Chapter 983 Shooting Stars With You
After the incident where she faked her death, she had thoroughly vanished ever since without a single trace.
Despite having clues given by Tim, Toby had someone to follow up with the search, but to no avail until this day.
This made him feel not only rage and frustration, but also a sense of defeat.
He was wondering if Tina was just adept at hiding, or that someone else was hiding her to the point where even an influential man like him could not find her.
Regardless of the circumstances, he had now accepted the fact that he underestimated the woman.
After countless networks of people inquired and a number of men sent out, Toby had still yet to locate Tina. I can’t even guarantee myself as to how long this’ll take.
That was why he gave himself two years.
Within a couple of years, he not only wanted to see Titus dead, but also Tina.
As long as these two are gone, the other small fries are just easy pickings.
All in all, I must settle this within two years. It’s the only way that I can reassuringly marry Little Leaf.
Of course, if he could not find Tina within the year, he would use the connections his grandfather left and request the government to locate her whereabouts.
Still, this is the worst case scenario as he did not want to spend what his grandfather left him in this way.
After all, the relationship his grandfather had with the country was through the rebellion. He had earned that right through his achievements on the battlefield.
If he used that just to search for a woman, it would only bring shame to his grandfather.
A lot of people always said that with the amount of influence the Fullers held, they could do pretty much anything they wanted in the country.
They were right, but lest forgotten, the Fullers, influential they might be, were still not above the government. In the end, they still had to live under the rules of the government, so no matter how strong they were, he was only able to utilize a small part of it.
Since he was a businessman and not a politician or a general, it was said that with great power comes great obstacles. Therefore, it was not as easy as a finger flick to utilize his influence.
Not only that, if he made too much of a commotion or used his assets too frequently, the government would monitor him and suspect him of treason. This was the most frustrating part of being a businessman.
Otherwise, he might have found Tina a long time ago.
When it came to a day where she was inevitably out of reach, Toby could only seek help from the officials.
Even if they would not help him find her, he just needed to go there as a courtesy call. After that, he should be permitted to use all the power at his disposal. It was either that or he would have to request them to help find Tina.
In the end, his goal was to get rid of her within two years’ time.
Ending the call with Sophia, Toby proceeded to call Tom.
He had him commission some of the interior designers in the market. He was thinking of building the best room for himself and Sonia.
Naturally, since he had prepared for the best wedding dress and wedding ceremony, he would not miss out on building the best room for her.
He made sure that the designers would come up with a design that would be sure to satisfy his bride-to-be.
After handing over the tasks, Toby kept his phone and exited the toilet.
In the room, he looked around only to not see Sonia in sight, rendering a frown on his face.
Where’s she?
Where has my wife gone?
“Little Leaf?” Toby pursed his lips before calling out to her.
Hearing his voice, Sonia turned around. “I’m over here on the balcony. The view’s not bad. Come and take a look.”
Her voice relieved Toby as he unfurled his tightening eyebrows.
Oh, the balcony. I thought that she had left.
Walking to the balcony, he saw Sonia standing in front of the railing.
Her back was facing him as her hands were resting on the flower engraved railing while she was looking at the night view intently.
Smiling gently, Toby turned around to head back into the room and went straight to the bar.
He had seen the bar upon entry and noticed the selection of alcohol was impressive.
Since we will be enjoying the night view, it will be a little bland without some alcohol, no?
As such, he went to the bar and chose a red wine that was relatively sweeter and milder before unsecurring it with a bottle opener. Taking out the wine glasses from underneath the bar table, he filled them halfway and went back to the balcony.
Sonia, who heard the footsteps from behind her, knew the man was coming, so she did not turn around. Instead, she shrugged her shoulders, then pointed at the sky with twinkling eyes upon seeing something rare. “Is that a shooting star?”
Moments ago, she saw a beam of light flash across the sky at high speed, so she thought that it was a shooting star.
Yet, Toby only glanced at the sky before clarifying to her coldly, “It’s not. That should be a fighter jet the army sent out for patrolling purposes. I didn’t hear the news forecast mentioning that there would be a shooting star tonight.”
The man’s words made Sonia’s mouth twitch as she thought that it was both frustrating yet funny. Turning around to face him, she said, “I found that your EQ can be quite high and low at times. Sometimes, you would just say very sweet things, yet other times, you can be very blunt.”
The best example would be now where he was being very straightforward.
Isn’t it more normal for a boyfriend to go along with their girlfriend’s words when encountering a shooting star? Like, ‘oh, we’re so lucky!’ or ‘let’s make a wish together!’.
Regardless of whether it was a shooting star or not, at least that would make their girlfriends happy.
He sure is something else. Instead of being all sweet, he just told me factually that it wasn’t a shooting star.
Yet, Toby only looked at the woman with a confused look as he replied, “Did I… say something wrong?”
Wow. He doesn’t even know where he went wrong.
Whatever.
Sonia decided to let this go and not argue with the man at a place like this.
After all, she knew how straightforward men could be at times.
Men don’t change overnight just because you win an argument with him once.
So, I’ll be the bigger person this time. It’s nothing major anyway.
“You didn’t. You said it very correctly.” Sonia smiled.
But, you can keep your mouth zipped next time.
Toby, who did not know what the woman was thinking, really believed what she said as he saw the smile on her face. “If you want, I can bring you to Mount Rushpeak to see real shooting stars this weekend.”
“Mount Rushpeak?” Sonia was stunned. “Are you talking about the highest mountain in Seafield?”
“Yup.” He nodded. “Mount Rushpeak is over three thousand meters in altitude. When the time comes, we’ll go there via helicopter and install a telescope. Using that, we’ll be able to see shooting stars.”
“Really?” She held the man’s arm excitedly. “Isn’t shooting stars a rare sight? Will there be any if you bring me there this weekend?”
“Of course, there will be. In actuality, there are shooting stars everyday. It’s just that we can’t see them with our eyes. As for the ones we can see, there are all stars coming from the Pegasus or Leo constellation; the weather forecast only announces these shooting stars. As for the others that our eyes cannot see, they won’t report them since it’s useless anyway. However, once we get to the highest place with our professional equipment, we’ll be able to see them.”
“So, I see. That’s great, then!” Sonia clasped her hand in joy. “Even till now, I never saw a meteor shower before. When I was a child, the news broadcasted that a meteor shower would happen that night, so my dad promised to see it with me. Due to work, he didn’t manage to keep his promise and I cried the whole night before falling asleep and eventually missed it. Now that I think about it, it really became a thing I regretted a lot.”
Up to this point, she let out a sigh.
