Chapter 840 Toby’s Disdain
Sonia patted Toby’s thigh as a hint that he could stop waiting on her.
Toby set his cutlery down before getting up and saying, “I’ll go wash my hands.”
“Alright.” Sonia nodded.
Once Toby walked away, Sonia looked at the personal assistant in front of her. “You can just leave it here. Thank you.”
“Not at all, Miss Reed. Shall I head back to work now?” The personal assistant pointed toward the door.
“Go ahead,” Sonia acknowledged.
The personal assistant nodded and left.
Sonia then got up and started rearranging the table in order to accommodate the new dishes. Just as soon as she finished, Toby came back from the washroom.
Sonia waved him over. “Come and eat.”
Toby’s lips curved into a smile. “Coming.”
He sped up his steps and soon sat down beside her.
Sonia stuffed a new set of cutlery into his hands. “Hurry up and eat. The food might not taste as nice as what you’re used to eating, but you’ll have to make do. It’s not good to go on an empty stomach for too long.”
“I know,” Toby chuckled.
“Okay then, so let’s eat.” Sonia gave him a smile and resumed eating as well. She had not eaten her fill yet either.
Sonia had not been able to indulge in an entire meal of spicy food for a very long time. Who knew when she would get to eat such spicy food again? Since she had the opportunity now, then she had to eat to her heart’s content.
Toby was worried that Sonia might end up with an upset stomach from eating that much spicy food, but when he saw how she continued eating with such relish even though she was gasping from the spiciness, he relented and did not say anything. In any case, he made a mental note to call her up later tonight and check if she felt any discomfort.
The meal went on for over an hour. When they were done, Sonia had her personal assistant come in to clear the table while she and Toby went to the washroom to freshen up.
Once they were in the washroom, Toby took her hands into his and added a dollop of hand wash onto her palm before he started to rinse her hands under the tap.
Sonia turned to look at Toby, who stood behind her with a serious expression as he washed her hands for her. Something about this image felt wrong to her. Somehow, their position reminded her of a father who was washing his daughter’s hands.
No, that must be her own misconception!
Sonia shook her head and chased the thought out of her mind. She did not want to dwell on it.
As for Toby, he never thought that his actions would be equated to a father helping his daughter. Toby washed Sonia’s hands for her simply because he wanted to.
Plus, her hands were tiny. They were only two-thirds the size of his, and he could easily wrap his entire hand around hers. Furthermore, her hands were soft and felt like they had no bones in them, which made them feel very comfortable to hold onto.
That was why Toby could not get enough of her hands, and he kept toying with them while he washed Sonia’s hands for her.
“By the way, what were you thinking about when I came in earlier?” Toby was done with the rinsing and was drying Sonia’s hands with a hand towel.
Sonia sighed. “It’s nothing, really. Something just happened.”
When Toby heard that something had happened, his face immediately became solemn. “What happened?”
Sonia could tell from his expression that he misunderstood it as something bad happening to her, so she chuckled and assuaged his concern. “No, not me. It’s something between Charles and Daphne.”
“Charles Lane?” Toby frowned and instantly lost interest in the subject. He did not bother finding out about the incident anymore.
But Sonia herself wanted a listener, so she regaled the story without being prompted. “Two months ago, Charles slept with Daphne, and now Daphne is pregnant with Charles’ kid.”
Sonia knew that Toby despised Charles, and Toby would not tell Charles about this.
Thus, she felt at ease when sharing the story with him.
However, when Toby heard that Charles had a child, he was dazed for a moment. “What did you say? Charles Lane got someone pregnant?”
“Yeah.” Sonia nodded.
Toby snorted and his eyes were telling. It was obvious that Toby thought Charles had it coming.
In the past, when Sonia’s pregnancy was exposed, everyone knew that it was Toby’s child. Charles personally sought him out and ridiculed him for being an irresponsible man who got Sonia pregnant even though they were getting a divorce.
Yet now, Charles himself had gotten Daphne pregnant despite not being in a relationship with her, so who was the irresponsible one now?
“What are you thinking about?” Sonia gently nudged the man behind her.
Toby’s gaze was a little distant, but he quickly came out of his reverie. “It’s nothing. I’m just thinking about how Charles keeps saying that he likes you, so how did he end up sleeping with another woman?”
At least in this matter, Toby was far more of a gentleman than Charles was.
Even when he had been hypnotized into believing that he loved Tina Gray, he never got into bed with her. Tina herself did try to make it happen several times, but he rejected her on every single occasion and kept his virtue.
Which meant that the only person he ever slept with was his Little Leaf. Toby was not at all like Charles, who would get into bed with another woman even as he claimed to be in love with Sonia.
Some kind of love this was.
Meanwhile, Sonia did not know what Toby was gloating about inside. She rubbed her forehead and sighed again. “Actually, Charles got drunk that day and mistook Daphne for me.”
“What?” Instantly, several deep creases formed on Toby’s brow. He was beginning to feel a little repulsed as he asked, “Do you really believe that he was drunk?”
“Huh?” Sonia did not expect Toby’s question. She looked at him and queried, “What do you mean? You’re saying that he wasn’t drunk?”
Toby had a scornful smirk as he explained, “When a man is really drunk, he would not be able to have an erection, so how would he be able to sleep with another woman? Since he did sleep with her, then it means that he wasn’t actually drunk. And if he wasn’t drunk, would he not be able to tell who he was with at the time?”
“This…” Sonia was at a loss for words. Toby had a point.
“It’s just Charles’ excuse to avoid taking responsibility for his actions,” Toby declared. He did not bother hiding his disdain at all.
Sonia opened her mouth to speak, but eventually just sighed. “Regardless if he was drunk or not, the fact of the matter is that he did sleep with Daphne, and now Daphne’s pregnant. Charles doesn’t even know about it yet.”
“Just tell him then.” Toby did not consider it an issue.
But Sonia hurriedly shook her head. “We can’t tell him. Charles thinks very ill of Daphne right now, since he believes that the incident was Daphne’s fault. If Charles finds out about her pregnancy, then he will only despise her even more. Daphne’s situation becomes even more dire if that happens.”
Once Toby heard that, he began to frown again. “Charles Lane is being ridiculous. He is the one who slept with her, but he wants to push all the blame to her? What a way to paint himself as the faultless victim.”
Toby stood by his earlier words. If a man was really drunk, then he would not be able to have an erection. Therefore, Charles could not have been drunk, and his excuse of mistaken identity was undeniably false as well.
Charles surely knew who he was getting into bed with. He just did not want to admit that he had betrayed his professed love for Sonia. This was why he had to blame it all on the woman instead. Perhaps he thought that by framing it this way, it would mean that he had not intentionally betrayed Sonia, and it was someone else who put him in that situation.
Ha, what a joke!
Sonia rolled her eyes at Toby, but she did not refute his words. She knew that Toby was right. Both Charles and Daphne were responsible since both of them had a part to play in this situation. Neither one of them could have done it alone.
It was similar to what had happened between her and Toby. Even though Toby was not aware that he had slept with her at the time, she did not place all the blame on him. In such a situation, the fault would often lie with both parties and not just one of them.
