Chapter 102

Tina chewed on her bottom lip as panic filled her. No longer in the mood to stay for Cynthia’s appeal, she turned and left.

Half an hour later, she found herself at Fuller Group.

“Toby..” Tina couldn’t care less if there were others in the presidential office as she strode over to Toby’s desk. With her eyes red and glistening with tears, she sat down on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck, thereafter nuzzling into his chest as she began to sob quietly.

Toby stiffened at her unanticipated behavior, but when he regained his composure, he frowned at the woman in his arms.

If it weren’t for the fact that she was crying, he thought he might very well push her away.

“Leave the documents here, and I’ll get back to the both of you after I’ve reviewed them. Go back to your own desks for now,” Toby announced to the man and woman standing in front of his desk. He put down the documents in his hand and rubbed his temple tiredly.

The man and woman standing in his office nodded. “Yes, President Fuller.”

After that, they left his office.

It was only after the door closed behind them that the woman whispered disapprovingly, “Isn’t she President Fuller’s fiancée? She ought to know better than to barge into the office without knocking first. It’s so rude of her to interrupt while we’re in the midst of a work discussion, not to mention sit down in President Fuller’s lap at first instance. The company is no place for her to throw her girly tantrums.”

The man next to her simply shrugged. “President Fuller always lets her have her

way.”

The woman was obviously displeased. “Okay, well, he needs to draw the line somewhere!”

“Alright, that’s enough now. We’re the ones who would get in trouble if we keep talking about this.”

The woman pouted but said nothing more.

Meanwhile, in the office, Toby carefully pried Tina away as he said, “There, there,

Tina. Why don’t you get down for a bit?”

Tina whined, burrowing back

push her away again. Indulging her

lifted her head like a wounded kitten as she stared at him with red-rimmed eyes. “Why are they all

narrowed his

on my way to Cynthia’s appeal when I saw Mrs. Stone on her knees, begging Miss

“Wait. You spoke up for Mrs. Stone? As in, you were trying to persuade Sonia to

response as she nodded. “I mean, Mrs. Stone was already on her knees, and

were in the wrong. You shouldn’t have done that,” Toby interjected as he regarded her with

a rebuff, Tina grew sullen as she protested, “I don’t think I did anything wrong at

entirely at fault! Cynthia was the one who caused this mess in the first place, and Sonia was the victim, which means she gets to decide if she wants to forgive the former. You have no right as a third party to interfere and plead Cynthia’s case, do you understand?” Toby said in a

her lip and tried

even though Mrs. Stone had gotten down on her knees in front of her,

coercion?”

she repeated,

Mrs. Stone could easily plead with Sonia in private, but she decided to get down on her knees right there in

“It was no wonder that Mrs. Stone would blame me for helping her get on her feet.

the next time.” He gently smoothed her hair and added, “Besides, the Stones aren’t particularly known for good breeding.

and as a sudden thought seized her, she quickly glanced at him with an

“This weekend?”

“Yes.”

a bland

it’s only a matter of time before I

and nodded. After all, he had nothing going on over the weekend. “Very well, then. We shall have some fun this weekend, but we can’t make a long trip over the course of two days, so

I’ve only just gotten here not too long ago,

turn down this suggestion, and

over him, the

your letters that you like horseback riding and hiking, and you claim to be quite the equestrian. President Cunningham just so happens to own an equestrian facility in the mountains. We could go horseback riding and then hiking after. What do you think?” Toby looked

face stiffened when she heard

perfectly fine with trekking through the mountains, she

was that she had an innate phobia for

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