A marriage deal with billionaire stone (Ivy and Silas)

Chapter 70: Thomas Stone; Alcohol And Guilt.

"What? How is that possible? What happened?" Silas probed, his voice sharp with

concern.

Thomas swirled his glass before gulping down. His chest pounding with guilt at the lie he just told his brother. Not a lie, he thought, not the truth either.

"I just found out," he said.

"Do you know who it is?" Silas asked.

"Nope, but I'm working on it. Don't worry," he said in a small voice trying to sound reassuring.

"Do you need help?" Silas asked. "I could hire extra hands."

"No, no," he said, "but I appreciate the gesture. Don't worry I'm working on it."

"Alright bro," Silas said softly.

Thomas poured another glass of vodka and sipped. The cold sensation hit his chest, melting away his guilt. "Thank you for bringing back Sonia. Send my regards to Ivy."

"Sure," Silas replied. "Wade's been calling you."

"I'll get back to him. Thanks," he said softly so Silas wouldn't clock that he was dismissing him.

"I'll come see you tomorrow," Silas said. "My regards to Rosie."

"Thank you, Si. Goodnight."

"Goodnight," Silas said before hanging up.

Thomas dropped the phone on the table and turned to the window. The lights in the distance calmed him as he drank his vodka.

He was supposed to be glad Sonia was doing business with him again. He had seen her missed call, but his thoughts were too jumbled to talk to her yet. The situation of things were robbing him of his excitement.

He turned away from the window and sank into his chair. He glanced at his wristwatch. It was late. Yet he didn't want to go home, he just wanted to bury himself in work and forget everything.

A knock on the door pulled him from his thoughts.

"Come in," he said, refilling his glass. He didn't care if his staff saw him like this.

Sabrina walked in, her laptop in her hand. "Evening sir."

Successfully unlocked!

"Hey, Sab," he said, waving her in. What did you find?"

a tech genius. She sat down across from him. "The

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reply?"

"Nothing yet," Sabrina said.

of

changed his password before the information was

stating the initial one was a mistake meant for someone else. He

lose another client. He had hoped Sabrina could do some tech things

a genius like Sabrina

you able to find anything at

of his drink. The leak was the least of his problems at the moment, but he couldn't ignore it still. "Let me know when

His stomach churned as he remembered Dr Albert's earlier message. He rubbed his chin and downed his drink to bury the unpleasant

buzzed. Sonia again. This time, he

said, forcing his voice to

trying to reach

tell her he had ignored everybody's call. "Thank you for coming back, Sonia. I appreciate it and I promise that the whole thing will never happen again," he said. His heart plummeted

should be the one apologizing, Thomas," Sonia said. "Mistakes

calm tone, "Would you be willing to share the messages you received so we could tackle

at all. I'll have

sigh of relief. "Thank you so

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with you Sonia said. He could

was smiling.

is." Thomas

sister-in-law is awesome by the way,

is," he said

And Slas? He was too smitten to even realize

next week a good time to meet

"Yes," he replied.

you next week," Sonia

lovely night, Sonia," he said, ending the

his drink. He

the only way to deal with this

hadn't been himself. Even though the media weren't talking about him

And then clients left.

And then the miscarriage.

the pain could get

again. He picked

didn't want to talk to her, he just wanted to be

night without having to face her.