair away. She wanted to leave as well, but Lenny and Zane made her stay for dinner. After dinner, Zane drove her back to her place at Bayside Residence.
When Sonia hopped out of the car, he wound down the window, rested an arm on the edge, and told her, “I’ll bring you to meet the fake Rina tomorrow.”
With a sparkle in her eyes, she nodded. “Great! I want to pass her the necklace as well.”
“It’s a date, then. See you tomorrow.” He bid her goodbye and waved his hand.
“Sure. See you tomorrow!”
After he closed the car window and drove away, Sonia stood at the side of the road and watched until his car disappeared into the distance before going back to her apartment.
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