Chapter 1010 Two Childish Men
That’s true. With her suspicion toward Charles dispelled, she shifted her gaze back to the waiter. “Excuse me, but since we didn’t pay the bill, could you tell us who paid it? Or did your system go wrong and show that we had paid the bill when we didn’t?”
The waiter replied with a smile, “Don’t worry, Miss Reed. Our system didn’t go wrong, and it’s true that your bill has been paid. It was paid by Mr. Fuller, your boyfriend.”
“Toby?” Sonia and Charles responded in chorus.
Charles even stood up in surprise.
The waiter nodded. “That’s right. It was Mr. Fuller who paid the bill. Also, he has a message for you, Mr. Lane.”
“For me?” Charles pointed at his own nose.
Puzzled about what Toby wanted to say to Charles, Sonia turned to look at the latter.
“Yes, Mr. Lane. For you.” The waiter nodded with a smile.
Charles’ lips twitched. “Okay. What kind of message does Toby have for me, then?”
The waiter adjusted his bow tie before replying with a straight face, “Mr. Fuller said the meal you had with Miss Reed today was his treat, so he hoped you wouldn’t get too full of yourself and think that you had defeated him by eating out with her alone.
He also hoped that you wouldn’t show off in front of him later about how he didn’t know you had had dinner with Miss Reed. He said he knew everything, and he warned you not to ask for trouble. That’s all.” With that, he raised his eyes to look at Charles.
Looking as black as thunder, Charles clutched his fork and spoon tightly while uttering between clenched teeth, “Damn you, Toby Fuller!” Can he read my mind or something? To think that he’s even able to figure this out! Alright, I admit that I do feel a little smug about eating out with Sonny alone, and I do think that I’m several notches above Toby.
After all, he doesn’t know that Sonny and I were eating out together. Moreover, I can even call Toby and brag about this later to anger him on purpose. Alas, before I could do that, Toby saw through my plans and even warned me. This is so… Peeved, he screwed up his face. Is Toby a dog or something? He’s so sensitive!
Sonia also didn’t expect Toby to be the person who paid for her and Charles’ meal. Not only that, but he even left such a message for Charles. She wasn’t dumb, so it was impossible for her not to figure out that Toby had left such a message for Charles for the purpose of asserting his claim.
After all, since Charles had such feelings for her, there was no way Toby wouldn’t mind it. This was why Toby made a special effort to warn Charles to know his place and not fool around after knowing that she had gone out with the latter for dinner.
On one hand, she understood Toby’s feelings. On the other hand, though, she felt that he had gone a bit too far. After all, Charles had said that he would let go, so he naturally wouldn’t do anything to her. Therefore, it was somewhat disrespectful to Charles for him to warn the former like this.
Sonia massaged the space between her eyebrows as if she had a headache. Well, it can’t be helped. Toby is my boyfriend. Now that he’s done something wrong, I’ve got to help cover his *ss, of course. At the thought of this, she put down her hand and smiled at the waiter. “We got it; thanks for telling us about this. If there’s nothing else, please go ahead with your work. We’ll be leaving in a minute.”
“Sure, Miss Reed.” The waiter bowed politely. Then, he turned around and left, leaving Sonia and an angry Charles in the private room.
Sonia poured a glass of fruit juice and handed it to Charles. “Sorry, Charles. Let me apologize to you on Toby’s behalf. Don’t get angry, okay? That’s the kind of person he is. He only did that because he became jealous upon knowing that you and I were eating out together. I’m sorry about that, so please don’t take it to heart.”
Charles was really angry at first. Upon hearing her words, he looked up at her and took the fruit juice. His dark expression cleared, and he was visibly a lot less angry. “Why apologize to me? This isn’t your fault at all.”
Sonia smiled. “Well, that’s true, but Toby and I are a couple. If he does something wrong, I ought to deal with the aftermath, right?”
Charles let out a snort and took a drink from his fruit juice before his anger dissipated completely. “Never mind, I won’t fuss about Toby’s actions for your sake. But, Sonny, I remember that you didn’t tell him about us eating out together, right?”
Sonia shook her head. “No, I didn’t. It’s not a big deal, so I don’t have to report it to him.”
“Precisely,” Charles replied. Then, he said with a snort, “You didn’t tell him about us eating out together, but he knew everything about it, including where we were having dinner. What does this mean? This means that this guy is petty and possessive and is watching you all the time.
Who knows how many people around you have been bought off by him to work as his spies and report to him everything about you from morning till night? Hiss…” As he spoke of this, he folded his arms and shuddered. “Sonny, it makes me feel suffocated just to imagine such perverted behavior.
Aren’t you tired of being with him?” Hmph! Didn’t Toby care so much about Sonny and I eating out together as to assert his claim and warn me directly? I can speak ill of him in front of her in return! That’s what they call an eye for an eye! Since he gives me a hard time, I’ll give him a hard time as well.
Sonia noticed the mischievous joy in Charles’ eyes as he spoke. Naturally, she knew that he was purposely saying so to get back at Toby, so she couldn’t help feeling amused. What a pair of childish men! “Alright, that’s enough. Toby didn’t buy off my company’s employees to work as his spies, nor does he have somebody keep an eye on me at all times and report to him everything about me. I guess he learned of this after asking my company’s employees,” she said while picking up her handbag and slinging it over her shoulder. She was confident that Toby didn’t buy off her employees. After all, all the subordinates around her knew about the problem with the spare parts. If Toby had bought them off, he would’ve learned about it long ago instead of being unaware of it even now.
Propping his head in his hand, Charles looked at her while interrupting her thoughts, saying, “That’s really strange, then.”
Sonia blinked her eyes. “What is strange?”
“Toby, of course,” Charles replied with a yawn. “Why would he call your employees instead of calling you directly?”
Sonia was startled for a moment. Yeah, that seems to be right. However, she soon found an excuse for Toby. “Perhaps he did call me, but he couldn’t get through because there was no signal. We were stuck in the parking lot for quite a while, remember?”
Charles rolled his eyes. “Alright, alright.” Speechless, he waved his hand. “What a devoted girlfriend. Just speak for him however you want.”
Sonia was amused. “What are you talking about? Alright, let’s go. It’s about time for our appointment with the bank’s manager.”
As they had business to discuss, Charles finally stopped picking on Toby. “Uh-huh,” he responded. After putting down his glass of fruit juice, he stood up and left the private room and the restaurant after Sonia.
He stared straight ahead while driving the car with rapt attention, whereas Sonia, sitting in the passenger seat, was typing on her cell phone with her head down. She was texting Toby about what had happened in the restaurant just now. Not only that, but she also advised him not to do that to Charles again since that was very rude.
